Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Got these from the bank at face value. Not a bad score:






1934 $50 FRN Cleveland Lime Green Seal (VF w/ Pin holes)
1934 $100 FRN New York Lime Green Seal (VF+)
1934 $100 FRN San Francisco Lime Green Seal (VG w/ Pin holes)
1950 $100 FRN New York (VF w/ writing)
1950A $100 FRN New York (VF)
1981 $50 FRN Chicago (AU)
1953C $2 US Note (Fine w/ missing corner)
2006 $20 FRN San Francisco (Repeater serial number IL 39693969 E)

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Funkee - You got those 1934 limes for face? I think I speak for everyone when I say - you suck!!!

Today's pickups are once again Egyptian, these are 1975 and 1977 25 Piastres notes, they made a change between these issues to a more high contrast obverse which shows the Egyptian Renaissance statue from Cairo and the reverse which shows a more obvious change in the coat of arms, I like the colored shield but also like the new eagle as well. I like these notes more than I thought I would, and like noting the subtle design changes that are made over time. Tomorrow, a monstrous Egyptian note to post...

 

The teller was holding onto them for more than a year. No one ever wanted them, thinking they could be counterfeit. I happily grabbed them and gave him my business card. The best part I think is that the teller didn't realize the red seal was in the strap of 2s.

There were 2 lime $100s, one high end VF and another rag. How much would you say the VF one would fetch? $150 perhaps?

I also wonder why the egyptian notes have corn on them. I thought it was native to the Americas.

 

MEC I konw you posted this a wihle ago. I like the classic look to this note, especially with the woman on the front. Can you tell me what that note is? I might consider getting one sometime. Thanks.

 

Funkee - I can see that note going for anywhere from $125-$160, New York is pretty common but it's a nice VF example, seems to have nice centering and solid paper tone. Even if you split the difference, that's till a tidy gain. Heck, selling it in here for $135 is like selling it for $150 on theBay...

Ephyfe - That is a Greek 1000 Drachma note from 1939, and you're right it's a beauty! The best part is it's supremely affordable, you should have no problem picking up a prime uncirculated example for $15. I love the Acropolis in the background on the high cliff, just an all around winner of a note.

I mentioned I'd be posting a monstrous Egyptian note and I am not going to disappoint, this 20 Egyptian Pound note is HUGE, as wide as a large US issue and another half inch again as tall, it's also got one of my favorite reverse designs, with just a ton of detail on the hieroglyphs, a spectacular image of an Egyptian chariot archer, and a great image of Isis. The front has the Muhammad Ali mosque. I really like this modern egyptian note, it along with the Five EP note I posted recently, I think are by far the best post 60's designed notes. Too bad Egypt is in terminal decline, there is some great historical heritage to be found there, if we can keep them from tearing it all down as that country falls apart.

 

Funkee - That is a very nice find and so fun when you stuble accross them for face, Congrats!

MEC2 - I also really like that reverse design and for some reason I am finding the birds on the top corners with their wings at 90 degrees, very intersting. The chariot is pretty awesome as well...


My latest is this #2 pop (24/4) 1963 $2 Star Note. With matching front and back plates, but that is common on series 1963 notes...

 

No doubt about it, the egyptians have some fantastic notes. I have most of their modern notes and wish I could afford the pre1940 ones. That note you show there is another one of their big beautiful notes from the 70s. I like the early prefixes on notes so I found a Prefix1 and a couple prefix2 of that particular notes for almost no premium at all (many people can't read the prefixes so even some people selling them don't know). The early prefix notes come up every now and then, there's one guy who sells on ebay from Egypt and he gets some low prefixes at times. There's a Egyptian note with the Sphinx on the front that I particularly like but unfortunately that note isn't as big. I also like the Saudi notes because they are often pretty big with some nice designs as well. Some of those Saudi notes from the 50s thru the 70s rival egyptian notes in size.

 

I have been thinking about that 63 red seal for a while. I have been looking for a 69PPQ but without the star. I guess about $200 or so for that note, probably more with the star.

