Vern is a good guy and knowledgeable about some of the more obscure areas of bank note collecting.
I finally picked up a nice usage of another of these proof vignettes -- and solved a mystery. The "dynamo ladies" appear on a stock certificate of...
Thanks for the lesson in Japanese mythology! And yes, according to my Standard Catalog, this note is listed at $125 just in Good condition. It's a...
Great vignette -- I really like the ones with coins on currency.
[ATTACH] I'm loving all the obsoletes you've been posting lately, MEC2! This one caught my eye because I have a die proof of the central vignette...
I just realized why this looks so familiar -- I have a Treasury check from the 1870s that shares the right hand vignette....
Love that 1878 $20 U.S. Note! And the rest of your collection most assuredly does not suck. I'm also fascinated by the W/M error note. Hard to...
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Nice! So the hand-pulled cards were purple rather than teal?
There are always a few dealers looking to buy from the spider press lottery winners. They offer a buyer $20-30 profit, then turn around and sell...
The standard issue cards are still available through the BEP store, so their intrinsic value is what you paid. I don't really know what the...
Truthfully, this is a fairly common stock certificate. They can be found on ebay for around $3. The allegorical figures represent some terrific...
And that's covered in this thread here... http://www.cointalk.com/threads/engraved-mpc-designs-on-souvenir-cards.221756/ :D
I just got Liberty in the mail today!
Hi Taribor, welcome to the Paper Money forum! The short answer is yes, the BEP has an annual print program. And yes, there is a collector market....
Leon, I'm so glad you were able to get a quote from Gene Hessler! He's a genuine icon in the paper money field.
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:...
Time for a bump! Tonight I'll post a few more of what's been categorized as "forerunner cards" -- souvenir cards issued before the official...
Wow, I hit the mother lode of ABNC images tonight! I happened on a posted search result for "bank note" in the Library of Congress website. Quite...
From a historical perspective, you'll find some interesting information in "U.S. Essay, Proof and Specimen Notes" by Gene Hessler.
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