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New Zealand 1916–1920 Bank of New Zealand £5 Red-Rose wartime specimen from the BNZ orange lineage, Pick S227s, serial prefix 7/180001–7/220000, PMG 65 EPQ Top Pop

New Zealand 1916–1920 - Bank of New Zealand £5 Red-Rose (Orange Lineage) Specimen with Serial Number Prefix (Pick S227s)

Within the BNZ color lineage, the £5 denomination occupies the warm-tone tier established by the pre-war £5 Orange issues of 1895–1915. Wartime pigment constraints and paper rationing produced a tonal shift toward red-rose or salmon while preserving the same functional position within the denomination hierarchy. This note documents the wartime evolution of that established £5 color lineage, not a separate color class. Read more →

New ZealandSpecimen with Serial Number Prefix19165 PoundsPMG 65 EPQ Gem Uncirculated (Top Pop) Specimen5 PoundsRed-RoseBNZ Color LineageOrange LineageWith Serial PrefixPrinter AnnotationCANCELLED PerforationHigh DenominationBradbury WilkinsonBWCPick S227sBank of New ZealandPrivate Banknote EraPre-Reserve BankWartime IssueNew Zealand Banking HistoryMāori Portrait SeriesMaritime Economy NotesSecurity Printing HistoryNew Zealand191619201916–1920Top PopPMG 65 EPQMuseum GradeR8 Extremely RareAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations
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China 1945 Soviet Red Army Headquarters 100 yuan issued banknote with serial numbers and official 1946 revalidation mark

China 1945 - Soviet Red Army Headquarters 100 Yuan Issued Note, Revalidated 1946 (Pick M36)

Currency issued by the Soviet Red Army Headquarters functioned within a command-level financial structure designed to support military logistics, civilian transactions, and administrative continuity in occupied territory. In the absence of an operative central banking system, monetary authority was exercised directly by military command, resulting in a short-lived but fully functional wartime currency distinct from both Japanese occupation issues and subsequent Chinese Communist emissions. Read more →

ChinaIssued Note1945100 YuanAbout Uncirculated (Issued, Revalidated) Issued BanknoteMilitary Authority CurrencyWartime IssueRevalidated Issue100 YuanSoviet Red Army HeadquartersRed Army Command CurrencyPost-War ManchuriaMilitary Occupation FinanceProvisional Monetary SystemChinaManchuria19451946R7 Extremely RareMuseum GradePick M36
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1943 signed Patriarchal letter by Cyril IX Moghabghab, Alexandria
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“Behind the Curtain in Alexandria” — Cyril IX Moghabghab & a 1943 Patriarchal Letter · Melkite Politics in Wartime Egypt

On 17 September 1943, in the Fleming–Ramleh district of Alexandria, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Cyril IX Moghabghab issued a letter that blends religion, politics, influence, and wartime diplomacy. What appears at first glance to be a pastoral response to a trusted physician is, in content, a coordinated political intervention executed from inside the Patriarchal chancery at the end of the Second World War.

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The Remainder Problem: Why Unissued Notes Survive

Why did unissued notes exist at all? Because 19th-century banking was slow, local, and paper-heavy. Notes were printed in large batches — sometimes years ahead of need — to save on plate setup costs and shipping. A regional bank might order 20,000 impressions of a £1 plate, sign 5,000, and store the rest in its vault. If business slowed, those blanks stayed untouched. When the bank merged or failed, the paper still existed, sitting in chests marked “Cancelled stock.” In theory, they were to be pulped. In practice, few people were paid to do it.

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