Re: pricing, that's a little more than I'd want to pay, although the aircraft stocks do bring a premium. If you troll eBay for "specimen stock...
I'm a big fan of specimen stocks and bonds, particularly the railroads. Sometimes that's the only way you can find these certificates and they are...
Thanks everyone! I sent the scans to my friend with the press and he said he could print from it, no problem. But it will take some time to ship...
whoops, double post. Is there anyway to totally delete something once you post?
This one's my favorite -- love the vignette: it really looks almost like federal currency. And the Judicial draft, I've never seen before. Great...
Addendum: the little dots are not pitting, they are just oxidation, I guess. I don't think they'll affect the printing surface.
Woo hoo! My latest auction lot arrived: an original American Bank Note die for the Indian River Steamboat Company. The vignette is clearly modeled...
Hey Chris (and all interested others) -- I just found a downloadable spreadsheet of security printing companies on the American Society of Check...
You know, if you believe the provenance, the most amazing thing about this note is that it floated around in circulation for more than 40 years...
Gees, how did I stumble onto this thread so late? I even missed the Payton/krispy flame war. :eek: Well, there seems to be a serious lack of...
Absolutely! For me this is like show and tell. There are so few who find this kind of stuff interesting that it's a pleasure to share with those...
I recently discovered I had another example of this vignette in my collection on an old check. You can see more engraved checks in this thread:...
You do some fine Googling, krispy! I finally took some time to visit these pages. It's kind of amazing there's no biographical info on August Gast...
He sure looks tired, doesn't he? I didn't know there was such a thing as a Public Printer -- it must have been an exhausting job. :) I like the...
There's several of these posted in the American Bank Note thread... http://www.cointalk.com/t94549/ Here's some from various political...
From 1985 up until last year there was a Slania Study Group which issued a quarterly journal dedicated entirely to the work of this engraver. It's...
Lots of people aren't very aware of paper money, so no apology required. The vignette images in this thread come from a lot of different items:...
Incidentally, this thread got me thinking about a related topic, so I posted a new thread: http://www.cointalk.com/t108341/#post891932
Ohhhh, I get it -- your favorite vinagrette. For a second I thought I'd stumbled into FoodTalk.com. :rolleyes:
Okay, these next two were used in the early 20th century, but I'm sure they were printed earlier. The R.S. Battles check was printed by Western...
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