And... shaPOW. The 1955-56 releases are truly the best looking Greek notes, and this fights with the 20 Drachma for the best of the best...
Hard to tell with all the .jpg compression. Might take the money and run myself. Star errors are pretty rare, if you have a magnifier or something...
I had the same thought as Dave - it looks to me like there might be paper abrading where the seal and numbers should be. A higher quality scan...
And today, I am going green... lime green. I got this note with that spectacular $5 mule I posted. In fact, It was this lime green that caught my...
There is a report item on each auction item, I believe at the right side of the page. I have had a couple of his phony errors removed but it's...
Today, from Olympus, I bring you ZEUS! And the Greek amphiteater... a very nice late year design. On the back, I bring you - Greek chic! Wearing...
Very carefully...
Back to Greece for today's crack of the whip. This is another positively huge note, a little wider and a bit taller than the old large size US...
They are float frames from Michael's. I recommend getting the museum glass (they sell it) if you are going to frame a nice note.
Nice start, two good design notes...
Okay, time to go NUCLEAR on this thread. This is an EXTREMELY rare 1928 E Mule - there are 17 known now of this, it has the micro 637 back plate....
The swirl left of the FIVE is wider on the top note, it's more oblong and has extra vertical engraving grooves in it. The back itself is wider.
Here's a new Greek acquisition, a 1932 500 Drachma - it's a big note with great color, printed by the American Bank Note Company (one reason why...
I'd recommend before collecting to generate an interest toward a type of bill before you just start acquiring them. For me, I was cruising eBay...
Yeah, I normally am not into that but the price was right and frankly I was shotgunning the auctions just hoping to get ONE of these. Ended up...
As in "I'm guessing a number - first person to correctly forward that number of US dollars wins".
Well, I just received enough Greek notes to pump this thread for two weeks straight, but I want to mix it up a bit, so here are a couple nice...
Over $600 in consecutive modern stars? I couldn't spend that fast enough, probably on a nice VF20 1899 $5 Chief SC or maybe a 1901 $10 Buffalo in...
Okay, time for a new note! Just won this off theBay, I don't normally collect alot of non-1776 Colonials, but this 1780 Connecticut was signed by...
That's where some helpful person put a little bit of tape and it denatured the paper (JEEZ old tape sucked.... It's what made that note affordable...
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