Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Well, missed yesterday, but that's okay, that Canal Bank was so good it should count for two days...

Today's new pickup is another Hungarian government in exile note, no cannonballs this time, but still a nice example. Sure is funny to see fasces on so many old notes and coins (it's all over old US dimes), it sorta fell out of favor around 1945...

 

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You know, MEC, when I saw your previous post of the Egy Forint note, I liked it's "friggin' cannonballs" so well that when I saw one pop up on eBay recently, I bought it!

Rob

 

I have one of those CSA $5s but had never heard it called an "assassination note." What's the story behind that?

I also like those old Hungarian obsoletes and have had a set for a while. I posted some background on them here, recently --
Post Your Obsolete Currency

 

Among the contents of Lincoln's pockets the night he was shot was a Confederate $5 bill, and this issue has been often called the assassination note ever since...

 

Today's new get is another fantastic Costa Rica design from ABNCo - this one is the miners vignette. Great colors and intricate designs are a hallmark of these early remainders from private banks.

You know, Costa Rica really does have a stable of great note designs, even all the way up until the late 70's when they turned all cartoony, up til then Costa Rica has really great designs on currency. It's a country worth collecting. But not until I am done, don't outbid me bro...

 

Today's new pickup is one of the nicer post-War Czech notes before the long twilight of communist rule took over, a 1945 1000 Korun note. These are some of the last nice designs of Czech notes, with the smaller 100 and 500 among them with fine velvety engraving and detailed reverses. The reverse on this note is Karlstein castle, a typical looking high mountain European castle...

 

2 1928 B LT's I picked up as part of a lot:

 

I was browsing my local B&M coin shop and found this lovely Portuguese colonial note from Africa. I don't know much about it, but it feels new and the colors are as vibrant as the day it was printed. For a colonial note the engraving is pretty detailed. For $1.00 including tax I couldn't pass it up! (Most of the junk in the foriegn notes box is shredded wheat that Gramps brought home from the war... although my avatar is from one of those dish rags).

 

I have that same note with the same overprint UL, got it when I was ordering another note and taking advantage of free shipping...

Today's new get is a nice remainder obsolete from Sussex Bank, nice fine engraving on this note. Interestingly, the note above it was signed whereas this one was not - not sure if this was just never signed and issued, or if the sheet was only partially signed before being further cut. An unsolvable mystery wrapped in an enigma...

 

I was looking at some raw notes a week ago when I found this one. What caught my eye is the official BEP records show the highest/last note printed for the 1950 star notes is G 0208800 * and the First 1950-A is G 021 60001 *. This one is G 021 15682 * which is in the gap between series and changeover to 18-note plates. I believe it to be part of an unreported run by the BEP.

 

If you post this note on the PCGS forums, perhaps someone can look up the plate numbers to confirm.

 

This was probably from a 1-1-1-2 sheet. Perhaps the bank didn't issue twos for whatever reason.

 

Both blocks too. The 28B is a scarce issue. Very nice!

 

Today's new pickup is a 34-D from Dallas - not a really rare note, but I collect the Dallas district, and getting this for like 3 bucks over face, why not...

 

Today's new pickup is a great obsolete, great engraving and always a fan of the two color obverse, the red dial around the fives really pops...

 

French Algeria, 5 Francs, 1942...



Front: Fronds of a Phoenix palm tree. Allegorical Algerian woman wearing a wheat wreath.
Back: Denomination "5" in a rosette and other ornaments.
Watemark: None.
Signatures: (L'Inspecteur Général); (Le Caissier Principal).
Predominant color: Green.
Work by: M. Cochard.
Engraved by: Ch. Hervé (Sc).
Date of Release: 16 Novembre 1942.
Printer: Banque de France.

Nothing special, really, but I've seen these in pretty tattered shape most of the time, and this one was pretty good for a dollar.

 

Nice! I am a sucker for French notes and French colonial notes. (My avatar should have given that away).

 

Just found this little bugger in my cash I have acquired throughout the day.



Does it have any value? Spender?

 

Well if you liked the $5, you'll like it's big brother, the $10 from the same Hagerstown Bank. Again, great engraving, really like the depth of the intaglio on the left, big fan of that 3-D look, and of course the red overprint has a big pop of color...

 

Nice note! By the way it was not printed by Banque de France, it was printed locally in Algeria.