Discover the legacy of global finance in Money and Exchange Auction 6, featuring over 370 exceptional lots spanning the golden age of international trade and empire. This carefully curated sale presents rare bills of exchange addressed to the Rothschilds, unique printer’s proofs, and remarkable merchant documents — many rarely encountered outside institutional archives.
Trace the financial networks that shaped the modern world: where Barings, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, and the Rothschilds facilitated transcontinental commerce and capital flows. From early 17th-century Spanish banking instruments to colonial Caribbean drafts, Latin American mercantile correspondence, and bills drawn on Asia’s great port cities, the auction offers a compelling journey through the architecture of global trade and finance.
Among the highlights is a historic East India Company Stock certificate, a tangible link to one of the foundational enterprises of modern corporate finance.
Whether you are a dedicated scripophily collector, a scholar of economic history, or a connoisseur of rare historical paper, Money and Exchange Auction 6 presents an opportunity not to be missed.
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LOT 2:
Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua, Private Bill of Exchange, £75, 1887
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Buyer's Premium: 20%
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Item Overview
Description:
Bill of Exchange issued in Antigua on 4 February 1887 for £75 to Samuel Smith & Co., payable in London. Includes Antigua revenue stamp and multiple bank endorsement markings. A fine example of colonial-era Caribbean financial instruments.
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