From a historical perspective, you'll find some interesting information in "U.S. Essay, Proof and Specimen Notes" by Gene Hessler.
Big Like! The artwork on that is terrific. This appears to be for the Bruges Maritime Facilities Co., is that close? Like shipyards or warehouses,...
I picked up another nice stock certificate recently (under $10!) of the North American Lumber Co. Although it's unissued, it was printed between...
Beautiful obsolete note MEC! You're right, the multi colors and the eagle are impressive. I've never seen this bank before -- very late issue for...
There are dealers now who are clipping the excess coupons from bonds and selling them individually. IMO, the coupons are of no real value without...
For the 1992 World Columbian Stamp Expo, American Bank Note issued a set of souvenir cards reprinting all six tickets, using the original engraved...
I finally picked up the last Chinese New Year issue in the Commemorative Panel series -- this one's from 2001. It includes two vignettes by...
This is not one of the scarce tickets and the centering is not great. Typically on eBay these will bring $15-20, so at least for the Columbus...
Conversely, I've noticed you can typically get European books more cheaply in the States. Less demand the further away you go.
I thought it would be interesting to see what books and pamphlets -- apart from pricing catalogs -- exist in the field of paper money and...
Fyi, you can pick-up a BEP souvenir card for around $10, printed from the original plates of this $1000 note. About 0.00004 percent of the auction...
The latest issue of the Souvenir Card Journal arrived yesterday, with an added bonus: the annual souvenir card! These limited edition, intaglio...
I like both of those, Mike -- and the Java banknote costumes are definitely unusual. Here's a couple stock vignettes I scanned the other day....
Bai Bureh is kind of creepy looking. What's his story?
Love the "20" numerals on the face of this one.
I'll add another couple of railroad stocks -- neither of which feature trains. The vignette and particularly the letter engraving on the Nassau...
Really like that last note from Peru!
If you skip back to post #3 on this thread you can read up on the Excelsior Bank Note Co. and view a few vignette samples. I recently discovered...
Let me know how it goes -- I'm still considering it. Ideally, you could actually watch the transfer process and take pictures! I'd love to see...
And a couple unusual animal vignettes from New York Bank Note.
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