COMPLETED! Tonight I signed off on the last proof sheet in the last (and only) box of Wyoming nationals. What a great project! I learned a...
Here's an example of a citizen soldier recognition certificate, this one was issued by the state of New Jersey in 1867. At the top, you can see...
Very nice obsolete! I like the Capitol vignette -- that dome would have been brand new in 1862, in fact, the Statue of Freedom wasn't placed on...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]"Liberty and Union" is not military related, but definitely a patriotic image from the time period. It...
I hadn't thought about this thread for some time, but in searching for information about a particular vignette I went through my collection again....
Love the vignette on your Old Colony stock, old49er! It's got everything -- a train, steamship, schooners and wagons. Here's a few more ......
When you send them to PMG do you leave them in their PCGS holders or do you break them out and send them in raw? I'm just wondering whether the...
I picked up some neat items at the ANA Anaheim show for a great price and I'm just getting around to scanning them. Time to give this thread a...
Gorgeous note! Really like the multicolored background.
But before you sell it, would you mind posting scans of those three engravings -- Polk, Tyler, and Andrew Johnson? :D Or just a sharp photo would...
I'm not personally looking for the full set. At this point, all I'd really like to see are good quality scans of three of the engravings (not the...
Can't quite read the printer's insignia on that one. Is it Continental?
That is an outstanding piece of engraving, particularly the back.
Those are intriguing! I've never seen MPC checks before. How would they pay increments below 5 cents, I wonder.
Here's another check I picked up. Federal checks are harder to find and definitely more pricey. This one was printed by the Bureau of Engraving &...
I picked up some pretty cool checks at the ANA Anaheim show and I'm just getting around to scanning them. My favorite is this 3rd sight draft (can...
D'oh! We should have got a picture together, Chris! Ah well, next show.
We didn't get any firm design decisions. Even the piece they showed us was just a possible option. It did have a couple nice vignettes of the...
At the ANA Anaheim show today, members of the Souvenir Card Collector Society got together with a couple BEP reps to discuss ideas for future...
It's been a pretty good show for me so far! Saturday I'll be around until midday. PM me if anyone wants to get together.
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