Here is probably the most interesting new addition I got at CoinFest, and it's the closest I will ever get to a hometown note. My actual hometown, which borders Poughkeepsie, did not have a single obsolete issued, and while it did have Nationals, there are only 4 known and I have not been able to track down even a picture of one, let alone actually owning it, which I likely would not be able to afford.
So, the closest I can hope to accomplish is Poughkeepsie, directly north of me. I looked through quite a few New York obsoletes at the show and this one won out to be in my collection. I liked it and could afford it. So I brought it home!
I didn't realize until I got home that there is a "ghost image" on it. It appears that another note of the same type was placed over it at printing face to face but upside down.
I can't find any information about the bank so far. I am going to do some reasearch here locally, but I know there is no entry for it on Wikipedia. LOL. I might do some research with the Poughkeepsie Journal, the local newspaper, which has been in continuous production since 1785. I can't recall exactly, but it is either the 3rd oldest continuous newpaper in NY or in the USA. Unfortunatly the quality of the paper is sub-par at best but that doesn't really affect the note...
I paid $25 for it, and it is now tied for the most I've spent on a note (saving the two modern $50s that I was given for birthday gifts
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The note is of cource uniface. Why would the color of the paper be different like that? I am thinking it was not exposed to the air the same throughout it's 147 years of existance.
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