In the second half of the nineteenth century, the competition between companies on the dynamically developing paper money market was enormous.
The British printing house Bradbury Wilkinson & Company (BWC) copied the Argentinian banknote design from 1867 and used it to advertise its own company in the form of a test banknote, which demonstrated its printing skills.
Several folds through a field.
Traces after sticking on the reverse.
Perforation: SPECIMEN BW & CO LONDON.
A circulated but still well preserved specimen.
