Did a little hunting through the SCCS catalog and I found it. It's listed as FSO 1985A (Forerunner Semi-Official) issued in 1985 for the Int'l...
I got my BEP card a couple days ago! Not as nice as the first one in the series (Lincoln) but a good bookend. Looks like you picked up the Big...
I did some Googling and found a couple examples of this advertising note in auctions. A badly taped up copy went for $75 but a VF example brought...
I won a group lot of currency at a local auction today -- mostly fractionals and a couple common notes. But in amongst them was this interesting...
This week I added two fascinating pieces to my banknote vignette collection (http://www.cointalk.com/t199225/): a Lazy Two and a Lazy Five....
Hmmm, you're right Midas. Odd that they would choose a different Lincoln portrait than the one on their current souvenir card. For what it's...
I was just about to say the same thing. The Hawaii and No. Africa would definitely add some visual interest.
UrbanL, these reproductions are actually trimmed down souvenir cards, as Funkee points out. They are beautiful notes and, yes, printed from the...
I don't know how I missed this when I posted it last year, but the eagle on my Senate Chamber pass was lifted from the back of the 1882 $100...
I found another usage of one of my vignette proofs on federal currency! "Return of Peace" -- engraved by Charles H. Smith (probably while he was...
Q. David Bowers' book "Obsolete Paper Money" is the ultimate reference on these notes....
Hi Red Seals - Unissued certs are less valued in the marketplace than issued/cancelled ones. Knowing the date would also help determine whether...
I think you're looking at 1928, rather than 1928-A, which had a run of 749,544. Otherwise the serial number wouldn't make sense.
"Landing of the Pilgrims" was engraved by Charles Burt. It first appeared on the back of the $1 First Charter Nationals, which were originally...
I love these auctions -- so much eye candy. Wish I had the bucks to bid on this stuff.
My copy of the Souvenir Card Journal arrived today and with it the annual card given to SCCS members. These are always intaglio engraved and in...
I think this Clinton National Bank check is one of my favorites. Issued in 1890 in Clinton, New Jersey, the vignettes are beautifully engraved by...
I picked up three nice additions to my check collection in the past couple weeks. All of them are steel engraved and the first two were definitely...
Beautiful! Would that one also be considered a remainder?
I've SEEN that Zeus! He's in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Here's a shot I took when we were there last fall (strategically...
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