If anyone is curious, here are what the two notes look like in their original form as souvenir cards: [IMG] [IMG]
Sal, it looks like the attachments didn't post correctly.
Fair enough -- I encourage adding something new to an old thread, which is what I just did.
Okay, here's a dust-off bump for a thread I really enjoy. And I'll add something to it. This vignette is entitled "Battle of the Frogs" -- when I...
Coming soon! :-)
Too often the posts on this forum get caught up in serial numbers and value questions, but there are some classic threads here with great...
In 1995 (after they had been absorbed by US Bank Note Corp.) the American Bank Note Co. reprinted a series of Hawaiian notes on card stock....
If you do a search for "Hawaii" in this thread you'll find some spectacular cards.
Beautiful pick-ups, Paddy! And try finding an original Republic of Hawaii silver certificate for anything but moon money. :-)
It's a six-volume set and each one is about 3 inches thick. At the moment it's the most comprehensive reference on obsolete notes in existence....
Nice! Thanks for posting.
You got the Handel and the Franklin -- the rest should be easy!
It's a little hard to tell from your photos (and my neck only tips so far) but this looks like it might be a receipt or a bill from a gas company.
Great check! If you can get others at the same price you should definitely pick them up, especially any that are engraved. Then sell me your...
But here's the big boy of the bunch! Not so much for the nice vignette (although it's a litho), but for the amount of the check: $500,000! That...
Been meaning to post several new checks I picked up recently. All three of these were made out by Mark Skinner, a prominent lawyer, jurist and...
In the philatelic world this is known as revenue stamped paper. That Lincoln is a 5 cent federal tax stamp - you see these quite often on old...
Love those Egg Harbor notes -- there's some beautiful engraved art on those.
I want to know how the bank got away with selling the property *including* the contents of the safety deposit boxes.
I came across this story online, which was too cool not to share: a bank converted into a home! And check out the banknotes she found in the...
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