Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Just back from grading, this 1993 $1 Philadelphia Star note. Really hard to find especially in this high grade.

 

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A couple eBay pickups
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So who has been slacking of on posting new pickups? THIS GUY...

Well, let's do something to alleviated that. This pickup is a nice mid grade $10 plain back 1902 national from Franklin National Bank in Newark... Ohio, not NJ. Clear sigs and an overall solid note. Oh, my unscanned stack is 2 inches tall. Good grief. Gotta sell some of this stuff...

 

Nationals are my number one sought after note. You wouldn't happen to have one from Batavia Illinois in your two inch stack? There is one on eBay from a dealer who keeps posting it for about two years now. I made an offer but he and I are not on the same page.

 

Sorry Sam, don't think I got that... got some Alton Ill but that's because my dad is from there...

Today's new pickup is a $2 from the obsolete rich state of South Carolina. I do like a nice big vignette of a building, and the engraving is good, though John C. Calhoun sort of has the bug eyes...

 

Is it this one Sam?

 

That's the one Endeavor. If it were graded by a TPG I would raise my ante. He didn't want to move from his set price. I have bought many items that were not listed as "or best offer" with an offer. Perhaps he paid more than he should have. My National Currency Catalog shows only 250 in this denomination in the small Nationals and 600 in the large sized note. I paid well below his asking price for the small. If it's still around next year, I'll shoot him the same offer. Either one of us will be long gone, or will find another prospect.

 

@saltysam-1 there is a large 1902 plain back $10 available online from a reputable dealer. He doesn't have a pic but claims it's about extra fine and wants $260.kyzivatcurrency(dot)com. I've never dealt with the man but I've browsed his site a few times. He has some nice notes.

 

I'm on it Mitch. Thanks for the lead. I would buy that in a heart beat.

I guess someone decided it was a good deal as well. As of this morning, it's no longer listed on his site. I looked under Illinois Nationals and it wasn't there.

I just called Tim and he said it was probably an old listing. I still want to thank you for your effort and quick response.

 

Someone might have jumped on it after reading Mitch's post (not me, I swear ). Probably would have been better to tell you by private message. I'm sure another opportunity will come up with some persistence. Good luck.

 

Found this in a Lyn Knight auction, Nice North Africa $5

 

Got this interesting pair(mule/non-mule) from recent Lyn Knight auction. Auction noted these were a changeover pair.
Note 1: High back plate number 3244


Note 2: Low back plate number 9


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Been in a collecting funk lately. Nothing seems to be calling out to me, so I'm taking a break and hoping to focus on the collection I have, making more write-ups for the notes and my webpage.

The last write-up I did , I noticed that I didn't share with y'all. It's a cool 1914 $20 that I researched the vehicles on. In addition, there's a rather cool German Notgeld that seems to have ripped off the back design of the US $20 in 1914. Not my best article, but I found it interesting nonetheless. Lots of old photos to look at too!

http://www.banknoteden.com/USA_20_1914.html

And if you don't like to read, here's the back of the Notgeld and the US $20

 

Just a couple I posted in another thread, the serials are the key. I am happy.

 

Today's new pickup is this nice $100 remainder from the highly collected Citizens' Bank of Louisiana. Great engravings and fancy printing on both front and back make these common notes highly sought after...

 

PM me if you ever decide to let this one leave your hoard...

 

Not paper money, but an instructional handout to introduce the general public to the new small-sized currency. I do not believe many people back in 1929 would consider these collectible 87 years ago. Not many survived.