Forget everything I said in my previous post since I was doing it from memory (which is nowhere near what it used to be). There were two issues...
They are Depression Scrip from the City of Detroit. Contrary to what Scottishmoney indicated, the Mitchell/Shafer book on Depression Scrip says...
Replacement notes are notes that replace notes that have been mutilated or printed ni error during the printing process. They have different...
Scottishmoney is correct that the Krause catalogs have errors and omissions in the listings. There is only one person who works on the catalog...
The Pick numbers are assigned by Krause for the Standard Catalog. Many new notes appear in the Journal of the International Bank Note Society...
The Fort Worth facility was not completed until 1991. All notes prior to then would have been printed in DC.
Adjusted Service Certificates were given to members of the US military who served during WWI as a bonus. The bonus measure was approved by...
When I posted that the low serial number was not significant, I did not intend to suggest that the note may not otherwise be scarce. Most...
I do not know of an electronic version of Smith/Matravers. It has been out of print for over 25 years and is difficult to find even in the US.
For this type of notgeld -- Serienscheine -- I recommend Manfred Mehl's Deutsche Seriensheine. Sure it is entirely in German, but it is well...
I can't help you on the value either, but 3 digit serials on small size Nationals are not uncommon.
Most of the information in the Pick catalog for China (these notes are listed under China, not Japan) was taken from the Smith/Matravers book on...
New Year's checks were popular during the late 1800s and early 1900s. They were sent like greeting cards. They were often drawn on the "Bank of...
The Pick book only lists six Japanese Puppet banks. The English names are: Central Reserve Bank of China Federal Reserve Bank of China...
The notes that the OP identifies as being from the Union Preparation Bank of China are from the Federal Reserve Bank of China. I suspect it is...
The initial Food Stamp program in the United States began in the 1930s and served two purposes -- (1) relief for the poor, and (2) providing price...
The US Government Printing Office is the official publisher of the US government. At one time the GPO issued checks for refunds for overpaymnets...
Robert Owen was a utopian dreamer. You can read more about him on his Wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Owen He issued notes...
[IMG] [IMG] Block numbers F69 and F70 on these Cuban 20 peso notes are counterfeits. They are sometimes found without serial numbers. The...
1819 Russian 5 ruble note. It was an Ebay find about 8 years ago. [IMG] [IMG] The writing on top identifies the note and gives the...
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