I don't see a monarch, who in this case would have George VI. I see an allegorical representation of Britannia.
Unlike other denominations that are used only for church collection plates and donations to the Red Cross? Teddy Roosevelt opposed using the motto...
I once got drunk, passed out, woke up in a place with lots of armed guards, steel bars and locks, and I had to pay to get out. Is that similar?
An albino second printing and a partially obstructed third printing. Not bloody likely, as my grandfather would say. As Number's said, the reason...
Well done.
That weird hat pays homage to the cap a newly freed slave in ancient Rome had to wear for a time after being liberated. We used it on our coins,...
Registry set mania puts an increasingly disproportionate premium on notes that are labelled 65 EPQ or better by a TPG. Notes that only get called...
Lusitania had been officially requisitioned by the Royal Navy as an armed merchant cruiser in 1914. She was also, Millennium Falcon style, fitted...
The most he could have gotten was five hundred silver dollars, containing around 385 oz of silver. About $7000 today. Or he could have used three...
Depends if it was an albino printing. It it was, the serial numbers will be visible under ultraviolet light.
A beautiful note. And one of historical importance. Do you consider yellow-sealed silver certificates to be MPC's too? They were specially printed...
Scarcity and demand equal value. I have a $1 1928D SC star note. It's been pressed, maybe starched. But it's whole, good color, and also it's one...
And if it falls into the hands of somebody who does plate it, then it could be passed off as a valuable error.
It's harder than you may think to "gently iron" a US currency note without it being obvious. US currency is printed intaglio. That means the...
Yeah, but he's also going creating things that will eventually give people ignorant of its origins opportunities to dream in vain, and then take...
What are you trying to do? Make me cry before I've even had my first cup of coffee? Seriously, what a marvelous job you've done turning that hunk...
Unlike many paper money only collectors, I've never been adverse to using watermark fluid on currency. If it doesn't hurt glued stamps usually...
"Dipping" is a tricky one. Many dealers will privately concede that nearly every 18th or 19th Century coin that looks freshly minted has probably...
A coin is a hunk of metal, with an official stamp on it to certify its weight and fineness. When you own one, it's your property. You can put it...
Such is the fate of all flesh. All we are is dust in the wind. So are all our notes.
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