That portrait on the Liberty card looked really familiar to me, too, Chris -- and today I tracked it down! It appears to be the same vignette as...
The BEP just posted details of their 2013 Intaglio Print program (aka souvenir cards) on their website:...
What would $7,500 in 1874 be in today's dollars? ;) Btw, you might like this thread if you haven't seen it yet: http://www.cointalk.com/t108341/
I totally agree -- great looking locomotive! I'm pretty sure I've seen this and the mining vignette on a stock or bond somewhere. If I can scout...
Very nice looking pieces. It's amazing how quickly ABN turned these around, after Roosevelt declared a "bank holiday" on March 6. These appeared...
I won't be around for this, but I'd love to hear Len Buckley's account of how the design for the Series 692 fractional MPC was selected. If you're...
My addition to the MW saga: Here in Portland, OR the old Montgomery Ward distribution center is still standing. It was purchased back in the '80s...
Yes, the Souvenir Card Collectors Society refers to these as "Portrait-Vignette Cards" in their catalog. These are modern reprints of landmarks...
And a few more...
I'm going to give this thread a little bump. I had the chance to look through a large catalog of obsolete notes and found quite a few that matched...
Here is a close-up of the famous bison from the $1 Series 692. Interesting story behind this vignette. According to the artist, Charles Knight,...
Those look like the real deal to me, though I know little about their value. Sounds like a fair price in this condition.
The latest addition - an 1875 check from the 7th National Bank of Philadelphia. The check itself is pretty drab but I picked it up for the...
This might be of interest to you. These dragons are depicted on the "China" panel in the 1991 American Bank Note Archive Series. They were...
A couple more notes... The Great Seal of the United States appears on MPC throughout Series 461, 471, and 481. It can also be found on numerous...
Then, on B188, one of my largest souvenir cards measuring 11x14" (my scanner cropped the margins), I discovered the top figure shared the same...
Two more! After going through my Federal Manager cards I found another match. The arch figures in the upper right and left corner of the Series...
Of course! The military wants their men clean-shaven. ;)
I'm going to cross-reference this thread here, for anyone who might be interested down the line: http://www.cointalk.com/t221756/ If you collect...
Series 701 $20 and B38. Robert Fulton is depicted on the back of the $2 Educational (along with Samuel Morse) and is one of several inventors...
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