Your Newest Note Addition

Extra nice Dave! thanks for sharing

 

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Well, when I got home the Postman stopped off and was nice enough to hand me this so I wouldn't have to go fetch it from the post office tomorrow! Thought that was very decent of him.

Michigan, Bank of Chippeway 2 Dollars dated 1838. My first 'broken' or 'wildcat' banknote. Think it may be a remainder, but I couldn't pass it up.

 

Quite a looker! Congrats!

Do you happen to know anything about that bank's history yet?

Was it an acquisition based on any relation to the state, area or anything special to you?

 

Are those the front and reverse of the same note? It is stunning. How did you come to have it?

 

Great obsoletes!

 

June 1857??? Is this note that old? I was having trouble reading the date.

 

I love that serial number.

 

It says Patented 30 June 1857, Graded as a 1800's obsolete.

 

Thank you. It is very nice.

 

Love the French text on the reverse of that Citizens Bank of Louisiana. It's a very attractive note!

 

Thanks Krispy. I could not find anythign on the bank itself. I fellow I work with is into trains and we were talking about them on old notes. I began to think that I would like to have one on an obsolete note, and I found this one. The train image is what put me together with the note. If you look closer, you can see that it isn't typical.

For more, you can read an article I put together here - it's only just thrown together, as I did it all in just a couple of hours. I will have to rewrite it soon, but it will give you an idea of what I found interesting.

 

Dave that is really very interesting what you put together so far and I enjoyed reading your report immensely. It actually ended up reminding me of a research paper I did in high school on George Stephenson and the history of the steam engine. My report, in brief, summarized the early English side of steam engine history, of the inspiration for helping miners and the ensuing private rail lines people built, mainly pre-1830s development, prior to the US getting involved in steam innovation and building lines. I can hardly remember the details of that old report, but I was a nut for trains as a kid and enjoyed writing that paper at the time for an English composition course. Thanks for sharing yours.

Here is an older paper money thread you might like: Railroad Note

 

my first MPC

 

That is beautiful!

 

I want one. WOW. I did not remember that one. I am working on 1948, and several series from the Korean War. I have a few MPC's off being graded now from the Vietnam era. Boy, I wish I could take a pic. I use throw away cameras still.

It seems like the 5 dollar & 20 dollar MPC's are some of the prettiest.

 

brillian mpc pickup!

 

Nice note! I've never seen that one before. Very cool!

 

Tough decision where to post this, it could have gone in my "White Whale" thread I started a while back.

I haven't seen a current population report but I heard that this bill is only about 20. A 1929 National Currency bill for the town where I work.

 

Here is my newest note. Mighta paid a bit much for it at $200 but it was in my hands and no holes. a slight crease and a small tear in the middle but otherwise a nice note I thought.

 

This is my new note from the local coin shop.