Das Historisches Wertpapierhaus (HWPH) offers over 2,400 lots of historic securities in two upcoming auctions. The sale includes a section of bond and share certificates, promissory notes and checks which were collected by numismatic pioneer Albert Pick (lots 896 through 927).
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| From the Albert Pick collection : 6% 100 soles government bond, 1875, Lima Peru The sol was introduced in 1863 when Peru completed its decimalization. It replaced the real at a rate of 1 sol = 10 reales. |
Albert Pick (1922-2015) is the most famous numismatist in the field of banknotes. He started collecting banknotes as a child. In 1964 Pick had assembled 180,000 banknotes, a collection he gave to the Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank. In exchange for that, the bank appointed him curator of the collection. Since then, and having lots of material at his disposal, Pick started to write books and paper money catalogs. The first edition of his Standard Catalog of World Paper Money was published in 1975 and is used all over the world. It assigns every banknote issued the well-known 'Pick number'.
Auction details
- Dates & location
- HWPH Auction 45 (lots 1-927): 29 April 2017, Würzburg
- HWPH Auction 46 (lots 928-2425): 1 May 2017, Internet only
- More info
- See here, a separate catalog in Russian is available see there
- video with the highlights
F.L.
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