Has anyone heard from Rick lately? His last post was Oct. 22. I sent him a PM recently but haven't heard back. I really hope his current mood...
This seems like a good place to post a scavenger hunt I've been on for a few years. A little background: In 1972, the Wittnauer Mint tried a...
As I was poking around the Internet Archive of digital books, I came across an amazing find: An 1877 BEP specimen book with about 100 proofs of...
Had to repost this one. :) [ATTACH]
It's not often I see a story on currency in my local paper -- but here's a nice one that appeared in today's Metro section:...
I thought it would be interesting to see what books and pamphlets -- apart from pricing catalogs -- exist in the field of paper money and...
Another member gave me an idea for this thread, so I dug into my collection of obsolete stocks and ran them through my scanner. These are all...
I don't often sell on eBay, but I had an extra $2 uncut sheet of four I decided to put up for bid. It sold and tonight I was packing it up. I...
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing designed Military Payment Certificates using a variety of images at their disposal. Designs from earlier U.S....
I know someone here will have the answer to this: What is the correct catalog number for the MPC $1 Series 692 note? I've seen it listed as both...
I'm looking at starting a set of all the various colors of Treasury seals on small size notes, including the Hawaii and North Africa notes....
I picked up an interesting note today -- or more accurately it would be a proof, I think. It's intaglio printed on salmon colored paper with the...
I'm weighing my options on which U.S. paper money catalog to order -- the official red book or the Krause. I'm primarily interested in the best...
This week I added two fascinating pieces to my banknote vignette collection (http://www.cointalk.com/t199225/): a Lazy Two and a Lazy Five....
I had been thinking about getting a lime green seal and when a dealer offered this one for $10, I decided "why not." The condition is marginal but...
I just picked up this Bulgarian note yesterday and somehow it reminded me of flowers for Mother's Day. So Mom: this note's for you. :smile Anyone...
So today, at a stamp show of all places, a dealer was selling an uncut sheet of four $2 FRN star notes in their BEP folder for $18. That seemed...
RickyB compelled me to hit the scanner again and post some of the golden oldies from my vignette collection. I'm going to roll these out slowly,...
We haven't had a presentation from a member of the Security Engravings Group for some time, so I thought I'd offer this... While doing some other...
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" This 1850s obsolete banknote from the White Mountain Bank in New Hampshire (reprinted on a...
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