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New Zealand 1981 - 100 Dollars H.R. Hardie Signature Serial YAA173980 (Pick 175a)

The obverse features the revised portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, while the Captain James Cook watermark remains consistent with earlier decimal issues, maintaining continuity within New Zealand’s monetary identity. As the highest denomination, the one hundred dollars note served a predominantly institutional and high-value transactional role within the economy. Read more →

New Zealand 1981 - 100 Dollars H.R. Hardie Signature Replacement Star Serial YA000000* Printer Annotation Specimen (Pick 175as)

The design retains the full issued layout, featuring Queen Elizabeth II in engraved portrait form and the Captain James Cook watermark embedded within the paper, alongside the complex multitone guilloche structure characteristic of Bradbury Wilkinson’s production. Read more →

New Zealand 1981 - 100 Dollars H.R. Hardie Signature Serial YAA000000 Printer Annotation Specimen with Single Punch Hole (Pick 175as)

The design retains the full issued layout, including the engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the Captain James Cook watermark, alongside the multitone guilloche structure characteristic of Bradbury Wilkinson’s early 1980s production. Read more →

New Zealand 1981 - 100 Dollars H.R. Hardie Signature Vertical Perforated SPECIMEN Black Overprint Serial YAA000000 Specimen No. 016 (Pick 175as)

The design retains the full issued layout, featuring Queen Elizabeth II in engraved portrait form and the Captain James Cook watermark embedded within the paper. The multitone guilloche patterns and balanced engraving reflect Bradbury Wilkinson’s refined production techniques of the early 1980s. Read more →

New Zealand 1985 - 100 Dollars S.T. Russell Signature Issued Note Serial YAB369567 (Pick 175b)

Printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, Limited, the note showcases the mature design language established in the earlier decimal issues and carried into its final form. The obverse features the refined portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, executed with precise intaglio engraving, while the paper incorporates the Captain James Cook watermark, maintaining continuity with the national identity themes embedded in New Zealand’s currency. Read more →

New Zealand 1985 - 100 Dollars S.T. Russell Signature Black Overprint Specimen No. 004 with Dual Oval Stamps and YAC000000 Serial (Pick 175bs)

The design retains the full issued layout, featuring the engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the Captain James Cook watermark embedded within the paper. The multitone guilloche structure and rich crimson palette reflect the refined engraving standards of Bradbury Wilkinson’s late paper production. Read more →

New Zealand 1985 - 100 Dollars S.T. Russell Signature Perforated SPECIMEN OF NO VALUE Serial YAC000000 (Pick 175bs)

The design retains the full issued layout, featuring the engraved portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the Captain James Cook watermark embedded within the paper. The multitone guilloche structure and deep crimson palette represent the fully matured engraving style of Bradbury Wilkinson during the late paper era. Read more →

New Zealand 1992 - 100 Dollars Rutherford Design Vertical Red SPECIMEN Overprint Printer-Annotated TDLR Specimen (Pick 181s)

The note bears Serial AA000000 003, a structured specimen serial format used for controlled archival distribution and internal cataloging. The watermark of Queen Elizabeth II is retained within the substrate, forming a deliberate continuity link between the outgoing Elizabeth II series and the newly introduced Rutherford design. Read more →

United States ca. 1970s – Giori Test Note – Jefferson Center, Black Front / Greenback Inverted Experimental Serial With Watermark

The front is printed in deep black on watermarked paper and carries an experimental red serial number, CT68666, inverted relative to the design. Serial numbering on Giori tests is unusual; inversion shows the sheet was fed intentionally in reverse for mechanical calibration of numbering direction and feed sequencing. Bars across the portraits act as alignment guides for optical measurement during press setup. Read more →

United States 1929 – American Bank Note Company Test Note, 10 Units, Green Series of 1929 With Watermark and Segmented Foil Security Thread

This engraved test note by the American Bank Note Company (ABNCo) represents one of the firm’s most enduring demonstration designs, known as the 'Series of 1929' specimen. Although dated 1929, these were printed decades later-primarily in the 1960s and 1970s-as house proofs and sales samples showcasing engraving precision, watermark technology, and later innovations such as foil-thread anti-counterfeiting devices. Read more →

Uruguay 1939 - Departamento de Emision del Banco de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay 50 Pesos Serie A Photographic Proof Pair, Dated 28 November 1956 (Pick Unlisted)

The large open oval at left corresponds to the watermark area of the production note and provides a visual counterweight to the heavily engraved portrait. The photographic proof preserves the intended relationship between the printed design and the paper security structure, allowing the full face layout to be examined as an integrated composition. Read more →

Jersey 1840 - Bible Christian Church, Royal Crescent £1 Remainder (Pick Unlisted)

Unissued £1 remainder note of the Bible Christian Church, Royal Crescent, Jersey - a rare surviving artifact from the early 19th-century Methodist movement on the Channel Islands. Printed in blue on thin, high-quality wove paper with a large circular watermark, the piece was intended as a church-backed promissory note payable in British Sterling, guaranteed by the trustees of the congregation. Read more →