Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Today's new pickup is more proof that the addiction to getting national notes is starting to take hold... this time we have a 1882 date back $5 from Citizens National Bank of Cincinnati. A common and prolific issuer of large size notes, this is a good bank to get normally tougher 1882 notes on as examples are out there and not insanely expensive. Especially since they went from BB to DB to VB, this DB having the changes in wording to include "other securities" due to Aldrich-Vreeland banking legislation that tried to improve liquidity and bank lending power, that would later expire, and of course, the wording changed again on the VBs... but haphazardly, so sometimes you will find 1902 and 1882 series notes that have Other Securities listed after the act expired (on VB's and PB's of 1902)...

 

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It's Pick # S2711b; pretty much like bond issues in the U.S.; sell bonds to pay debts of the government. Issued by the government/parliament of the Province of Tucuman in Argentina.

 

Here's my latest two(2) common (by this groups postings ... LOL @ ME) acquisitions:

1953 $5 LTNs series A&B. I'll be including 1953 clean and series C maybe tomorrow.

 

After they hung out in NYC for 3 days, they finally came home. A 23, 28A, 34, 57A star, and 28C red seal.

 

You know that saying, "❤️ NYC" I guess they wanted to enjoy the atmosphere.

 

Hope they had a good time. A couple looks like they did. Lol

 

Today's new pickup is... well why not get an 1882 value back on the same bank eh? You can see the missing Other Securities line on this note under United States that the date back has... and does any design get dominated by it's portrait the way the 1882 $5's do by James Garfield?

 

A few recent arrivals

New Caledonia






Netherlands East Indies - Japanese occupation




Israel

 

Today's acquisitions ... 3, 5 and 10 Roubles:

 

Those imperial Russian notes are quite affordable but amazingly beautiful.

 

I think I gave <$10 for all three(3).

They are very lightweight and fragile. More-so than Christmas tissue paper.

 

Well, here they come, more and more nationals... gonna be a parade soon. Today's new pickup is this rare 1902 $10 from Citizens National Bank in Bellevue, Pennsylvania. How rare? Well, there are two banks on this town, and between them, a total of ten known notes. And now I have one, woohoo! Rarity is a quality all it's own...

 

I had two friends in college who graduate with degrees in Russian language.

I gave one a framed 5 ruble and the other a framed 10 ruble. One of the most affordable yet beautiful gifts you can possibly give.

(They don't know how cheap the notes are...)

 

Today's new pickup is another in the nationals parade, this one a tougher Texas bank, a 1929 $20 from the FNB of Gatesville. Texas is always tough since it is highly collected, and this bank is pretty uncommon if not outright rare, so I was happy to pick it up, at a good price with extra rust thrown in for free...

 

And a low serial number to boot.

 

Found this Radar in my register today, not to bad of shape

 

Been a while, so just falling further behind, the stack will never end, so lets get started again, this is a really nice obsolete from Maryland, Somerset and Worcester Savings Bank. About as good a design as you can get on an obsolete, excellent engraving quality from ABNCo, color overprint, and an insanely color printed back. It's got it all... well, no train, but still, close...

 

From Heritage World auction (March 19, 2019)


P.S. No, I wasn't afraid to bid on a PCGS graded note.

 

I had to look this up after seeing your note.

Saint Helena is a volcanic tropical island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) east of Rio de Janeiro and 1,950 kilometres (1,210 mi) west of the mouth of the Cunene River, which marks the border between Namibia and Angola in southwestern Africa. It is part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Saint Helena measures about 16 by 8 kilometres (10 by 5 mi) and has a population of 4,534 (2016 census). It was named after Saint Helena of Constantinople.

It is one of the most remote islands in the world, and was uninhabited when discovered by the Portuguese in 1502. It was an important stopover for ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa for centuries. Napoleon was imprisoned there in exile by the British, as was Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (for leading a Zulu army against British rule) and more than 5,000 Boers taken prisoner during the Second Boer War, including Piet Cronjé.

Saint Helena is Britain's second-oldest overseas territory after Bermuda.

 

Michael K, yep the remote place has quite a history; I've been searching for a true "gem" note for quite a while and this was just there with little to no bid interest.