They are validation stamps placed on the notes by a merchant. Sort of like chop marks on trade dollars.
I have been looking for one of these for a long time. The tape from the short snorter gives me confidence that the modification was contemporary...
Assuming the frame is assembled properly the pressure can keep it in place as Funkee indicated. There is archival tape that can be used, if...
You can buy individual states from the publisher in electronic format.
The japanese military pound was not used in Hong Kong. The British currency in Hong Kong was the Hong Kong dollar. As someone already identified...
www.uspapermoney.info has a page that gives the known sheet number ranges.
Faked over prints is another matter. Ebay is littered with notes with faked overprints.
I do not think that the note is fake as in counterfeit. I think the listing in the catalog simply means that series 210 and above were issued by...
According to Peter Huntoon's article from the May-June 2008 edition of Paper Money from the SPMC the regular currency collected in Hawaii was...
The MRI Bankers Guide is the bible for current notes. It is expensive but you can find older editions at lower prices. http://www.mriguide.com/
Seller has some interesting items for sale. My guess is seller has an automatic setting for reducing by 50% on buy it now after a certain time...
Not mine but purchased for a colleague who identified it as a previously unknown issue of 1893 scrip. [IMG]
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MPC was not issued in the US.
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