Was the first name of the paper dealer from Missouri Leon?
It is a marketing gimmick. He only paid $28,000.00 for it at auction in 2007.
Neil Shafer has become a good friend of mine over the last 20+ years. He was a mentor to me when I was first starting out in collecting while I...
Meeting Neil Shafer in 1986.
CSS is probably supposed to be CSNS which is the Central States Numismatic Society show. It is in Chicago this year April 15-19 at the Donald...
The stamps are surcharges that revalued the note because of inflation. Brazil revalued and changed its unit of currency in 1942 from the Reis...
The problem with the "first contestant" in this thread is not that it is counterfeit, it is misidentified. It is a Federal Reserve Note, not a...
The 5 and 10 are from Bulgaria, not the Soviet Union.
It is Pick #132, a 1 cruzeiro note from 1943. This series was handsigned. All the denominations have hand signatures. Can you imagine that on...
This note is on the list of known copies at Crutchfield Currency. http://www.crutchwilliams.com/BogusCSA_RoTx.html It is under Obsoletes....
These notes are referred to as mini-assegni (mini-checks in Italian). There are hundreds of varieties and they are collected by currency...
India and Pakistan are the two countries who used staples to bundle their notes. For these countries, the staple holes do not necessarily effect...
If you find errors in the Krause books, send them to George Cuhaj at Krause (George.Cuhaj@fwpubs.com). It should get you listed as a contributor...
It probably only has value to someone who wants to be taken in by a scam. This box is similar to ones that were involved in scams uncovered by...
This story would make a great article for the Bank Note Reporter. You should contact David Kranz at BNR about this. Here is his email address:...
When sheets first were made available from the BEP they were sometimes sold at places like Nieman-Marcus to be used as wrapping paper by people...
The local French notes printed at the end of WWI were emergency currency. They were necessary because of the lack of small change in circulation...
The mintage quantities of 1934 paper currency would be zero. Coins are minted, notes are printed.
"Kinda vague on details there.....mind spilling it?" It would be easier to just direct you to some of the threads . . ....
Porsche Ahmet is often the subject of discussion among US collectors on the Collectors Universe discussion board. He is frequently at the center...
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