Bidspirit auctions | Money and Exchange Auction Jul 17, 2025
Money and Exchange, Jul 17, 2025. 253 lots.
Money and Exchange -
Discover the legacy of world finance in Money and Exchange Auction 3, featuring over 250 extraordinary lots from the golden age of global trade and empire. This exclusive sale includes rare bills of exchange addressed to the Rothschild Frères, unique printer’s proofs, and exceptional Ottoman-era bonds and merchant documents from Constantinople, Smyrna, and Beirut—many unavailable elsewhere.
Explore a world where Barings, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and the Rothschilds powered transcontinental trade. From early 1800s Ottoman finance to colonial Caribbean drafts, Latin American banking ties, and Asian port-city bills, this auction offers a breathtaking journey through 19th and 20th-century global commerce.
Whether you're a collector of scripophily, a scholar of international finance, or just love rare historical paper, this is a sale you won’t want to miss.
Lots in this catalog (253)
- Lot 1: South Africa Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd Specimen Circular Letter of Credit 1954 — 25
- Lot 2: Egypt Barclays Bank Domonion and Colinial and Overseas Bill of Exchange Cairo 1939 £359 16s 8d
- Lot 3: Egypt 'Credit Lyonnais' Agence de Cairo Cheque for 23145 Egyptian Piastres Freemasonry 1894 — 30
- Lot 4: Egypt Alexandria 'Moise Valensin & Co' Bill of Exchange £1000 1859 — 21
- Lot 5: Egypt J.N. Mosseri Figli & Co Cairo Check 1940 — 76
- Lot 6: Ottoman Empire Egypt A.V.Paz Bill of Exchange Alessandria 1833 240 Lire
- Lot 7: Mozambique Standard Bank of South Africa Bill of Exchange Lourenço Marques 1913 £14
- Lot 8: Antigua W.H. Moore Bill of Exchange 1884 £100
- Lot 9: Argentina Nuevo Banco Italiano cheque Santa Fe 1913 handwritten
- Lot 10: Brazil London & Brazilian Bank Ltd. Bill of Exchange Rio de Janeiro 1897 £75
- Lot 11: Bolivia, Banco Nacional de Bolivia, Bill of Exchange, Sucre, 1903, 434.20 bolivianos — 42
- Lot 12: Canada The Bank of British North America Bill of Exchange London 1882 $9062.66
- Lot 13: Canada The Merchants Bank of Canada Draft New York 1876 111 Pounds Sterling — 79
- Lot 14: Canada Bank of Montreal Bill of Exchange XF 45 PMG New York London — 180
- Lot 15: Canada Bank of Montreal Bill of Exchange for 3 Pounds London 1903 — 85
- Lot 16: Canada Bank of Montreal 1872 PMG 45 XF Bill of Exchange — 200
- Lot 17: Canada-USA, The Canadian Bank of Commerce, Exchange Bill, New York, 1887, £2600 — 84
- Lot 18: Canada Royal Bank of Canada Cheque Havana 1921 500 Pesetas
- Lot 19: Chile Banco Mobiliario Valparaiso 1883 Bill of Exchange — 76
- Lot 20: Chile Banco de Valparaiso Bill of Exchange for £500 1882 — 47
- Lot 21: Chile Banco Nacional Santiago 1874 Bill of Exchange Letra de Cambio PMG 35 — 53
- Lot 22: Chile 'Thomas, La Chambre & Co' Valparaiso Bill of Exchange 1863 — 88
- Lot 23: Chile Ossa y Escobar bill of exchange Valparaiso 1851 £200
- Lot 24: Chile The Anglo-South American Bank Ltd Check for 40 Pounds 1921 — 80
- Lot 25: Chile Weber & Co Bill of Exchange for £3000 Valparaiso 1881 — 84
- Lot 26: Cuba J. Martinez y Cía bill of exchange Havana 1917 11450 pesetas
- Lot 27: Cuba, Agencia General de la Republica de Cuba, Patriotic Loan Receipt, c.1870s — 100
