If you're willing to cull the copper from the zinc, there might be some metal value. Copper cents have a melt value of about 2.75¢ right now:...
Score! Take that teller some flowers!
Congrats Darryl! This is a really nice regional collection. Say wasn't the East Tennessee RR one of the stock certifs that matched your cylinder die?
Hey, just a few days ago I posted a scan of Martha's portrait on a different thread: http://www.cointalk.com/t176715/#post1187427
Kingdom, star notes are replacement notes. When a note in a sequential series gets damaged during printing, the Bureau of Engraving & Printing...
Thanks to all for your appreciative posts! This is one of my favorite collections, though it's getting harder to find these proofs at a reasonable...
Count me in, then! I'm sure I have a few items that would be of use. Are you planning to auction these or do you just want educational material?
I knew I'd seen that vignette of "Barbara" somewhere but couldn't place it until tonight: ScottishMoney uses it as his avatar! :D
I also found a portrait of Benjamin Harrison that I'd neglected to post -- but not the same one found on 1902 $5 National. This one faces left....
But wait: there's MORE! :smile Inevitably after I post a presentation I dig through my collection more thoroughly and examine things more...
Rick, you've inspired me to do some scanning. I decided to post my BEP vignette collection as an group presentation. Enjoy! :)...
Nearly all BEP engravings bear the Bureau's imprint, but a few don't. These can also be attributed by counter numbers that appear on the back of...
I've also found two taxpaid revenue stamps from the 1870s that match vignette prints from that era -- Columbia shows up on an exportation stamp...
Over the years, I've collected these vignette and portrait prints as I could find and afford them. I've been fortunate to obtain a few that...
During the 19th century and into the early 20th century, the BEP sold prints of these portraits and vignettes to the general public at a nominal...
Hundreds more artful vignettes of architecture, landscapes, allegorical scenes and figures were produced, many for stamps, but often for...
Since the Bureau of Engraving and Printing began its work in the 1860s, it has produced portraits of hundreds of political and military leaders,...
These notes pre-date the inflationary era, but since this is the only Hungary-related post I've seen in the paper money section I think I'll add...
Yes, that's definitely a Civil War vignette, with Union uniforms. And yes, the $3 note would have been part of the U.S. Note series -- but the...
I'm pulling for the little guy. How many years have to lapse before something is considered "abandoned"? Not to mention this is a colonial item,...
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