Paper Money: New Acquisitions

For those of you who enjoy Irish history the enclosed 100 Punt note issued August 22nd 1996 features one of the great Irish Nationalists, Charles Stewart Parnell. He was born in 1846 in a wealthy Anglo-Irish family of merchants. His mother was an American, daughter of Admiral Charles Stewart, who captained the USS Constitution at one time. Parnell founded the Irish Parliamentary Party, which replaced the Home Rule Party.
This bank note is known as a Series C note issued between 1996 and 2000. The series features prominent Irish women and men who through their actions help to form modern Ireland. Ireland joined the Euro in 2002.

I don't think I will spend this one at my local Irish pub.

 

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Sorry for so many days off, gotta do better. I haven't even been watching auctions really last week or two, so, took a little currency break.

Today's new pickup is another star from the 1934 series, this one from Cleveland. It seemed for a while I could pick up stars very often, but it really has slowed to a trickle on this front. Makes me sad...

 

He says that like it's a bad thing...

 

Picked these from local coin club auction last evening:
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Today's new pickup is a sharp looking one pound note from the Commercial Bank of Scotland. Really nice engraving, love the blue color, and the griffons on the back are just awesome - the griffons are the ones that inspired me to start a meager but growing Scotland collection. I don't collect types, just older notes that interest me...

 

I just got this today, what do you all think?
I like Vinson's signature

 

I like all of the 1934 series $5. Especially the FRN's. Was this an auction purchase?

 

Picked this one up recently because I just LOVE the "Maiden in the V" design (which is the main reason I bought it and why I posted the pic with the reverse on top) I've seen it on a few other notes (almost got the Egg Harbor note) but I do also like the front design of this note and liked that it's also one of the few notes I've seen that have a design on the back. And to be perfectly honest, even though it's a remainder, if I can get such a beautiful note for under fifty bucks... you had me at "Hello"... to me it's like finding buried treasure...

 

The Canal Bank notes are both excellent design and affordable, great for someone who wants some nice obsolete notes without breaking the bank...

Today's new pickup is another Phoenix Bank note, this well designed and well traveled note is a $10 version. Sharing alot of the same great design concepts as the $20, I'm keen to upgrade this one, but at the price I got, it will hold down the fort until a nicer reinforcement arrives...

 

Well I must admit this District set was much easier to put together as I obtained it from Heritage auction this week. All serials ending with 32A ; the other District set with serials ending 32* took a while.
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Right you are. I found a 66 EPQ selling on Ebay for $120. If that's out of your price range, here's one selling for only twenty-nine dollars: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1800s-20-Th...841018?hash=item4646d16dfa:g:BmIAAOSwf-VWXfzL

 

In the above post, I am not intending to advertise the seller, and the seller is not me.

 

A nice 1934 $50 FRN, my first:

 

A new numerical $20, can't get enough of these:

 

And finally, another numerical $20. Jackson look a little fuzzy to you? His previous owner gave him a bath, but the price was right:

 

I like your numeric seals, I have almost the complete set on the 20's but I can't get the damn Boston numeral one, it's so elusive...

Today's new pickup is quite different, this is a 2nd issue 25 cent fractional from 1863. I had my almost all of my fractionals before posting here so I don't usually post any but sometimes I get an upgrade, and that is this, so here we go. This sports the A-18-63 surcharge in bronze on the back, those surcharges turn collecting the 2nd series into quite a chore if you want to try for all the examples...

 

Today's new pickup is this rough around the edges earlier obsolete from the Bank of Augusta, either 1847 or 49. The engraving at right is found on alot of Georgia notes, including the later state issues during the Civil War. At first glance it always looks like a guy sitting holding an ax. Alas, it is just a book...

 

Skippy, I posted something on this very vignette a few years ago. It was engraved by Stephen Schoff and his great-grandson (an artist back East) has compiled a huge online archive of his work. Here's a link to the "Maiden in the V".

 

Very cool, thanks for that link. Lots of amazing images! So much to learn!

 

Found this in a recent Heritage auction:
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