- Lot 28: Cuba Villanueva Rangel y No. V.O. X. bill of exchange Cienfuegos 1906 4689 pesetas
- Lot 29: Cuba Banco Comercial de Cuba Paid Cheque with Fiscal Stamps Havana 1924
- Lot 30: Cuba Alvarez Valdes y Cía. Promissory Note Havana 1913 1250 Pesetas
- Lot 31: Cuba Pedro Gomez Mena e Hijo Promissory Note Havana 1923
- Lot 32: Cuba Manuel Muñoz y Ca. Bill of Exchange Habana 1901
- Lot 33: Cuba Banco Internacional de Cuba Cheque Habana 1920
- Lot 34: Cuba Julián Quadreny y Ca. bill of exchange Batabanó 1903 200 pesetas
- Lot 35: Cuba J. Balcello y Ca. Bill of Exchange Habana 1908 200 Pesos
- Lot 36: Cuba Will Hermanos & Co. Bill of Exchange Habana 1882
- Lot 37: Ecuador, Banco del Ecuador, Promissory Note, Guayaquil, 1914, 1040 Pesos
- Lot 38: Ecuador Santiago French £100 Guyaquil 1881 — 220
- Lot 39: Ecuador, Guayaquil, Banco del Ecuador, Bill of Exchange, 1927 — 17
- Lot 40: Ecuador, Guayaquil, Banco del Ecuador, Bill of Exchange, 1928 — 55
- Lot 41: Ecuador Guyaquil 'Janer e Hijo' Letra de Cambio Bill of Exchange 1897 Scarce — 80
- Lot 42: Ecuador L.C. Stagg & Cia £300 Guayaquil 1881 Bill of Exchange Cheque — 150
- Lot 43: Mexico Julián Aragón y Sobrino bill of exchange Veracruz 1924 3513 pesetas
- Lot 44: Mexico Manuel González Draft Revenue Stamp 1858 1000 Pesos
- Lot 45: Mexico Private Draft Durango 1858 200 Pesos Silver
- Lot 46: Mexico Banco de Londres y Mexico 1893 $1000 Bill of Exchange — 120
- Lot 47: Mexico, C. Urcelay M. y Cía, Bill of Exchange, Mérida (Yucatán), 1897, $100 US — 105
- Lot 48: Banco Nacional de Mexico Guadalajara Jalisco Bill of Exchange 1895 Cheque $100 — 100
- Lot 49: Mexico Bill of Exchange 'Esteban Benecke y Cía' Printer's Proof 1860-1870 — 19
- Lot 50: Peru Banco del Perú Deposit Certificate Lima 1800s blank value
- Lot 51: Peru Bolivia 'Ventura Forfan y Cia' 1879 Tacna Letra de Cambio Bill of Exchange — 29
- Lot 52: St. Vincent Colonial Bank Bill of Exchange St. Vincent 1868 £6.6s
- Lot 53: St. Vincent Private Bill of Exchange St. Vincent 1865 £20
- Lot 54: St. Vincent Henry Rodgers & Sons Bill of Exchange 1868 £60
- Lot 55: St. Vincent Colonial Bank Bill of Exchange St. Vincent 1867 £8.1s.8d
- Lot 56: Venezuela Deuda Nacional Interna Billete de 2,000 Bolivares 1906 Uncancelled — 339
- Lot 57: Venezuela Banco de Venezuela Draft Caracas 1927 200 USD
- Lot 58: Uruguay London & River Plate Bank Limited Bill of Exchange Montevideo 1888 £1000
- Lot 59: Haiti Republique d'Haiti 2 Gourdes L. 1827 VG P#42 — 54
- Lot 60: Bangladesh 500 Taka 2018 Solid "6" PCGS 67PPQ
- Lot 61: Bangladesh 500 Taka 2018 Solid "7" PCGS 67PPQ
- Lot 62: Burma, Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Bill of Exchange, Rangoon, 1899, £21 — 126
- Lot 63: China Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China 1874 PMG 45 Choice Extremely Fine — 62
- Lot 64: China Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Bill of Exchange Shanghai for 36.16.7 Pounds 1910 — 80
- Lot 65: China Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Bill of Exchange for £19.5.4 Shanghai 1924 — 66
- Lot 66: China Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Bill of Exchange 1879 £2500
