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French colonial treasury second of exchange dated 22 August 1871 for 2,000 francs, payable in New Caledonia, with printed text and manuscript treasury endorsements

New Caledonia 1871 - French Treasury Second of Exchange for 2,000 Francs (Service des Colonies)

Bills of exchange of this type were not generic issues but transaction-specific payment orders. Each example corresponded to an individual treasury authorization, defined by its date, serial number, signatories, designated colony, and amount. Differences in year, colony, or signatures therefore represent distinct fiscal transactions rather than variants or duplicates of a single issue. Read more →

New CaledoniaTreasury Bill of Exchange18712,000 FrancsIssued Treasury Instrument (Manuscript and Stamped) Treasury Bill of ExchangeColonial FinanceSecond of ExchangeNon-Circulating InstrumentManuscript SignaturesFrench Colonial AdministrationService des ColoniesPublic Treasury DocumentColonial Fiscal ControlNew CaledoniaFrance1871Museum GradeR9 Extremely RareUniquePick UnlistedAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations

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United States 1933 Any City U.S.A. City and County Scrip Five Dollars specimen with brown engraved design, serial 0000, generic municipal master form, Great Depression era

United States 1933 - Any City, U.S.A. 5 Dollars City and County Scrip Specimen (Generic Municipal Master Form)

This specimen represents a generic City and County municipal scrip master form, dated Series of 1933 and denominated Five Dollars, produced during the most acute phase of the Great Depression. Explicitly designated for use by ANY CITY, U.S.A., the instrument was not issued by a specific municipality but instead functioned as a standardized template intended for rapid adoption by multiple cities and counties facing severe liquidity collapse. Read more →

United StatesMunicipal Scrip Specimen19335 DollarsUncirculated Specimen City and County ScripMunicipal ScripAny City IssueGeneric Municipal Master FormInterest Bearing Instrument5 DollarsBrown Engraved NoteSpecimen OverprintSerial Number 0000Guilloche Security MedallionE. A. Wright Bank Note CompanySecurity PrintingPrivate Banknote PrinterDepression Era PrintingMunicipal Finance InstrumentGreat DepressionEmergency CurrencyMunicipal Debt InstrumentUnited States Monetary HistoryMunicipal Scrip HistoryUnited States1933Pick UnlistedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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United States 1934 New Jersey Atlantic County School Scrip Ten Dollars specimen with red engraved design, serial P0000, interest bearing county school tax instrument, Great Depression era

United States 1934 - New Jersey 10 Dollars County of Atlantic School Scrip Specimen (November 1 Issue)

Unlike informal emergency substitutes or privately issued local notes, this instrument was grounded in a defined statutory and administrative framework. The engraved certificate explicitly states that the County of Atlantic was holding nine thousand one hundred eighty-five dollars in obligations of the Borough of Longport, New Jersey, received on account of the nineteen thirty-three state school tax. These obligations were pledged as security for payment to bearer, embedding the scrip within an intergovernmental structure linking municipal debt, county administration, and state-mandated education funding. Read more →

United StatesMunicipal Scrip Specimen193410 DollarsUncirculated Specimen School ScripCounty School ScripSchool Tax InstrumentInterest Bearing Instrument10 DollarsRed Engraved NoteSpecimen OverprintSerial Number P0000Guilloche Security MedallionE. A. Wright Bank Note CompanySecurity PrintingPrivate Banknote PrinterDepression Era PrintingMunicipal Finance InstrumentGreat DepressionSchool Finance HistoryCounty-Level ScripMunicipal Debt InstrumentNew Jersey Monetary HistoryUnited States Fiscal HistoryUnited States1934New JerseyAtlantic CountyPick UnlistedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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United States 1933 New Jersey Borough of Palmyra Municipal Scrip Five Dollars specimen, brown engraved design, serial V0000, general obligation borough instrument

United States 1933 - New Jersey 5 Dollars Borough of Palmyra Municipal Scrip Specimen (General Obligation)

No other specimen example of this Borough of Palmyra Five Dollars municipal scrip issue is documented in institutional collections, auction records, certification census data, or standard reference literature. Based strictly on observed and recorded evidence, this piece stands as a unique surviving specimen and serves as a definitive documentary artifact of small-town municipal finance during the height of the Great Depression. Read more →

United StatesMunicipal Scrip Specimen19335 DollarsUncirculated Specimen Municipal ScripBorough Issued ScripGeneral ObligationInterest Bearing Instrument5 DollarsBrown Engraved NoteSpecimen OverprintSerial Number V0000Guilloche Security MedallionE. A. Wright Bank Note CompanySecurity PrintingDepression Era PrintingMunicipal Finance InstrumentGreat DepressionMunicipal Finance HistoryNew Jersey Monetary HistoryUnited States Fiscal HistoryUnited States1933New JerseyBurlington CountyPalmyraPick UnlistedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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United States 1935 New Jersey Borough of Palmyra Municipal Scrip One Dollar specimen, blue engraved design, serial A0000, general obligation borough instrument

