Catalog
De La Rue Giori - Varinota Specimen/Test note
| Issuer | De La Rue Giori S.A. |
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| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | De La Rue Giori S. A. SPECIMEN DESIGNED BY ENGRAVED BY VARINOTA |
| Reverse description | Reverse unprinted, showing only the faint blind impression of the obverse intaglio printing visible as an offset ghost through the paper, with no deliberate design elements applied to this side. |
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De La Rue Giori produced Varinota specimens as internal demonstration pieces — not currency, never tendered, never redeemed. Their purpose was to showcase the firm's intaglio, letterpress, and security printing capabilities to prospective central bank clients. The Varinota name itself referred to the range of variable-element features the press could combine on a single sheet, useful for sales pitches to governments evaluating new note series.
Rollins collectors prize these precisely because no two configurations are identical. The specimens exist outside any national monetary history entirely.