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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zekeguzz, post: 1149459, member: 15455&quot;]As I understand it, The National Bank of New York was consigned as the printer of these &#039; First Issue &#039; Postage currency notes.</p><p>I guess security issues were encountered. This led to The American Bank Note Company being cosigned as the printer of the </p><p>reverse side. This is why there are &#039;First Issue &#039; notes with and without the ABCo monogram. The most common notes are the straight edge notes with the ABCo monogram. Some books</p><p>refer to the reverse monogram ABN.&nbsp; tHAT CAN TO VERY CONFUSING TO SOME PEOPLE. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>. Read this: <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=l7Qund5xP7gC&amp;pg=PA153&amp;lpg=PA153&amp;dq=OLD+U.S.+POSTAGE+FRACTIONAL+CURRENCY&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=QqzxBFLSb-&amp;sig=RGtGg5x3i8COZ_6LLdoIO9YoGys&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=2dWVTa_IFYK_0QG50cj2Cw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CDUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&amp;q=OLD%20U.S.%20POSTAGE%20FRACTIONAL%20CURRENCY&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=l7Qund5xP7gC&amp;pg=PA153&amp;lpg=PA153&amp;dq=OLD+U.S.+POSTAGE+FRACTIONAL+CURRENCY&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=QqzxBFLSb-&amp;sig=RGtGg5x3i8COZ_6LLdoIO9YoGys&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=2dWVTa_IFYK_0QG50cj2Cw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CDUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&amp;q=OLD%20U.S.%20POSTAGE%20FRACTIONAL%20CURRENCY&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=l7Qund5xP7gC&amp;pg=PA153&amp;lpg=PA153&amp;dq=OLD+U.S.+POSTAGE+FRACTIONAL+CURRENCY&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=QqzxBFLSb-&amp;sig=RGtGg5x3i8COZ_6LLdoIO9YoGys&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=2dWVTa_IFYK_0QG50cj2Cw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CDUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&amp;q=OLD%20U.S.%20POSTAGE%20FRACTIONAL%20CURRENCY&amp;f=false</a> Wow that&#039;s a long one. I&#039;d truly love to read about the &#039;First Issue &#039; notes in Robert J. Kravitz&#039;s book: &quot; A Collector&#039;s Guide to Postage and Fractional Currency &quot;. He is considered by many to be an EXPERT in this field.</p><p>Reallistically though, I can&#039;t see how I will/can persue this area of collecting. I&#039;m spread way too thin in coins. But this histiry is very intriguing and interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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