United States 1935 - New Jersey 1 Dollar Borough of Palmyra Municipal Scrip Specimen (General Obligation)

This specimen represents an official municipal scrip issued by the Borough of Palmyra, Burlington County, New Jersey, Series of 1935, and denominated One Dollar. It belongs to the later phase of Depression-era local finance, when smaller municipalities continued to rely on interest-bearing scrip to manage routine obligations amid prolonged economic strain and uneven recovery. Read more →

United StatesMunicipal Scrip Specimen19351 DollarUncirculated Specimen Municipal ScripBorough Issued ScripGeneral ObligationInterest Bearing Instrument1 DollarBlue Engraved NoteSpecimen OverprintSerial Number A0000Guilloche Security MedallionE. A. Wright Bank Note CompanySecurity PrintingDepression Era PrintingMunicipal Finance InstrumentGreat DepressionMunicipal Finance HistoryNew Jersey Monetary HistoryUnited States Fiscal HistoryUnited States1935New JerseyBurlington CountyPalmyraPick UnlistedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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United States 1934 New Jersey City of Asbury Park Tax Anticipation Note One Dollar Recovery Bond specimen, green engraved design, serial A0000, Depression era municipal bond instrument

United States 1934 - New Jersey 1 Dollar City of Asbury Park Tax Anticipation Note Recovery Bond Specimen (March 31 Issue)

Tax anticipation notes were legally authorized short-term obligations designed to transform expected tax receipts into immediate operating funds. In early 1934, Asbury Park employed this mechanism to sustain daily municipal functions and preserve fiscal continuity while awaiting the collection of property and other local taxes. The issue was authorized pursuant to Chapter 192 of the Laws of 1917 of the State of New Jersey, as amended, placing it within an established statutory framework rather than emergency improvisation. Read more →

United StatesTax Anticipation Note Specimen19341 DollarUncirculated Specimen Tax Anticipation NoteRecovery BondMunicipal Bond InstrumentCity Issued Obligation1 DollarGreen Engraved NoteSpecimen OverprintSerial Number A0000Municipal SealE. A. Wright Bank Note CompanySecurity PrintingDepression Era PrintingMunicipal Finance InstrumentGreat DepressionTax Anticipation FinancingMunicipal Recovery ProgramsNew Jersey Monetary HistoryUnited States Fiscal HistoryUnited States1934New JerseyAsbury ParkPick UnlistedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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United States 1934 New Jersey City of Asbury Park Tax Anticipation Note Five Dollars Recovery Bond specimen, orange engraved design, serial B0000, Depression era municipal bond instrument

United States 1934 - New Jersey 5 Dollars City of Asbury Park Tax Anticipation Note Recovery Bond Specimen (March 31 Issue)

The obverse is executed in orange engraved security printing by E. A. Wright Bank Note Company of Philadelphia, a prominent American security printer specializing in municipal and financial instruments. The design features bold municipal titling, denomination counters, and a large engraved corporate seal of Asbury Park, visually asserting legal authority and institutional continuity amid economic instability. The serial number B0000 and the overprinted word SPECIMEN identify this example as a printer-issued specimen produced for authorization, approval, or archival reference rather than for circulation. Read more →

United StatesTax Anticipation Note Specimen19345 DollarsUncirculated Specimen Tax Anticipation NoteRecovery BondMunicipal Bond InstrumentCity Issued Obligation5 DollarsOrange Engraved NoteSpecimen OverprintSerial Number B0000Municipal SealE. A. Wright Bank Note CompanySecurity PrintingDepression Era PrintingMunicipal Finance InstrumentGreat DepressionTax Anticipation FinancingMunicipal Recovery ProgramsNew Jersey Monetary HistoryUnited States Fiscal HistoryUnited States1934New JerseyAsbury ParkPick UnlistedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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United States 1934 New Jersey City of Asbury Park Tax Anticipation Note Ten Dollars Recovery Bond specimen, black engraved design, serial C0000, Depression era municipal bond instrument

United States 1934 - New Jersey 10 Dollars City of Asbury Park Tax Anticipation Note Recovery Bond Specimen (March 31 Issue)

The obverse is executed in black engraved security printing by E. A. Wright Bank Note Company of Philadelphia, a prominent American security printer of municipal and financial instruments. The design features bold municipal titling, denomination counters marked TEN, and a large engraved corporate seal of Asbury Park, projecting institutional authority and legal legitimacy at a moment when public confidence in municipal finance was deeply strained. The serial number C0000 and the overprinted word SPECIMEN identify this example as a printer-issued specimen, produced for authorization, approval, or archival reference rather than for circulation. Read more →

