Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Wood end label set with first and last note from 4,000 note banded brick. I would also consider these "birthyear" notes.

 

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Just arrived today. Very happy.

 

SteveInTampa;

I imagine you had a lot of fun spending all the notes in between those two serial numbers.... Seriously, how did you convience someone to pull the first and last notes from the banded brick? And then the label? I would guess this had to be done at a large main bank or Federal Reserve Bank. Someone had to be quite a good talker, or owed a large favor, to get them to do this. Either that or you have a way into that bank without their knowledge. :>)

 

You can buy just the end-notes and labels on eBay. A lot of sellers offer them as a package.

 

Well i finally took the trip to Michaels and got me one of those float frames that Mec has so masterfully displayed his collection with. The Masterpieace glass or "conservation glass" is amazing and is worth the price. I just placed these silvers in it to see how they look and will replace when with a Confederate note coming in soon.

 

I never realised that. Now I will keep my eyes open for a set of my own. It makes for a good conversation piece and a nice display as well. Living in a suburb of Chicago, I'll watch for them labeled from my same area.

 

Excellent Bonni!! Great frame... glad you got one! As you note, that glass isn't cheap, but it is SO worth it, the glass doesn't even appear to be there (even with that flash you can see how reduced the glare is, on normal glass it would wash the entire pane out). It makes the notes look like the really are suspended mid air, with tremendous clarity.

Before we return to some new stars, I figured I share this new pickup, finally was able to inch closer to my 1934 Lime $10 complete district collection - here is a nice Richmond, leaving me just one left, Atlanta. This took alot longer than I thought it would. But this nice example was worth the wait, dark contrast with the engraving on the paper and the lime really pops nicely...

 

I thought these were a good deals so I couldn't resist.

 

Okay, time for another star pickup! Believe it or not, this is the second highest graded note recorded for this FR# and the highest with PPQ - odd huh? VF30 PPQ - highest is a VF35. I'll take the VF and be happy with another new star...

 

Great looking Funnybacks with higher grades? Yeah I would have jumped on that purchase as well.

 

Here's a few new notes I picked up.
Another home state national, tough find even though it's the capital.

And a pleasant surprise from the coffee shop. A little rough around the edges, but it's a keeper.

And sometimes a fancy serial number ends up in a surprising spot. Picked this out of the cheapo box of foreign currency.

 

The crowds getting tough around here, gotta change something up, alas right now I just have small size notes... where is the postman when I need him?

Here's a really sharp lime $5, nice paper and lime seal on this one. Got another note from the same seller, tune in tomorrow...

 

Great eye appeal nice choice!

 

Three from China.

 

My newest addition to my 1929 Nationals collection. My first graded note.

 

Were these printed by the American Bank Note Company?

 

Here are my 2 latest purchases... The $1 will make a great addition to my serial 66 collection and the $5 is an addition to my type collection although I think it would cross at a 67PPQ and that how I bought it...

 

Very nice low number!

 

Still a couple stars left in the newpy stack, but supplies are dwindling, and I haven't won an auction in a while, so I fear for the future...

But for now, another star, this one a $5, still have just a few of these, so glad to expand my collection with another entry... they printed a metric fanny load of 1934-A $5's out of New York, I'm surprised there aren't more of these...

 

My latest addition