World Banknotes Countries A-D

It’s not often you get the chance to include colour trials in your banknote collection. This is because they are rarely available to the collector market. They tend to remain with the printers or are destroyed. These colour trials from Croatia, I think you will agree are pretty exotic What are colour trials? Well, as their name implies they are trial printings of banknotes done on paper or in colours that are not adopted for the final issued printing. The trials we have on offer were prepared for Croatian banknotes issued in 1993. They are printed on one side only showing either the front or the back. Many of the trials for the reverse show an incomplete printing stage. Our collection contains 10 different pieces including the fronts and backs of the 200, 500 and 1000 kuna which in issued form are very expensive. Also included are the fronts and backs of the 5 and 20 kuna. Illustrations include prominent citizens from the past and important buildings. This fabulous Croatian Colour Trial Collection comprising 10 pieces, a real talking point.

Bolivia, or The Plurinational State of Bolivia as it now wishes to be known, has been issuing a wonderful new series of banknotes. The 50 bolivianos has recently been introduced.(P-New) The front features portraits of three important freedom fighters in Bolivia’s history.- Jose Manuel Baca Canoto, Bruno Racua and Pablo Zarate Willka. In the background an illustration of the Fortaleza de Inkallajta, an administrative centre on the eastern border of the Inca Empire. The back is charming featuring the extinct volcano of Nevado Sajama, the endangered Andean Flamingo and fields of quinoa. Crisp Uncirculated and limited availability.

This issue we offer Uncirculated examples of the new Canada Polymer 10 dollar bill released last year. (PNew) It is a first for a Canadian banknote. It is printed vertically. For the first time a Canadian born woman appears on her own on a Canadian banknote. She was Viola Desmond, a business woman who, in 1946, challenged racial segregation by refusing to leave a whites only area of the Roseland Theatre. It was the most publicized incident of racial discrimination in Canadian history The back has an illustration of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights alongside an extract from the Canadian Charter of Rights. Uncirculated.

An uncut sheet of the Plastic 1 dollar note issued by the Antarctica Overseas Exchange in December 2011 to mark the Centenary of the conquest of the South Pole 1911-2011. The design is dominated by illustrations of King Penguins, protecting their chicks and on the move towards their feeding grounds. A holographic windowed thread completes the package. Crisp Uncirculated and printed on plastic- the Uncut Sheet of Plastic Antarctica.

Crisp Uncirculated examples of the 5 bolivianos for issue under the Law of 1945 (P138s) The front is dominated by a portrait of Simon Bolivar, always considered as The Liberator because of his efforts to achieve independence from Spanish rule. The arms of Bolivia are on the back. Our examples are unissued because they are not signed. Crisp Uncirculated.