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Uruguay 1939 50 Pesos specimen with red ESPECIMEN overprint, SIN VALOR perforation, punch cancels and specimen number 000235, printed by Thomas De La Rue

Uruguay 1939 - Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 50 Pesos Perforated SIN VALOR Specimen with Specimen Number 000235 (Pick 38s)

Importance: concludes Uruguay's classic engraved era before wartime simplification. The perforated 'SIN VALOR' variant with specimen numbering is scarcer than the pure overprint type and directly documents the printer’s internal cancellation and tracking system for specimen retention. Read more →

UruguaySpecimen193950 PesosRaw (AU/UNC) UruguayPick 38sPick 38SpecimenEspecimenSIN VALOR PerforationPerforated SIN VALORSpecimen Number 000235Specimen NumberedThomas De La RueTDLRBanco de la Republica Oriental del UruguayDepartamento de Emision50 PesosPrewar1939

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Fiji 1942 one pound wartime overprint on New Zealand Reserve Bank £1 note showing Government of Fiji overprint and red FI/O serial number

Fiji 1942 - 1 Pound Government of Fiji Overprint on New Zealand £1 (Pick 45c)

The overprint effectively transformed the New Zealand note into a locally restricted wartime currency while preserving the underlying engraved design. The original elements remain visible, including the kiwi vignette at left, the New Zealand coat of arms at center, and the portrait of Māori King Tāwhiao at right. Red serial numbers prefixed 'FI/O' were applied to distinguish the converted notes from their New Zealand counterparts and to integrate them into Fiji’s emergency circulation system. Read more →

FijiIssued Note (Overprint on Foreign Base)19421 PoundPMG 20 Very Fine Overprinted IssueForeign Base NoteBlack OverprintWartime Emergency CurrencyWorld War II Currency1 PoundGovernment of FijiBritish Colonial AdministrationPacific Wartime EconomyColonial Monetary PolicyReserve Bank of New Zealand Base NoteKiwi VignetteMaori King Tawhiao PortraitCommonwealth Currency AdaptationThomas De La RueTDLRSecurity PrintingFiji1942Pick 45cNew Zealand Pick 155PMG 20Very FineMuseum Grade

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Ireland - Northern 1940 Northern Bank Limited 1 Pound issued note, Pick 178b and NR68, serial N-I/H 028711, black prefix and serial number variety, graded PMG 67 EPQ Superb Gem Uncirculated, with blue ONE counter, maritime and industrial vignette, architectural reverse, and Belfast banking identity

Ireland - Northern 1940 - Northern Bank Limited 1 Pound Issued Note, Black Prefix and Serial Number (Pick 178b / NR68)

This 1940 Northern Bank Limited 1 Pound issued note is a high-grade survivor of the bank's pre-decimal sterling note tradition in Belfast. Dated 1st January 1940 and bearing serial number N-I/H 028711, the note is cataloged as Pick 178b and NR68, the black-prefix and black-serial-number variety recorded for this wartime-period issue. PMG grades the note 67 EPQ Superb Gem Uncirculated, placing it in an exceptional state of preservation for a design usually encountered with handling, folds, teller wear, or circulation toning. Read more →

IrelandIssued Note19401 PoundPMG 67 EPQ Superb Gem Uncirculated Issued NoteRegular IssuePrivate Banknote IssueAuthorized Banknote IssueIrish Private BankNorthern Ireland IssueBlack Prefix and Serial NumberSerial N-I/H 028711N-I/H Prefix1 PoundNorthern BankNorthern Bank LimitedBelfastDated 1st January 1940Blue One CounterMaritime VignetteIndustrial VignetteArchitectural VignetteSterling BanknoteCommercial Security PrinterBanknote PrintingSecurity PrintingEngraved BanknotePrivate Banknote ProductionCommercial Banknote IssueBlack Prefix VarietyBlack Serial Number VarietyPick 178bNR68Irish Banking HistoryNorthern Ireland Banking HistoryPrivate Banknote TraditionCommercial Banknote IssueIrish Financial HistoryEarly Twentieth Century Paper MoneyPre-decimal SterlingWartime Period BanknoteHistoryIrelandIreland - Northern1940Pick 178bNR68PMG 67PMG 67 EPQPMG 67 EPQ Superb Gem UncirculatedExceptional Paper QualityMuseum Grade

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Confederate States of America 1864 10 Dollars T-68 PF-3 CR-541 First Series Roman Letters Richmond PCGS 62 Uncirculated with pink underprint.

