The Catalog of  Printers Promotional Sheets & Test Notes - 18th Edition

The Reference for Bank Note Printer Test, Promotional, and Advertising Sheets & Notes 

Covers all test, advertising, promotional, color samples house notes, titled vignette sheets, stock samples, greeting cards, and calendars for firms involved in the production of bank notes. 

For all test notes for firms involved with cash management systems, see The Catalog of ATM Test Notes - 12th Edition, released in 2022!  ORDER BOTH CATALOGS FOR $45 FOR A $15 SAVING.  PLEASE WAIT FOR MY COMBINED INVOICE BEFORE PAYING!

Released June 2023,  View the sample pages.

  • Hundreds of back light, UV (ultraviolet), close up, and sharp angle images to show security features present.  All trademarked security terms shown, with a definition and firm using feature in the expanded Glossary.  Now in 2022, there are 262 features from Active to Zebra.
  • Current valuations in uncirculated condition for all notes.  Now includes valuations of notes with brochures when available. 
  • IN PDF (Adobe Acrobat) 120 MB file on CD, thus much lower shipping fees!  FREE shipping for email download option!
  • 1,292 pages (60 more pages than 2022!)
  • 7,249 COLOR NOTE IMAGES (319 more than 2022), where feasible imaged enlarged for detail
  • Attributing 3,479 (136 new this year) notes documenting all sub-varieties, such as date, logo, address, color, material, security device differences, and others.  With sub-varieties, there are 5,752 cataloged notes.
  • All 285 known printer firms producing test notes (5 new firms attributed!), including Printer's test, house and advertising notes from the 1820's forward. The catalog also includes any firm used to produce bank notes, including security ink, security paper mills, polymer producers, holographic and other security devices, and banknote design firms. 
  • Images of 95+% of each test note set.  
  • Only English language test note catalog.
  • Only current test note catalog.
  • Bookmark feature. ALL test note issuing firms are bookmarked, standard on all catalogs sold.
  • Table of Contents lists Firm, number of unique cataloged notes, number of sub-varieties and comments.  Also shows the alpha catalog designation for each test note variety.
  • Instructions for converting the PDF file to read on KINDLE
  • As with all PDF files, the entire catalog is searchable with a word or phrase.  Common names of test notes added to aid search, such as "blue bird", "Lord Nelson", "Lupo", "Pushkin" or "Avantgarde".  
  • Cross reference "family trees" of all firms that formed the American Bank Note Company and Thomas de la Rue.


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    • 285 known printer firms are:
    • -A-

      ABCorp

      Advanced Track & Trace

      Aestron Security Design

      American Bank Note Company

      American Bank Note Holographics

      James M. Anderson & Son

      Applegath and Cowper

      Applied Optical Technologies

      Arjo Wiggins

      Ashby and Company

      Ashton Potter

      Atlantic Bank Note Company

      Ault & Wiborg Company

      -B-

      Bacon & Bacon

      Balch, Rawdon & Co.

      Bald, Cousland & Co.

      Baldwin & Gleason Co.

      Banca Romana

      Banknote Corporation of America

      Banknote Paper Mill

      BCA\GSSC Security Alliance

      Bank of England

      Bank of France

      BA Bank Note Group

      Barclay & Fry Ltd.

      John F. Beazell

      Beijing Banknote Printing Corporation

      Belgium National Bank

      Blades, East and Blades

      Boston Bank Note Company

      BNB Printing Works

      Bradbury & Evans

      Henry Bradbury & Co.

      Bradbury-Wilkinson

      Britton & Rey Co

      Brooks Bank Note Company

      Bundesdruckerei GmbH

      Bureau of Engraving and Printing (U.S.)

      Burton & Gurley Bank Note Engravers

      -C-

      Calcografia & Cartevalori

      California Ink Company

      Canada Bank Note Company

      Canadian Bank Note Company

      S E Casa de Moneda de Argentina

      Casa da Moeda do Brazil

      Casa de Moneda de Chile

      Thomas Cave & Son

      CCL Secure

      Charles Toppan & Company

      Chengdu Banknote Printing Co., Ltd

      China Banknote Ink Company Ltd.

      China Banknote Printing and Minting Complex

      (China) Bureau of Engraving and Printing

      J. Clark Engraving

      Columbian Bank Note Company

      Sir William Congreve

      Continental Bank Note Company

      B. F. Corlies & Macy

      Crane & Company

      CSIRO

      Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co.

      Currency Note Press

      -D-

      Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

      Danforth, Bald & Company

      Danforth, Underwood & Company

      Danforth, Wright & Company

      Davlat Belgisi

      Debden Security Printing

      De La Rue

      De La Rue Garny

      De La Rue Giori

      E. Desfosses

      Danmarks Nationalbank

      Diagramm Halback

      Dimukan Inc.

      DIPA ZRT.

      Documintation as

      Dominion Bank Note Company

      Domtar Incorporated

      Dondorf & Naumann

      Doty & McFarlan

      Draper, Toppan & Co

      Draper, Toppan and Longacre

      Draper, Underwood, Bald, & Spencer

      Draper, Welsh and Company

      Durand & Company

      Durand, Perkins & Company

      Durand, Wright, & Company

      DuraNote

      DuraSafe                                                          

      -E-

      Echantillon

      E. C. Starr

      Eleazer Huntington Banknote Engravers

      Johan Enschede en Zonen

      Bank of Estonia

      Eugene Olson Company

      European Central Bank

      Excelsior Bank Note Company

      -F-

      Fabriano

      Fairman, Draper, & Underwood

      Federated Banknote Company

      Ferdinand Mayer & Co.

      Bank of Finland

      H. C. Foote

      Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company

      Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire

      Franklin Bank Note Company

      Franklin-Lee Bank Note Company

      -G-

      Garny

      A. Gast Bank Note & Lithographic Co

      John E. Gavit, Banknote Engraver and Printer

      General Banknote Corporation

      Giesecke & Devrient GmbH

      Giori, S.A. (Organization, De La Rue & KBA)

      Gleitsmann Security Inks

      Goebel GmbH

      Goes Lithographing Co.

      Goznak

      Grabados Fernando Fernandez

      The Graphic Company

      Graphic Company of Boston

      Graphic Security Systems

      Thomas Greg & Sons Inc.

      H. Gugler & Son, Bank Lithographers

      -H-

      Hamilton Bank Note Company

      Hampshire Paper Co

      T. C. Hansard

      Harrisons Security Printers

      Hass Banknote Engraving Company

      Hatch & Company

      R. Hoe & Company

      C. F. Hoeckel Blank Books & Litho Company

      A. Hoen & Company

      Hologram Industries

      Homer Lee Bank Note Company

      Hong Kong Note Printing Ltd.

      M. Hudson

      Hueck Folien GmbH

      -I-

      John Holt Ibbetson

      Inovink

      The Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes & Coins

      International Bank Note Company

      International Security Products

      IQ Structures s.r.o.

      Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato

      -J-

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