I can't believe it's been almost two years since anyone has posted on this thread. Well, I've picked up some unusual vignettes (mostly on stocks...
Have you guys seen these topics? They could all use a bump: :woot: Train vignettes from obsoletes Banknote background bonanza BABN railroad...
I am something of a novice check collector. I would hazard a guess that the gold check might bring around $20, based on what I've seen on eBay....
dwhiz, I believe that vignette came from a page of engravings in the book "The Story of American Bank Note Company" by William Griffiths.
And what I didn't discover until later was that, like with early consumer products, ABNCo collaborated on their marketing. They produced a boxed...
ABNCo also had some alternate marketing strategies. A "short set" of 12 holiday cards was sold, wrapped in cellophane. It had the same six...
When these came out in 1988 they cost roughly $1 a card for a box of 24, which was more than I wanted to spend. Each box had six designs and I was...
In a number of other threads I've covered many of ABNCo's forays into consumer products: engraved presidential portraits, sterling silver...
I don't think you need to worry about counterfeiting, Earl. As you know, some of these are available in such abundance there would be no point to...
Here's a completed stock certificate on a Kihn Bros. blank, with the KB insignia in the lower left corner. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And here are a couple more obscure specimens that I recently acquired: Kihn Brothers Bank Note Co. - Around 1905 the Kihn Brothers bought the...
Please note: The original query by Tlasch was posted in 2010 -- more than seven years ago. He has not been seen on this forum in over two years.
That Eastern Airlines certificate is a bit of a mystery. In the bottom left is the imprint of Security-Columbian / United States Banknote Corp....
The obsolete banknotes on souvenir cards produced by American Bank Note Co. are rarely cut out and resold. Why? ABNC was smart enough to stamp the...
WOO HOO! Our voices were heard! The Bureau of Engraving & Printing has released the designs for 2018 Intaglio Print Program and for the first time...
That would have been the Portage Canal. I just looked it up on Wikipedia. Interesting history.
That is a beauty!
Lettow, if you'd ever like to share a better image of that old US Treasury bond, I would love to see it! :-)
Ask for an opinion and you'll get an opinion. But if you're already convinced about what you have then there's no need to post here.
Great information -- so, about $2 per card. Back in 1988 that was a little spendy for me. Today it would be quite reasonable. Did the pamphlet...
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