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New South Wales 1865 - Embossed 'ONE HALF PERCENT' Stamp Duty Fiscal Proof Specimen

The proof is printed on watermarked paper manufactured by Cowan & Sons, one of the principal British suppliers of high-grade security paper during the nineteenth century. Such paper stocks were widely used for government revenue instruments and later for colonial banknotes. The presence of Cowan paper reflects the integration of New South Wales fiscal printing into the broader British security printing industry. Read more →

United States 1830s - Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - Penn Township Savings Institution 10 Cents Proof (Unlisted)

An important line printed across the top reads 'Real Estate pledged to the Holder,' indicating that deposits were secured by mortgage-backed assets. This was typical of early American savings banks, which invested depositor funds in real estate loans and advertised that collateral publicly to reassure small savers of the institution’s solvency. Read more →

Greenland 1856 - 6 Skilling R.M. Danish Administration Colonial Remainder (Pick A33r)

Unissued 6 Skilling Rigsmoent note prepared for the Danish colonial administration in Greenland, dated 1856 and printed in Copenhagen under royal contract. Catalogued as Pick A33r, this is a remainder issue, never signed or released for circulation. It belongs to the earliest organized currency system of Greenland, a period when the island's economy operated almost entirely through the Royal Greenland Trading Department. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Departamento de Emision del Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 1 Peso Serie A Photographic Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

Each photographic proof is mounted on its own original cardstock support and certified separately by Professional Coin Grading Service Currency as 64 Very Choice New. The face proof is identified on the grading label as the 1939 one peso Serie A design with all-zero serial numbers, while the reverse proof is recorded as the corresponding undated back design. Preserved together, the pair provides a complete archival record of both sides of the denomination. Read more →

Uruguay 1896 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 1 Peso Sepia Photographic Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

The obverse features a formal portrait of José Gervasio Artigas within an elaborate late-nineteenth-century ornamental frame of scrollwork and guilloche, with the denomination prominently displayed in a central cartouche. The composition emphasizes symmetry, legibility, and visual authority consistent with American Bank Note Company practice of the period. Read more →

Uruguay 1935 - Departamento de Emisión del Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 1 Peso Photographic Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

The obverse presents a dual-portrait composition combining a helmeted allegorical female figure and a formal profile portrait of José Gervasio Artigas, arranged within a dense ornamental framework of guilloche and engraved line work. The central denomination and national arms anchor the composition with clarity and symmetry. Read more →

Uruguay 1896 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 5 Pesos Photographic Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

These photographic proofs were produced as archival records of the finalized engravings rather than as press trials or circulation material. Preserved as a complete face-and-back ensemble and previously mounted on cardstock, the pair documents the design language employed for Uruguay’s lower-denomination notes at the close of the nineteenth century. Read more →

Uruguay 1896 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 10 Pesos Serie A Sepia Photographic Proof Pair, Dated 29 April 1925 (Pick Unlisted)

The reverse also contains a large lower denomination panel and repeated ten-pesos devices in all four corners. These value indicators frame the architectural vignette and ensure that the denomination remains visually dominant across the reverse. The combination of national arms, portraiture, architecture, and repeated values creates a design centered on institutional authority, civic identity, and monetary stability. Read more →

Uruguay 1896 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 10 Pesos Series A Photographic Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

A large vertical archival marking remains visible along the right side of the cardstock outside the banknote frame. This workshop reference forms part of the surviving printer documentation and records the proof's place within the internal photographic or design archive. Together with the Series A zero serials, the legal text, portrait studies, and full face-and-reverse presentation, it preserves the proof as a working institutional record rather than merely a photographic reproduction. Read more →

Uruguay 1896 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Photographic Proof Pair, Series A (Pick Unlisted)

The national coat of arms occupies the center beneath the Sun of May. Its four quarters present the scales of justice, the Cerro de Montevideo as a symbol of strength, the horse representing liberty, and the ox representing abundance. Draped flags and ornamental framing elevate the arms into the central statement of sovereignty within the reverse design. Read more →

Uruguay 1925 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Photographic Proof Pair, Dated 29 April 1925 (Pick Unlisted)

At left appears a military profile portrait of Jose Gervasio Artigas, Uruguay's foundational national figure. The portrait is enclosed by agricultural ornament and balanced against a mounted patriotic vignette at right. The cavalry subject evokes the rural military tradition associated with the independence struggle, joining the personal authority of Artigas with the broader image of mounted national forces. Read more →

Uruguay 1935 - Departamento de Emisión del Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 100 Pesos Photographic Proof Pair (Pick Unlisted)

Printed on photographic paper and previously mounted on cardstock, this proof pair was not part of the production workflow but served as an archival record of the approved design. Certified by Professional Coin Grading Service Currency as Choice New 63 for the face and New 62 for the back, it survives as a complete face-and-back photographic ensemble documenting Uruguay’s 1935 banknote program. Read more →