- Lot 67: China Chartered Bank of India Australia and China Bill of Exchange Hong Kong 1883 £900
- Lot 68: China 1 Jiao 1980 PMG 67 EPQ Superb Gem UNC
- Lot 69: China Oriental Bank Corporation Shanghai Bill of Exchange PMG EPQ 45 Choice XF 1873 PMG 45 Choice Extremely Fine — 255
- Lot 70: China, Foochow (Fuzhou) Bill of Exchange, 1882, £1021.2.10 — 63
- Lot 71: India, National Bank of India, Bill of Exchange, Calcutta, 1882, £112 — 158
- Lot 72: Hong Kong 'Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China' 1910 1Bill Exchange — 58
- Lot 73: India, Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Bill of Exchange, Bombay, 1874, £820 — 210
- Lot 74: India Bank of Madras Unissued Cheque Guntoor 19th Century Rupees
- Lot 75: India Chartered Bank of India Australia and China Bill of Exchange Calcutta 1872 £118 9s 8d
- Lot 76: Iraq Imperial Ottoman Bank Bill of Exchange Baghdad 1924 £2000 Gulbenkian
- Lot 77: Lebanon British Bank of Middle East Beirut 1922 10 Lebanese Pounds
- Lot 78: Lebanon Lebanon 100 Livres Specimen 1952 -1963 PMG 66 Gem UNC — 425
- Lot 79: Lebanon Ottoman 'Ducherne, Stussy & Co' Bill of Exchange 1858 Beyrouth Beirut — 26
- Lot 80: Philippines Bank J.M Tuason & Co Manila Bill of Exchange for £30.13.4 1878 — 107
- Lot 81: Singapore, Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp., Bill of Exchange, 1946, £25 Sterling — 53
- Lot 82: Singapore, Oriental Bank Corporation, Bill of Exchange, Singapore, 1883, £49.3.7 — 158
- Lot 83: Singapore Aslagoff & Co Signed Bill of Exchange HSBC 1912 — 100
- Lot 84: Singapore Mercantile Bank of India Bill of Exchange for £8.17.5 1926 — 84
- Lot 85: Vietnam The Bank of East Asia Ltd Bill of Exchange Saigon 1936 $60 Shanghai dollars
- Lot 86: Vietnam Banque de l'Indochine Cheque for 50 Francs Beijing (Peking) Agency 1927 — 30
- Lot 87: Australia Oriental Bank Corporation Bill of Exchange London to Melbourne 1881 £27
- Lot 88: Austria Nieder-Österreichische Escompte-Gesellschaft Bill of Exchange to Rothschild Frères Vienna 1881 482 Francs
- Lot 89: Belgium Antwerp Letter of Credit 'Banque d’Anvers' Specimen - Unique — 120
- Lot 90: Germany Bill of Exchange 1865 Disconto Gesellschaft Bank - B.H. Goldschmidt
- Lot 91: Germany Darmstadt Bank fur Handel und Industrie 1859
- Lot 92: Transnistria 1 Ruble 2023 Specimen Приднестровье Сеятель UNC67 PPQ 0000100 RADAR — 150
- Lot 93: Belgium Brussels Letter of Credit 'Banque de Bruxelles' Specimen - Unique — 26
- Lot 94: Gibraltar 50 pounds 2006 QEII P34 UNC CHURCHILL
- Lot 95: France 50 Sols 1793 PMG 65EPQ Gem UNC
- Lot 96: Hungary 1000 Pengo 1944 Russian Army Occupation
- Lot 97: Jersey Jersey 20 pounds 2010 (ND) — 116
- Lot 98: Jersey 10 pounds 2010 (ND) — 57
- Lot 99: Ottoman Empire Glavany & Fils Bill of Exchange Constantinople 1829 500 Francs
- Lot 100: Ottoman Empire Glavany Frères Bill of Exchange Constantinople 1831 950 Florins
- Lot 101: Ottoman Empire Georges Scaramanga Bill of Exchange Constantinople 1837 2000 Florins
- Lot 102: Ottoman Empire Louis Castagne & Co. Bill of Exchange Constantinople 1834 800 Florins
- Lot 103: Ottoman Empire H. Hamson Aleppoglou & Co. Bill of Exchange Constantinople 1854 1000 Piastres
- Lot 104: Ottoman Empire Pr. Cingria & Co. Bill of Exchange Constantinople 1835 2000 Florins
