Along with everyone else, I enjoyed Bob's posts and interaction on the forum. My condolences to his friends and family. Dave
Yes, it most likely is real. You'll note the reverse has an offset, reverse print of the face on it. Most likely from when the notes were stacked...
Congrats Steve, that's an impressive feat! Dave
She already has a 52 year old, but I'll check with her and see. :) You'd have to arm wrestle my sister for the remaining Liberty coin though... Dave
Awesome, thanks guys. Dave
Yes, wrong forum, but I know a fair number of you guys collect coins, and this is my "home turf". I was just down visiting my mother and out of...
By the way, I saw MMMM pop up on CT the other day. He's a collector of "animals on banknotes" and I'm sure could be a source for lists of what...
Hah! I was just going to jump in and give Rick a good razzing about something, and cracked up reading this :D Those are nice Rick, and probably a...
I send the Walmart Moneygrams overseas quite a bit, with only rare issues. As SA says, double-check with the seller, but this seems to be a pretty...
Someone may correct me because I know nothing about Russian notes. But looking at SCWPM it looks to me like this is Russia P-1a under State Credit...
Thanks for the link Dave, I see I'm going to need to spend some time reading! Dave
Nice notes. I see that on the face of each is "National Bank Note Co." and on the reverse "ABCo". I vaguely remember a bunch of mergers, purchases...
Well stated, Krispy. One additional point on the satellite dish. Many current African notes carry themes of culture and progress, just as a...
Thanks much! There is already one article in the queue for the IBNS Journal, I hope to see it published soon. Interesting info, I'd always...
Thanks for reading it, everyone. Always a joy to have something to write about, and I'm pleased folks take the time to read it! Thanks SM, I...
Merci, monsieur L! Interesting you mention that, here's a quote from Wikipedia's "notgeld" article. It does look like the German notes were...
Thanks for reading it! Yes, exactly the same, Notgeld is just the German word for this type of emergency money. Dave
Regional Artistry In War-Torn France During the First World War, France had more important things to do than design and issue banknotes....
If you're planning on collecting banknotes from any other country than the USA, you will get the best magazine from an IBNS (www.theibns.org)...
What a beautiful engraving, SM. Do you own this one with the dedication on it, and is there a story about how you found it? Dave
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