Watch List notes:

Puerto Rico, National Treasury, 25 pesos promissory note, 1813. About 8-1/4" x 12-3/4". A large, uniface fiscal document printed in black with black-ink stamps and signatures, numbered 55 at top, declaring the promise to pay "Don Francisco Puig y Gibert" 25 pesos in provisional money one year from the date of May 4, 1813, with interest at an annual rate of 6% (basically a 19th-century promissory note or certificate of deposit), signed by Treasurer Juan Patino and Accountant Jose Bacener and "OK'd" (V.o B.o) by [Alejandro] Ramirez. Rare and important as effectively the first currency of Puerto Rico (issued while Ferdinand VII was still king of Spain).
($500-750)