Souvenir cards

Nope, you're too far gone.

 

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I'm becoming the Charlie Sheen of Souvenir Cards

 

lol I don't think that either. I'll let you know when your that far

 

Okay -- I just posted a rather lengthy presentation on Commemorative Panels for anyone who's interested:
http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=160644&p=1120261&viewfull=1#post1120261

 

Chris, I don't know how we missed it, but Feb. 25 was the first anniversary of this thread! One year and 425 posts later it's still going strong and I, for one, am extremely grateful that you decided to start it.
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Holy cow! Thanks, I wasn't even paying attention to the date. Kind of surprised how many pieces I've put together in this time.

 

Another update with a few new Souvenir Cards to share


I have an interest in building a small collection of 'Gold Certificates' and indicated earlier this year in a CT New Years Resolution thread, that I would like to build it as a denomination type-set of small-size Gold Certificates. That is, one of each denomination, not each variety of every Series released. Too costly for that, for now. I also proposed this not as a one-year goal but an ongoing endeavor.

While on the quest to learn about Gold Certificates and their market, so as to define my budget first, I have picked up some Gold Certificates replicated on Souvenir Cards (a couple are posted in previous pages of this thread). I've just acquired the back plate of a Gold Cert to go with a face plate I already had:

Reverse appears on Series 1905-1922 $20 Gold Certificates, for the 1987 IPMS by the B.E.P





The next two are Souvenir Cards featuring Gold Certificates that I had assembled earlier:

Series of 1905 $20 Gold Certificate "Technicolor" for IPMS:





Series of 1907 $10 Gold Certificate for 1986 LoBex:

 

Next up...

This one is pure lathe-magic and I had to have it!

Reverse of Series of 1886 $2 Silver Certificate for the 1987 ANA by the B.E.P.

 

And the last for today

Two Souvenir Cards, the face and back of the Series of 1917 $2 Legal Tender Note.

Those of you following my recent acquisitions will know the significance of this note to me and another CT paper collector who I acquired an excellent example of this note from recently. I came across these Souvenir Cards and I really wanted to have them to flesh out a nice little collection related to these particular notes. [See below for my original note and the upgrade acquired earlier.]

I love the additional history about these notes printed on the reverse of the cards. The face plate is bordered in a bright gold foil and the reverse plate has elegant gold foil letterpress type applied to the paper. The face plate has a large embossed figure of Liberty on the left margin. If you look closely you can see her details evident in the scan.

The notations are printed on the reverse of the cards and I've shown them in full and in detail in my scans below. The Souvenir Card of the reverse is a curious layout for a Souvenir Card. It looks very precarious and feels unbalanced shifted to the edge. The design, or rather, the margin of the note, is literally on the edge of the card. I wonder if this wasn't an attempt at a security feature as some Souvenir Cards are cancelled to prevent use/fraud. I don't think this is an erroneously printed/trimmed card, but I suppose it could be. All the other elements seem to fit the layout fine.


Face of Series of 1917 $2 Legal Tender Note for the ANA – Dallas, TX:









Reverse of Series of 1917 $2 Legal Tender Note for the 1993 ANA – Colorado Springs, CO:










Side-by-side of my two actual Series of 1917 $2 Legal Tender Notes:

 

Ditto!!! Nice new additions Chris! and great presentation on commerative panels Greg! The thread and topics over the last year or so on these pieces have been great. Even if you do not collect these you have to admire the art that can be seen in hand where a high end note is unattainable for most! Thanks to all that contribute!

 

I think this was a design choice, so that the enlarged frame in the background looks like an extension of the reverse. Imagine if the background and the intaglio print were both centered -- you would lose the ornaments and the numerals on the sides. I'm not saying it's a brilliant layout, but the BEP came up with some designs that were far worse.

 

I picked up a scarce one the other day. This one was hand-pulled on a spider press at the 2011 FUN convention this past January. Only 100 cards were pulled. It came with an info sheet that I'll post also.

What I like most about this card is the tall ship in the circular vignette. it's a wonderful image, titled "Under Full Sail," engraved for Continental Bank Note in 1883 by Charles Skinner. It also appears on a Mexican 50 peso note and a Commemorative Panel that I'll post, too.

 

The proof of the Mexican note isn't mine, I just include it for reference, but the panel is. This is a good example of why Commemorative Panels are such a great addition for bank note collectors. I'm quite certain I could chase down the sailor vignette on other notes if I set to it. This is panel #CP91, btw. Sorry for the quality of the scan -- it's difficult to capture fine lines. I may try a higher resolution next time.

If you want to want to read more, follow the link to my other thread on panels, a few posts back.

 

Greg - Great cards above!!! I love that first one! Don't know how I missed it when you posted? My PC has been down for a few weeks so my online activity has been limited to phone and old laptop that has issues.

This beauty came the other day and I finally got a chance to post it. Hope you all like!

 

Isn't that too cool? They made a card with a reduced sized version, too, but the big one is so much more impressive. I actually look at these ladies almost every day. They comprise the central vignette of the 1915 Panama Pacific Expo Award diploma. I was lucky enough to snag an original many years ago and I have it framed and hanging next to my front door.

 

That is really cool to see the final piece that the vignette was used in. It is so big it doesn't fit in my album with the rest of my pieces. Thanks for sharing!

 

BTW: Your piece has to be really big 16x20 or 17x22? That is a really nice size!

 

It measures 23.75 x 18.75 -- so there's really no way to store it except in a tube. I thought framing it was a better solution. I also have framed reprints of the 1876 Centennial Expo and the 1893 Columbian Expo award diplomas, but this is my only original.

Incidentally it was a Silver Award, given to The Thermos Company of New York for inventing "An Artificial Stone, Known As Thermo-Stone." I have no idea what became of that product!

 

Wow, That is big! Very nice, pretty small print run for those I would think!

 

You would think for as scarce as they are it was a small run--but the printing amount recorded by the BEP was over 25,000. Now I don't know how many were actually presented, though there were thousands of items on exhibit at the expo. The real question is how many companies or award winners saved their diploma. My guess is not many; they were just too big and bulky to keep on file.