United StatesTax Anticipation Note Specimen193410 DollarsUncirculated Specimen Tax Anticipation NoteRecovery BondMunicipal Bond InstrumentCity Issued Obligation10 DollarsBlack Engraved NoteSpecimen OverprintRed OverprintSerial Number C0000Municipal SealE. A. Wright Bank Note CompanySecurity PrintingDepression Era PrintingMunicipal Finance InstrumentGreat DepressionTax Anticipation FinancingMunicipal Recovery ProgramsNew Jersey Monetary HistoryUnited States Fiscal HistoryUnited States1934New JerseyAsbury ParkPick UnlistedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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United States 1933 State of Delaware Tax Paid on Half Barrel of Beer fifty cents specimen strip of five orange engraved fiscal stamps with specimen overprint and punch cancellations, post Prohibition excise taxation

United States 1933 - State of Delaware 50 Cents Tax Paid on Half Barrel of Beer Uncut Specimen Strip of Five

The presence of punch cancellations across each stamp is a critical physical indicator of specimen status. These punches were not part of normal field use but were applied deliberately to invalidate the stamps and prevent their diversion into the taxation stream. Horizontal perforation lines separate the stamps, confirming that the design was intended for individual separation and application during actual use. The reverse is blank, as printed, consistent with adhesive fiscal stamps designed to be affixed to containers or accompanying documentation. Read more →

United StatesFiscal Stamp Specimen193350 CentsUncirculated Specimen Strip Fiscal StampBeer Tax StampAlcohol Excise TaxState Revenue StampsExcise Tax StampsHalf Barrel of Beer50 CentsSpecimen OverprintSerial Number 0000Perforated StripPunch CancelledDelaware Liquor CommissionState Tax InstrumentPost Prohibition Alcohol ControlFiscal Printing HistoryUnited StatesDelaware1933Museum GradeR9 Extremely RareUnique

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Italy 1781 Regie Finanze di Torino five scudi front proof sheet with two impressions from plate 1 and plate 2, visible plate numbers, deep intaglio bite, unique surviving proof sheet

Italy 1781 - Regie Finanze di Torino 5 Scudi Front Proof Sheet (Pick Unlisted)

The absence of serial numbers, signatures, and circulation markings establishes that this sheet was never intended for public issue. Its survival preserves complete production context, including margins, spacing, and plate alignment, elements that are irretrievably lost once notes are separated or trimmed. Read more →

ItalyProof17815 ScudiUncirculated ProofFront ProofProof Sheet5 ScudiRegie Finanze di TorinoPlate NumberedPlate 1Plate 2Kingdom of SardiniaSavoyard State FinanceEighteenth Century CurrencyItalian State Paper MoneyPre Central Bank EraSecurity Printing HistoryItaly1781Pick UnlistedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely RareUniqueUnique Proof Sheet

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Italy Regie Finanze di Torino 100 lire back proof sheet in pre-date control state from plate 2, full margins, undated control framework

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

The engraved design is concentrated in the upper portion of the sheet. A double denomination cartouche marked 100 appears near the upper border. Below it, the central device consists of a Savoyard cross within a wreath-like enclosure, engraved with dense linear detail and surrounded by scrollwork that integrates into the lower border. At the right, a stacked calligraphic authority block is fully engraved, reading Maestro Auditore, Maestro Auditore, Tesoriere generale, and Controllore della Tesoreria, aligned vertically within the frame. Read more →

ItalyBack Proof1745100 LireUncirculated ProofBack ProofPre-Date Control State100 LireRegie Finanze di TorinoPlate 2Control FrameworkKingdom of SardiniaSavoyard State FinanceEighteenth Century CurrencyItalian State Paper MoneyPre Central Bank EraSecurity Printing HistoryItaly1745Museum GradeR9 Extremely RareUniquePick Unlisted

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Italy Regie Finanze di Torino 100 lire back proof sheet dated 1746 from plate 2, showing crowned Savoyard shield, laurel wreath, denomination cartouches, full legal text, and complete ornamental frame

Italy 1746 - Regie Finanze di Torino - 100 Lire Back Proof, Fixed-Date Control State (Pick Unlisted)

This proof sheet represents the back of the one hundred lire denomination prepared for the Regie Finanze of the Kingdom of Sardinia and preserves the fixed-date control state dated Torino il p. Gen. 1746. The entire composition is engraved within a rectangular ornamental frame and printed under full intaglio pressure on official laid paper, with the plate impression clearly visible from the verso. Read more →

ItalyBack Proof1746100 LireUncirculated ProofBack ProofFixed-Date Control State100 LireRegie Finanze di TorinoPlate 2Control FrameworkKingdom of SardiniaSavoyard State FinanceEighteenth Century CurrencyItalian State Paper MoneyPre Central Bank EraSecurity Printing HistoryItaly1746Pick UnlistedMuseum GradeR9 Extremely Rare

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