Confederate States of America 1864 – 10 Dollars First Series in Roman Letters Richmond (T-68 PF-3 CR-541)

The ten-dollar note of the February 17, 1864 issue, cataloged as T-68 (Criswell 541), was among the final wartime emissions of the Confederate Treasury. Printed in Richmond, Virginia, by Keatinge & Ball of Columbia, South Carolina, it forms part of the most widely recognized Confederate paper-money design family-distinguished by pink underprint, detailed engraving, and complex typography produced under severe wartime constraints. Read more →

Confederate States of AmericaTreasury Note186410 DollarsPCGS 62 Uncirculated Confederate Treasury NoteTreasury NoteCivil War CurrencyPink UnderprintFirst Series Roman Letters10 DollarsKeatinge & BallRichmond VirginiaT-68PF-3CR-541Plate A55Serial 2580Confederate monetary systemWartime emergency currencyHistoryConfederate States of America1864PCGS 62UncirculatedMuseum Grade

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Confederate States of America 1864 100 Dollars T-65 CR-121 Pink Underprint Richmond PMG 63 EPQ Choice Uncirculated.

Confederate States of America 1864 – 100 Dollars Pink Underprint Richmond (T-65 CR-121)

The one-hundred-dollar note of the February 17, 1864 Confederate issue, cataloged as T-65 (Criswell 121), was the highest denomination of the Confederacy’s final paper-money series. Printed by Keatinge & Ball in Columbia, South Carolina, this design became one of the most recognizable icons of Confederate finance during the final year of the Civil War. Read more →

Confederate States of AmericaTreasury Note1864100 DollarsPMG 63 EPQ Choice Uncirculated Confederate Treasury NoteTreasury NoteCivil War CurrencyPink Underprint100 DollarsKeatinge & BallRichmond VirginiaT-65CR-121Plate DSerial 447511Confederate monetary systemWartime emergency currencyHistoryConfederate States of America1864PMG 63 EPQChoice UncirculatedMuseum Grade

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Paraguay 1856 2 Reales Tesoro Nacional Treasury Note, earliest national paper money of Paraguay, signed by Matias Reina and Santiago Ozcariz, Pick Unlisted and attributed as Miguel Pratt MC14.

Paraguay 1856 - Tesoro Nacional 2 Reales Treasury Note, Earliest National Paper Money (Pick Unlisted, Miguel Pratt MC14)

The signatures of Matias Reina and Santiago Ozcariz place this note firmly within the earliest Treasury operation. Their handwritten authority, together with the individually entered serial details, gives the piece the character of a manually controlled government obligation rather than a standardized later issue. The compact setting of the phrase al portador, the open character of the lettering, the uneven impression, and the broad handwritten style separate this first-issue note from the later 1862 to 1865 wartime restrikes and re-lithographed types. Read more →

ParaguayTreasury Note18562 RealesUncertified Very Fine Original, Blank Reverse 2 RealesTreasury NoteTesoro Nacional Treasury NoteEarliest National Paper MoneyFirst IssueHandsignedBlank ReversePrimitive LithographyThin Handmade PaperTesoro NacionalCarlos Antonio LopezMatias ReinaSantiago OzcarizAsuncion PrintingParaguayan Monetary OriginsEarly National PaperSouth American Fiscal HistoryWar of the Triple AllianceHistoryParaguay1856Pick UnlistedMiguel Pratt MC14R10 UniqueR10Unique Known ExampleMuseum Grade

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1914 and 1915 Egyptian Red Crescent membership receipts with early emblem and bilingual seal

Egypt 1914–1915 - Egyptian Red Crescent Society (Khedivial Era Membership Receipts, Two-Document Set)

Founded in 1911, the Egyptian Red Crescent Society was one of the earliest national branches of the Red Crescent movement and emerged during a period of rising public-health awareness, military tension, and modernization in Egypt. Operating under the patronage of the Khedivial family, the Society coordinated medical relief, hospital funding, nursing programs, and wartime humanitarian aid long before the establishment of Egypt’s later national health institutions. Its early documents reflect a pre-war administrative structure that balanced Ottoman-era civil formats, European humanitarian standards, and domestic Arabic-language operational practice. Receipts, membership certificates, and donation records formed the financial and organizational backbone of the fledgling Society and were rarely preserved outside its offices. Read more →

EgyptGovernment Document1914Membership Dues ReceiptsUncertified (VF Pair) Government DocumentHumanitarian DocumentMembership ReceiptBilingual SealCharitable InstitutionsEarly Relief OrganizationsHumanitarian HistoryMedical HistoryPublic Health EgyptWWI EgyptProtectorate PeriodKhedivial EgyptOttoman to British TransitionEgyptian Red CrescentPrince Mohamed AliPre WWI AdministrationEgyptCairo19141915Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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1918 Banque Belge pour l’Étranger Cairo branch issued cheque with Art Nouveau border and full branch list

