Archives International Auctions Sale 61 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, and Security Printing Ephemera and Historic Ephemera October 4 & 5, 2020

Archives International Auctions - Sale 61 25 October 4-5,2020 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Congo 169 169 Banque des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale. 1992. Issued Note. Congo. Issued 1000 Francs banknote. P-11. Choice to Gem Unc.������������������������������������������ Est. $25-40 Congo Republic 170 170 Republique Populaire du Congo. ND (1974). Specimen Banknote. Congo Republic. 1,000 Francs, ND (1974), P-3as. Specimen banknote, blue and m/c underprint. Industrial plant at center with man at right. Back shows a mask at left, statue at right, and train, plane, and bridge at center. PMG graded Superb Gem UNC 67 EPQ. S/N O.0 00000 0228. (Cert # 5003600-001).����������������������������������������������������������� Est. $325-650 Costa Rica 171 171 Banco Central De Costa Rica, 1971 Proposed Essay Designs by USBNC that Ended up being printed by ABNC. Costa Rica. Lot of 6 Photo face and back Proofs for the 1972 issue of 10; 20 and 50 Colones banknotes that ended up being printed by ABNC rather than USBNC. The proposed designs are printed on off-white paper with similar vignettes but slightly different arrangement and cycloid printing. Includes uniface face and back designs, all dated in the left corner 8-20-(19)71, All uncirculated. Rare essay designs of a proposed and never issued Costa Rica banknote design. USBNC. Eventually, both companies merged. (6) ������������������������������������� Est. $350-500 Croatia 172 172 Narodna Bank Hrvatske. 1993 (1994). Pair of Progress Proofs. Croatia. Lot includes proof 20 Kuna, 1993, P-30, one with complete front and blank back; and another with complete back and partial front. Printed on unwatermarked yellow paper, no serial numbers. About to Choice Unc. ����������������������������������������� Est. $60-120 Cuba 173 173 Republica de Cuba, 1869, Issued Note. Cuba. Issued 50 Centavos, 1869, P-53, uniface, Cuban flag at center, red seal lower right, blank back. S/N 1153, VF. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $110-200 174 174 Banco Espani de la Isla de Cuba, 1896, Issued Note. Cuba. Issued 50 Pesos, 1.5.1896, P-50b, red PLATA overprint, Choice Fine to Very Fine.�������������� Est. $200-400 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 175 175 Theresienstat Concentration Camp / Ghetto Scrip, 1943, Set of 7 Notes Czechoslovakia, set of 7 notes, includes 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 Kronen. Theresienstadt was simultaneously a ghetto, a transit camp, and a concentration camp. On arrival deportees had to exchange all their money and assets into this ghetto ‘currency’ despite the fact that normal trade and business were impossible. The set offered is a complete set, with the denominations differing only in size and color. The front of each note has a picture of Moses on it, he is holding the Ten Commandments which are written in Hebrew. The notes also carry the signature of Jakob Edelstein the first Chief of the Council of Jewish Elders which the SS insisted be set up in Theresienstadt Camp-Ghetto. The notes had no monetary value but within the ghetto could be used to pay in the communal showers, and for entry to performances put on by other prisoners. The currency and false image of normality it helped to portray played a part in convincing members of the Red Cross who visited in June 1944, that prisoners at Theresienstadt were receiving acceptable treatment, despite the horrific reality. Uncirculated condition. (7) ������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $230-350