 

I have seen Fr. 1513 69PPQ go for as much as $300 but I did get mine for a bit less than you are targeting. The Fr. 1513* in 68PPQ was almost double what I paid for the other. The star is much scarcer as the pops shows and there are only 2 records in the HA database that show sales for the 1513* in 68PPQ. The last one went for $400+.

1513 68 = 405 69 = 101 70 = 8
1513* 68 = 24 69 = 4 70 = 0

Here is my 1513, again with matching plates but this time #2...

 

A couple more additions to my 656 collection

 

I had the 69PPQ on my ebay search for a while there so was looking at the prices they were selling for. Not sure on the star notes but I know those stars are scarce. I really like that $2 red seal so I will definitely be searching it out again sometime in the future Right now I'm buying up 2012 Libertads and need some other things as well so that and a few others are on the back burners.

 

To clarify: I got my numbers mixed up. the 1513* actually has 4 HA auction records and sells for about $350. The reason I got confused is because I also recently bought this Fr. 1533 1953A $5 67PPQ, it has 2 HA records with the last selling for over $400. 67PPQ is also a #2 pop (8/1).


I will bet some can guess who I bought it from...

 

Another addition to the district set of $20 FRBNs in 58 grade. Now we have four districts out of twelve. It's a shame I let a San Francisco slip by at a Heritage auction a few months back. I got into a pretty gruesome bidding war and it got way too expensive.

Now we have Minneapolis.




I'm afraid of what a Dallas in 58 will do to my bank account.

 

Here's a dandy pickup I got this weekend - a very solid VF Woods - Tate. And at a more than solid price, far less than anything in Track and Price. Sometimes it pays to know a guy who knows a guy... woohoo! Now I have to decide if I am going to replace my 238* with this 239. The 239 is a bit rarer as of current T&P census, and it's a nicer example as I think my 238* is a VF20 and this is a VF25. Maybe I will just move the FR40 and the 238* into a larger frame and show them all? Bah I am running out of wall space...

 

Today's pickup is actually from Friday, your reaction upon viewing is likely to be to withdraw in horror from this clearly been around the block and used as a sanitary napkin note - but there are only three recorded and a F12 went for $170 two years ago, so when the chance came to get it, I took it, for a quarter the price. I love you eBay, my currency porn funnel... what would I do without you?

 

It's rough, but still a nice pick up.

 

Thanks Timewarp, it's one of those pickups where you catch as catch can, ain't like there's nicer examples on the shelf. It's definitely an upgrade candidate, but who knows when another one will come around on the carousel.

Speaking of upgrades, here's an Egypt upgrade, going from a decent high VF/XF to this nice UNC example... my first Egypt note has now been upgrade to my last Egypt pickup.





P.S. I hate the new Photobucket, it takes 3 clicks to do what one click used to. They want to turn it into Facebook. Time to find a new photo storage location.

 

Time for another new pickup, let's jump to one of my other passions, early lime notes. This 1928-B $20 note I believe is actually a transitional note between the true vivid lime and the old forest green - it isn't quite one or the other, sort of a Tranny Twenty. So now, I am going to have to get the forest and lime version for a true representation of the transition. Oh fickle currency, how you drain my wallet so...

 

For only $2 why not.

 

Let us talk about the word "rare" - as it applies to today's arrival. I really had no expectation of getting a Rhode Island 1776 example for my 13 Colonies collection, seeing one much less being in a position to afford one. Yet somehow, this note came up, it's only the 2nd recorded so far that I can find. There are only 30 of all issues of all denominations for Rhode Island colonial currency from 1776 currently known. So I was thrilled when my offer was accepted - it was WAY under ask, and still at the high part of my budget, but I took a chance and Providence delivered. Get it, Providence, as in Rhode Island? Enh same to youse pal...

Only Georgia and New Hampshire (ugh, ultra tough like Rhode Island, but tougher) remain...