Collection PL

Italy 1745 - Regie Finanze di Torino - 100 Lire Back Proof, Pre-Date Control State (Pick Unlisted)

The lower border carries the engraved plate identifier P.2, confirming production from plate number two and documenting systematic plate-based preparation. The sheet format preserves full margins and original plate context, confirming that the impression was never prepared for circulation or cutting. No serial numbers, handwritten entries, signatures, or issuance markings are present. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1970 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 1 Dollar Unissued Back Photographic Proof

As an isolated design-stage survival, this photographic proof records an otherwise undocumented moment in the Cayman Islands’ currency development during a period of increasing administrative definition. No issued banknote corresponds directly to this back design, and no institutional holdings or comparative examples are recorded. The piece therefore stands as a unique surviving document of Cayman Islands currency design practice rather than as a component of an issued or completed note. Read more →

Cayman Islands 1970 - Cayman Islands Currency Board 5 Dollars Unissued Back Photographic Proof

No serial numbers, legal text, signatures, or watermark positioning marks are present. The format confirms that this piece was never intended for circulation and instead functioned as internal design material used to assess tonal contrast, compositional balance, and engraving coherence prior to final production decisions. Read more →

United States 1934A - 10 Dollars North Africa Silver Certificate (Friedberg 2309), PCGS 35 Very Fine

Graded PCGS 35 Very Fine, this example exhibits honest circulation consistent with mid-grade preservation, while retaining strong design clarity and an intact yellow Treasury seal. As part of the North Africa emergency series, the note represents a historically significant subtype within United States Silver Certificates - combining standard domestic design with a unique wartime modification that distinguishes it immediately from conventional blue-seal issues. Read more →

New Zealand 1981 - 1 Dollar H.R. Hardie Signature Printer’s Annotation Specimen Star Serial AA000000* (Pick 169as)

Printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, Limited, this specimen departs from both the earlier Thomas De La Rue specimen formats and the standard 1980s perforated specimen types. Instead, it represents a printer’s working or control-stage example, carrying unique production annotations and non-standard cancellation characteristics. Read more →

China 1949 - People's Bank of China 100 Yuan Red Ship Unnumbered Multi-Layer Alignment Trial with Inverted 1948 100 Yuan Underprint (Pick Unlisted)

The Red Ship type was printed by the Shanghai Banknote Printing Plant. Issued notes were completed with a three-character prefix and serial number before trimming and release, while this sheet remains from an earlier stage of the printing process. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 20 Dollars Travellers Cheque Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

As a dated, mounted photographic proof connected directly to the March submission and April review trail, this 20 Dollars piece is a discovery-level archival survivor. Its role is central to understanding the development of The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited's 1965 traveller's cheque series, preserving the denomination at a precise technical review point within one of the most revealing known Australian traveller's cheque approval sequences. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

Photographic proof for the 50 Dollars traveller's cheque prepared for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited during the 1965 Bradbury Wilkinson and Company design and approval sequence. Mounted on cardstock and dated 1 April 1965 in manuscript below the proof image, this piece records the early photographic review stage for the top denomination, following the 23 March 1965 submitted design proof and preceding the 12 April 1965 review letter noted on the companion colour proof. Read more →

Australia 1965 - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney 50 Dollars Travellers Cheque Approval-Stage Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

As a dated, mounted, punched photographic proof of the highest denomination, this piece is a discovery-level archival survivor. Its 15 June 1965 manuscript date, lighter bank-name reserve, single control punch, top-denomination role, and direct connection to the approved 10 Dollars proof make it one of the defining technical records in the Bradbury Wilkinson and Company approval trail for The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited's decimal-era traveller's cheque programme. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note Photographic Proof (Pick Unlisted)

This 5 Pounds Circular Note proof is a discovery-level survivor within the history of Thomas Cook and Son's private financial instruments. Its importance lies not only in its individual rarity, but in its place within a wider linked sequence of circular note and later traveller-payment material. When viewed beside the 1904 50 Dollars circular note proof, the alternate 1919 5 Pounds proof, and the later 1922 5 Pounds traveller-payment proof and specimen, it helps document the evolution of secure portable money for international travel from Edwardian circular notes into the mature twentieth-century travel-payment system. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son 5 Pounds Circular Note Photographic Proof, Alternate Design (Pick Unlisted)

This 5 Pounds Circular Note alternate-design proof is a discovery-level archival survivor from the history of Thomas Cook and Son's private financial instruments. Its importance rests on its denomination, its photographic proof format, its mounted presentation, its connection to the companion 1919 proof, and its place within a wider sequence of circular note and later traveller-payment design development. As part of that linked group, it helps document the transformation of secure portable money for international travel during one of the most important transitional periods in private payment history. Read more →

Great Britain 1919 - Thomas Cook and Son Limited 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques Photographic Proof, Central Eagle Vignette Design (Pick Unlisted)

Photographic proof of the 50 Dollars Travellers Cheques prepared for Thomas Cook and Son Limited in 1919, representing a production-review record from the firm's post First World War international payment programme. Mounted on cardstock and dated 20 October 1919 on the reverse mount, this proof preserves a dollar-denominated traveller-payment design created for use within a defined North American payment channel. Read more →