Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Another nice example @Endeavor .... the back vignettes on this series is the “money shot” showing Agricultural and Industry.

 

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Sorry for the long lapse, just been doing stuff... like taking the stack, which is actually now three stacks so tall I cannot stack any more, and put them into a drawer, which I am going to spend the rest of my life scanning. Seriously, I think I have transitioned from collecting to hoarding, and admitting I have a problem is the first step to recovery...

Today's new pickup is this great design from Michigan, an obsolete $1 from the Oakland County Bank. Alot of great design elements here, the huge ones with integratal engraved figures, the chick with the tiny nose and mouth and freakishly small hands, I even love the signatures on this one. I have my eye on getting a nicer condition one, since I really like the design, but this'll do in a pinch...

 

Today's new pickup is another nice design obsolete, this $5 Georgia note from The City Bank. Just quality engraving and design with a nice big red overprint. I like a rick looking center engraving vignette and this note has it... another note I'll upgrade if I get the chance...

 

Found some nice items over the past few weeks. All these coins and bills were used to purchase items in retail or to pay tolls

The coins are posted in the coin forums

These 3 Silver Certificates were used to pay tolls




These 6 Silver Certificates were used to buy cigarettes.



As were these bills from 1950



As always these were all purchased for face value.

 

Check out this binary pair...

Pretty cool huh?

 

Today's new pickup is this 1875 $5 National note from Troy, New York. I like the early 75 and 65 backs with their neat vignettes. I also plan to collect ancient city names for a nice display, though I expect to do it with the 1902 releases, I had to get this note when it came into my orbit...

 

Hey, did you see this?

Solutions for Better Customer Experience


WASHINGTON, DC – The two U.S. currency titans, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and the United States Mint, have formed a strategic alliance to sell BEP products through the Mint’s e-commerce system beginning this fall. This collaboration will offer collectors, gift-givers, and other customers a better experience and greater variety of numismatic currency products.


Effective Monday, October 1, 2018, BEP products will only be available for online purchase through the Mint’s online store at https://catalog.usmint.gov or by calling 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing and speech impaired customers with TTY equipment may order by calling

1-888-321-MINT (6468). BEP products will still be available at the BEP Washington, DC and Ft. Worth, Texas visitor center gift shops; some BEP products will also be available at Mint retail locations. BEP bulk sales customers should continue to place orders through the BEP at 1-800-456-3408.

Please note that BEP online customer accounts will not be automatically transferred to the Mint. BEP customers are encouraged to set up new accounts on the Mint’s website to take advantage of the Mint’s loyalty program, to track purchases of BEP products, and to receive BEP and Mint product and promotion notifications.

As of Monday, September 17, 2018, online orders will not be accepted through BEP’s online store, https://moneyfactorystore.gov, or telephone sales department in preparation for the transition; messaging to that effect will be posted. Beginning October 1 at 8:00 a.m. (ET), the moneyfactorystore.gov website will no longer be accessible, and all BEP online and social media sales traffic will be redirected to the U.S. Mint’s website.

The BEP and U.S. Mint are very excited about this new partnership and look forward to providing their global customers with a unique selection of products and continued excellence in customer service.



Questions regarding this transition or BEP product orders placed prior to September 17, 2018, may be directed to BEP’s Mail Order Sales Department by telephone at 1-800-456-3408. For additional information about BEP or currency production, please visit and follow us on Twitter and Facebook at @USMoneyfactory. For questions regarding orders placed on the Mint’s website, call 1-800-872-6468.


For additional information, contact:
Lydia Washington - (202) 874-3487
Michael White - (202) 354-7222

 

It was posted several hours ago on this thread, https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bep-announces-new-products.270377/page-18

 

Today's new pickup is this 1886 $2 silver certificate Hancock note. This note is the rarest of the variants, the Rosencrans Hyatt sigs with the small red seal. It's also I think an underappreciated design - it calls to mind it's big brother, the Grant $5 silver cert with the fancy script on the front. Of course, Grant's five-Morgan back design makes it ultra popular, and this note seems destined to sort of always play a distant second in this series. With a rare sig, and rare portrait (where else do you see Hancock?), and nice design, I'm happy to give this exhausted little traveler a home. Talk about circulation, this note isn't really beat just *really* high mileage.

 

few new ones

 

Today's new pickup is a note that... I don't remember why I bought it? I had already gotten an example of Hawaii notes, all denoms, maybe I got it for a wallet carry but I have one for that, so sometimes you do things that just don't make much sense...

 

Could it be an "Out-of-the-Box" error? Looks possible...

 

It's most likely a bidding while huffing paint fumes error...

Today's new pickup is this large center engraved $5 obsolete from The Farmers and Exchange Bank in lovely Charleston SC. Alot of oxen hauling alot of cotton and alot of slaves working in that lovely summer cauldron doing back breaking labor. Makes having your mug on the note not age as well as you might hope, eh JCC? We do have a lovely red reverse that's faded but still there and that always makes an obsolete that much lovelier.

 

Well, since the grandson started walking, I have zero time to do anything except for play "Don't!" and "Stop touching that!" so I haven't been posting new pickups. Haven't been scanning. I am... so far behind I doubt I finish before I expire. But, I have a moment this morning so why not post the next new pickup in the worlds longest acquisition queue? This ragamuffin $10 from the Republic of Texas is nonetheless a fine design. Republic of Texas notes have I would estimate doubled in cost the last few years. Tough to get affordably. This note of course has nice engravings and the popular Texas star on the back. The schooner is popular as well. But I think I relate most to Zeus on the left holding his lightning bolts and yelling at his human minions "Don't" and "Stop touching that!"

 

I'm not a huge currency collector but I recently bought these three specimens for $335.

 

Excellent purchase there Phil, you did well for yourself there...

Today's new pickup was a long time coming to get, a decent $50 1914 FRN from Dallas. Dallas is rare and highly collected so it's not easy to get them on the value side of the ledger, luckily I bid my time and a 5+ year hunt paid off. Nice note though someone got a little happy with the stapler... why folks why? That's okay, this is a candidate for some pinhole closures if there ever was one. Rest of the note just looks nice nice nice to me...

 

Beauty. I see at least 12 holes. Can that be repaired and not look messy?