- Lot 105: Ottoman Empire Fratelli Stierro & Criozzo Bill of Exchange Constantinople 1883 1000 Florins
- Lot 106: Ottoman Empire Constantinople Bill of Exchange Isaac Camondo & Co. 1837 — 17
- Lot 107: Ottoman Empire Messrs Alleon 1849 Payment Receipt to Imperial Ottoman Government — 23
- Lot 108: Poland Józef Erstein Bill of Exchange Warsaw 1858 Russian Empire
- Lot 109: Poland Gustav Landau & Co. Bill of Exchange Warsaw 1849 Russian Empire
- Lot 110: Poland/Russia Banque de Commerce Varsovie St. Petersburg Branch Bill of Exchange 1873 £200
- Lot 111: Romania L. Mendl & Co. Bill of Exchange Galatz 1864 11834 Lire Italiane
- Lot 112: Russia Greece Ottoman Russian Orthodox Monastery at Mount Athos Check for 250 Turkish Lire Constantinople (Istanbul) — 150
- Lot 113: Russia Latvia Riga Bill of Exchange £1000 1882 Mitchell & Co — 80
- Lot 114: Russia Moscow 'Lazar Polyakov' Bill of Exchange 1882 £500 Лазарь Поляков — 250
- Lot 115: Russia Scaramanga & Co Trading House Bill of Exchange for £500 St Petersburg 1882 — 20
- Lot 116: Russia Ukraine Private Bank 'Raffalovich & Co" Odessa Bill of Exchange for 20,000 Lire 1863 — 50
- Lot 117: Russia RSFSR 5% Freedom Loan of 500 Roubles 1917
- Lot 118: Russia Ukraine Odessa 4 x 20 Kopeks 1917 (ND) Uncut Sheet PMG 55 About UNC
- Lot 119: Russia Ukraine Odessa GUBSOYUS 2 Roubles 1923
- Lot 120: Russia Ukraine Odessa GUBSOYUS 2 Roubles 1924
- Lot 121: Russia/Latvia Gutschmann Brothers Bill of Exchange Windau (Ventspils) 1874 £500
- Lot 122: Russia/Estonia Aug. Burchard Bill of Exchange Pernau (Pärnu) 1873 £1285
- Lot 123: Russia/Estonia Wyneken & Co. Bill of Exchange Pernau (Pärnu) 1871 £1000
- Lot 124: Russia/Estonia Hans Dietr Schmidt Bill of Exchange Pernau 1874 £800
- Lot 125: Russia/Latvia Gutschmann Brothers Bill of Exchange Windau (Ventspils) 1874 £600
- Lot 126: Russia/Latvia Gutschmann Brothers Bill of Exchange Windau (Ventspils) 1874 £400
- Lot 127: Russian Empire Latvia W. Wassmansdorff Bill of Exchange Riga 1883 £567.14s.9d
- Lot 128: Russia St. Petersburg Discount Bank Bill of Exchange St. Petersburg 1879 £1000
- Lot 129: Russia - Ukraine 50 Kopecks 1917 (ND)
- Lot 130: Spain Banco Hispano Americano bill of exchange Madrid 1903 675 pesetas
- Lot 131: Spain Joaquin Alcalde Bill of Exchange Madrid 1827 2450 Silver Pesos
- Lot 132: Turkey Iglessi & Stefanidi Bill of Exchange Smyrne (Izmir) 1853
- Lot 133: UK Specimen Circular Letter of Credit Baring Brothers London 18(60s) Rare — 67
- Lot 134: UK Samuel Montagu & Co. Bill of Exchange London 1867 £347
- Lot 135: Ukraine 100 Karbowanez 1942
- Lot 136: Ukraine 1000 Karbovantsiv 1918 (ND) PCGS 64PPQ
- Lot 137: Ukraine 500 Hryven 1918
- Lot 143: Ukraine 100 Karbovantsiv 1918
- Lot 144: Ukraine 100 Karbovantsiv 1918
- Lot 145: Ukraine 50 Karbovantsiv 1919 (ND)
- Lot 146: Ukraine 50 Karbovantsiv 1918 (ND)
- Lot 147: Ukraine 50 Karbovantsiv 1918 (ND)
- Lot 148: Ukraine 50 Karbovantsiv 1918 (ND)
- Lot 149: Ukraine 20 Hryven 2000
- Lot 150: Ukraine 10 Hryven 2000
- Lot 151: Ukraine 5 Hryven 2000
- Lot 152: Ukraine 10 Karbovantsiv 1991 Front Proof PMG 64EPQ
- Lot 153: Ukraine 10 Karbovantsiv 1991 Back Proof PMG 64EPQ
- Lot 154: Russia USSR 5 Roubles 1938
- Lot 157: Great Britain 2 x 50 Pounds 2021 With consecutive numbers