Paper Money: New Acquisitions

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Awesome! He looks very happy (Cleveland).

 

this would make me happier...LOL

 

Wow.

 

it would be if I owned it, for the low, low price of $265,000 it could be yours

 

Almost the value of my House! That's way above my pay grade. Wait! I don't even work.

 

Just retrieved this off of lay-a-way. I'm working on a small suite of Colonial
Currency. The rest of the notes will be from the original 13 Colonies.
Presently I have notes from CT, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and SC. I doubt if I will ever find an affordable Vermont note. What else is new, no matter what series you collect in coins or paper there is/are always a few items that make completing a series next to impossible. I guess that is the challenge of collecting.

 

Well, Vermont is not one of the original 13 colonies, so you have an out there!
You do have a great idea for a collection. I have a few colonials, but my OFES (one from every state) collection has more obsoletes than anything else, but I do want to add some more of the easy colonials.

 

A note from every state is a great idea. I imagine a few states could be problematic.
Alaska for example.

 

I mix it up a lot for the western states, which are often difficult. I.e. for Alaska, I bought a small gold nugget that is supposedly from Alaska, and I count that as Alaskan money. I have a couple casino chips that I use for Nevada and North Dakota, and checks for Colorado and South Dakota. You can use Nationals as well. Mixing it up makes it easier, less expensive, and more fun.

 

Do you happen to have a Pic of the CT currency? I'd be interested in seeing it.

 

Here you go Sal. It's unusual as it has not been not punch or cut canceled. I looked for a while to find an uncanceled note. I imagine that given the condition of this note that it never entered circulation and was held back when notes were being canceled. According to PMG there are 8 at this grade and 11 at higher grades. I think it is amazing to find currency that is almost 250 years old in such great shape, let alone having an EPQ designation. I like coins that worked for a living but with paper I prefer to get pristine examples if I can afford them especially if lay-a-way is available. This note spent three months on lay-a-way before I became its new custodian.




NY notes are tough to find in excellent condition unless you have deep pockets.
After all the searching I did I am quite happy with this particular example. In population/census of this note there are 2 with 14 graded higher.





I'm new to collecting examples of Colonial currency and I know that there are other folks on CT with greater knowledge. Any other insights or corrections would be greatly appreciated.

 

Nice Connecticut note. That state is next on my colonial want list, at least my book says they are relatively affordable.

 

This is a North Carolina colonial that I have, with my favorite animal at the top.

 

That is a very cool note.

 

very nice examples

 

New acquisitions, just arrived today:

Tonga, 1 pa'anga, 2014:


Love the epic depiction of the whale jumping out of the water here.

Qatar, 5 riyals, 2020:


Great desert scene; feels like I'm actually there.

Bolivia, 10 bolivianos, 1945:


New country in my collection! Love the mountain scenery here.

Guatemala, 10 quetzales, 2019:


Somehow missed bringing one of these back when I was in Guatemala. Some banknotes just instantly look like they're from their country (even before reading the country's name on them lol). Never get tired of looking at the quetzal on these.

Eswatini (Swaziland), 100 emalangeni; 2017:


Another new country; also a new elephant note!

Macau, 10 patacas, 2020:


Been a while since I added a new dragon note!