Egypt 1918 - Banque Belge pour l’Étranger, Cairo Branch Issued Cheque

The cheque is completed in dark brown fountain-pen script with the date 'Le Caire, le 2 Septembre 1918' at top. The sum-cinquante neuf livres sterling, six shillings et onze pence-is written across a pink micro-lithographed security band designed to prevent alteration. The amount in sterling underscores the dominance of the British pound in wartime Egypt, where local institutions and foreign banks conducted high-value transactions in pounds due to currency stability and British political presence. Read more →

EgyptFinancial Document1918Cheque (Pounds Sterling)Uncertified (VF, Complete Issued Instrument) Financial DocumentIssued ChequeCheque HistorySecurity PrintingArt Nouveau Security PrintingBanking InstrumentBelgian BankingBanque BelgeOverseas BanksCorrespondent BankingAnglo Belgian FinanceWWI Financial SystemEgyptian Banking HistorySterling PaymentsForeign Exchange HistoryCommercial History EgyptWartime Economy EgyptEgyptCairo1918World War IMuseum GradeR6 Extremely Rare

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Poland 1940 Bank Emisyjny w Polsce 10 Złotych Prefix C approval specimen, Kraków issue, featuring Fryderyk Chopin portrait on the reverse

Poland 1940 - 10 Zlotych Bank Emisyjny w Polsce Prefix C Kraków Issue Approval Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

Engraving was executed according to pre-war Polish standards under the direction of Leonard Sowiński. Dense guilloche networks, controlled line work, and carefully balanced typography demonstrate disciplined security printing rather than improvisation. Printing was carried out with the involvement of Giesecke & Devrient, with subsequent production phases handled by Zakłady Graficzne "Sztuka" in Kraków as wartime logistics evolved. Read more →

PolandApproval Specimen Without Overprints194010 ZłotychUncirculated (archival approval specimen) Approval SpecimenApproval Specimen Without OverprintsPrefix C10 ZlotychBank Emisyjny w PolsceKrakow IssueGeneral GovernmentOccupation Period CurrencyEngraved Security PrintingFryderyk ChopinReverse PortraitPolish Cultural IconographyWartime PolandMonetary AuthoritySecurity Printing HistoryPoland1940R7 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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Poland 1940 Bank Emisyjny w Polsce 20 Złotych Prefix A approval specimen, Kraków issue, with Emilia Plater portrait on the obverse

Poland 1940 - 20 Zlotych Bank Emisyjny w Polsce Prefix A Kraków Issue Approval Specimen (Pick Unlisted)

Production of the 20 Złotych involved a multi-stage workflow. Master engraving and early printing were carried out by Giesecke & Devrient, with subsequent production phases transferred to Zakłady Graficzne "Sztuka" in Kraków as wartime logistics evolved. This approval specimen belongs to the earliest organizational phase, before decentralization and material substitutions affected later output. Read more →

PolandApproval Specimen Without Overprints194020 ZłotychUncirculated (archival approval specimen) Approval SpecimenApproval Specimen Without OverprintsPrefix A20 ZłotychBank Emisyjny w PolsceKraków IssueGeneral GovernmentOccupation Period CurrencyEngraved Security PrintingEmilia PlaterObverse PortraitPolish National IconographyWartime PolandMonetary AuthorityInstitutional ContinuitySecurity Printing HistoryPoland1940R7 Extremely RareMuseum Grade

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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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Portugal 1799 Real Erario 20000 reis apólice issued in Lisboa, serial number 37723 in red, blind embossed seal on the face, no red overprint present, with multiple official ink seals on the reverse

Portugal 1799 - Real Erario 20000 Reis Apólice, Original Issue, No Overprint, Lisboa No. 37723

This example belongs to the original issue phase of Portuguese treasury apólices and predates the period commonly associated with the War of the Brothers. It is not a later emergency, provisional, or conflict-era emission, but rather a product of the established pre-war fiscal system operating under stable royal administration. This distinction is structurally important, as later conflict-period instruments frequently exhibit different validation practices, heavier fiscal markings, and systematic overprinting linked to wartime controls. Read more →

PortugalPublic Debt Bond179920000 ReisVery Fine Public Debt BondApolice20000 ReisPayable to BearerBlind Embossed SealMultiple Reverse SealsNo OverprintOriginal IssuePre War of the BrothersReal ErarioLisboaPortuguese Treasury FinanceRoyal Era Fiscal PaperEighteenth Century State DebtAdministrative Validation SealsFiscal Control HistorySecurity Printing HistoryPortuguese Monetary HistoryPortugal17991811Museum GradeR9 Extremely Rare

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