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COMPLETED 2007 ABN II AUCTION BELOW

 

BANKNOTE PRINTING PLATES 
 
1 Peso. Face printing plate. Vignette of man leading horse on right and seated allegorical
"Reaper" with sheep. Cross hatching on left and right margins. Plate # C-2023 on top of
face plate. 9 by 5 inches. XF condition with adjustment marks on the top and bottom
borders. Unique in archive. Showpiece Colombian banknote plate. Unknown issued. ABNC
 
 
  Lot #  1881. Argentina Banco Provincial de Cordoba Printing Plate. 1889. P-S744 Unlisted. 20 Pesos. Face and back printing plates. Vignette of M.Fraguiero on right and allegorical woman with "Electric Guitar" looking pitcher on left. Cross hatching on left and right and adjustment marks on top and bottom margins. 9 by 4.5 inches. Plate # C-3344 on top of face plate and # C-303 on back. Plates are in XF condition with light hairlines from past plate cleaning but no other detracting marks. Rare Argentina Numismatic item. Unique. ABNC
 
 
                                                                                        
 
ca.1947. P-349. 5000 CGU. Steek printing plate of back of banknote with "Void" overprint drilled into plate
backwords and missing the bottom signatures, border, date and denomination counters. 3.75 by 6.5 inches.
Blue ink is still in recessed portions of engraving. Bank building in center. Also includes protective of plate.
Unique. SBNC
 

Lot # 2224. San Jose. Costa Rica. Banco De Costa Rica Printing Plates (3). Jan.1, 1901. P-S177 Unlisted. 100 Colones, Serie A. Face and back printing plates of this rare issue. Missing the border plate of the back but includes the vignette, title and text plate of the face and the plate of the face. Vignette of Costa Rican notable on face who has deep scratches on face evidently partially cancelling or defacing plate slightly, but that hardly detracts from the appearance, otherwise the rest of the plates are in XF condition with light hairlines from past plate cleaning but no other detracting marks. 9 by 4.5 inches. Plate # C-7072 on top of face plate, # C-6997 and "$100-El Banco De- Costa Rica- Face Tint" on top of face border and C-624 on top of back plate. Note is unpriced in SCWPM. Extremely rare Costa Rica Numismatic items. Unique in archive. ABNC
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
P-156 Unlisted. 25 Centavos. Face printing plate, no back plate.
Vignette of young woman on right. No Series listed, but from the
"Series A" Issue. 5 by 3.5 inches. Plate # C-14367 on top of face
plate. Back of plate has number "F5609. Plate is in XF condition
with light hairlines from past plate cleaning but no other detracting
marks. Rare Costa Rica Numismatic item.                
 
 
 
 
Lot #  2222.San Jose. Costa Rica Banco De Costa Rica Printing Plates (3). Jan.1, 1901. P-S174a Unlisted. 10 Colones, Serie A. Face and back printing plates of this rare issue. Missing the border back plate but includes the vignette, title and text plate of the face and back with the border face plate. Vignette of locomotive traveling around curve. 8 by 4.5 inches. Face plates are in XF condition with light hairlines from past plate cleaning but no other detracting marks and the back plate would be in the same condition except that the plate had been cracked on the top 1/3 traveling diagonally through back vignette. Series A is unpriced in SCWPM and listed as rare. Extremely rare Costa Rica Numismatic item. Unique in archive. ABNC
 
 
 
                                                                                                   
HONDURAS
 
 
 
 
Lot # 2371. Honduras El Banco Nacional Hondureno - 1889 Issue Printing Plate. 1889. P-S153 Unlisted. 50 Centavos. Face printing plate, no back plate. Vignette of man standing next to locomotive on right. No Series listed. 5.5 by 4 inches. Plate # C-3602 on top of face plate. Plate is in XF condition with light hairlines from past plate cleaning but no other detracting marks. Back of plate has imprint "John Sellers & Sons, Sheffield". Rare Honduras Numismatic item. Unique. ABNC
 
Lot # 2376. Honduras El Banco Centro - Americano Printing Plate. 1888. P-S133 Unlisted. 5 Pesos. Face printing plate, no back plate. Vignette of young woman pouring water on left, Arms of Honduras in middle and "goats in love" on right. Cross hatching on corners. No Series listed. 9 by 4.5 inches. Plate # C-3495 on top of face plate. Plate is in XF condition with light hairlines from past plate cleaning but no other detracting marks. Right border has hole drilled for plate placement. Unpriced in SCWPM. Rare Honduras Numismatic item. Unique. ABNC
 
 
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Lot # 2500. Nicaragua Banco Central De Nicaragua Printing Plate (2). 1962. P-111 Unlisted. 50 Cordobas. Face and back printing plates. Vignette of M.Jerez in middle of face plate and back with Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba. Missing small print beneath vignette on face. 9 by 5 inches. No plate numbers on plates. XF condition. Extremely rare Nicaragua Numismatic items. Unique in archive. ABNC
 
    
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