I find these ABNCo Archive Series (1986 thru 1992 not only visually stunning but also informational .With each sheet of vignettes comes an additional sheet with the Engraver/Companies he worked for and a list of the vignette usage on what type of document,banknote security cert./stock cert. etc. Just a few examples . You can shoot close ups of these vignettes & also of their Souvenir Card. This can come in handy for presentations or just engraving information. Here are a few examples of close ups from these sheets with a point and shoot set on close up :
Excellent! Thanks for starting a thread for these. :thumb: I'll post a few pics of the ABNCo '89 portfolio set I recently purchased when it arrives.
Here are a few Vignettes from the ABNCo 1990 Archive Series. "Thurst No More" Engraved by William J.Brown and Robert Savage,ABNCo 1903 Artist,DeCost Smith Used on : Spring Valley Water Co,Bond 1903
fyi for anyone else interested in these materials: The Ken Barr site is a good resource for published ABNCo material such as the American Bank Note Company "Archive Series"
Ken is also a good source for Souvenir Cards both BEP and ABNCo . Mellone's ...Photo Encycloprbia of Souvenir Cards by Howard C. Tiffner is an execelent book with reference Numbers & pictures of BEP/ABNco/United Nation Cards.
That's a terrific post. Thanks for sharing some of your vignettes. Stacks auctioned a bunch of stuff from the ABNCo in the Capital City Sale in 2007. Vignettes as well as dies and engraving plates were sold.
I wish I attended that auction . Check out this site "The Canadian Bank Note Company" http://www.cbnco.com/collect/collect-about.php
Beautiful! One of my favorite panels. My other transfer die includes the widest image shown here -- the one with the train in the distance. Yeah, I know...I need to scan it. My poor flatbed is going to explode.
