Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Check this out - it's quite illuminating in that respect. The whole book is pretty cool just to scroll through and see what someone made a day/week/month.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89071501472;view=1up;seq=65

 

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Star...

 

I agree.. it was an issue with the scanner. I am adding a new pair of images that give a better representation of the note.

 

The second print in the World War 1 series was received the other day. Quality is fine, as it should be, but I think the "COPY" is more intrusive on the pictured note then it was on the first print. I wonder how many they will end up printing on these?

 

Today's new pickup is this lovely $50 remainder from the ubiquitous New Orleans Canal and Banking Company. Always popular due to their design, luckily there is a metric tons of notes from this bank so it's easy to collect. This note has a lovely blue overprint and alot of really nice design elements, and a two sided note is always a bonus on an obsolete.

 

Wow, that was incredibly interesting!!!

 

I posted this Note back in September and finally got around to sending it to PMG for grading a few weeks ago.

I don’t have the Note back yet, but I just got the grade from PMG.

Any guesses?

 

OK, I can’t take the suspense I created.

The Note (Fr 227) graded 63 EPQ. I’m happy with that and if I’m reading the PMG population report correctly, this is one of 2 Notes graded 63 EPQ by PMG.

 

I know hindsight is 20/20 but that was my guess.
Never seen one of these old beauties in such great shape. Someone took care of it for 100+ years. This is a spectacular note.

 

I think @MEC2 will be interested in knowing how it graded.

 

Ah Lyons-Treat is my jam. I have a dunno think a VF in that note but nothing as nice as that 63, very nice...

Well, sadly, it's not among my new pickups, but the next note is, a little stranger entry, this national $5 from the Public National Bank of New York. Now you may wonder why this note looks as it does, and why I picked it up at all, and the answer is... it's laminated, and it's my travel bookmark. I can't tell you how many looks I get when I pull this out of my book on my travels. Tons of interest generated, and for only $17. I can't pay enough to start as many conversations as this one note has...

 

Oh, that's a great idea!!!!

 

Totally agree with @MEC2 .

Civilians, (non collectors) love seeing these old notes. I keep three inexpensive wallet pieces to show people what used to circulate back in the day.

 

A couple Superb Gem Stars...

 

KRISPY: lovely notes, the special one (HB block) is my initials.. would love one like it.

My latest is to replace one that I sold years ago, pre-3PG, and a bit nicer than the previous one. Very pretty note.

 

The Black Eagle is back from PMG. . .

 

Beautiful BE @DUNK 2 !

Massive eye appeal on an all original iconic Silver Certificate.

 

You know you’ve done OK when @SteveInTampa likes your Note!

 

Like Steve said, I carry a wad of old notes with me. I was going to start a thread called "What's in your wallet?" and post them. I think I should...

Today's new pickup after a lengthy delay is this strawberry sealed $1878 Woodchopper. Like this series with the colored paper, visible on the rear especially, and the big lovely red strawberry overprint. Seen some miles but all the design elements present well with the engraving dark and the important red seals all vivid and clear. No, this is not what's in my wallet...

 

Okay, now this is just WEIRD. We just got done talking about my wallet stash, and how I carry some notes to flash and make people ooh and aah (best was in the British Museum in London, they had some old currency they were showing to people, so I whipped out mine and people were fascinated since mine were more interesting...). And so what is the next set of notes to post of my pickups? A bundle I got all together specifically in wallet-grade to rotate through. So these notes are not all in my wallet at the same time, but I rotate them now and again. But how is it they were the next ones in line to be posted. Weird I tell you, very weird. So here they are - nothing really over fine, already creased, and all notes I got in a single auction, specifically to do this. What a coincidence, and I had no idea until I pulled up the next set of scans that these were the ones to come... note I also carry Colonial and small size as well, these are just the bundle I got specifically for pocket carry...