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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 2027498, member: 12789&quot;]While Rickie B. had to part with many of his notes, some here found a loving home with fellow forumites - this one from the 2011 Heritage Auction:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh578/scottishmoney/brunswickandalbanydtl1_zpse225817e.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favourite collecting themes is post-Civil War obsoletes - many of them were issued in contravention of the 1864 National Banking Act.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh578/scottishmoney/brunswickandalbany1dollar1871_zps92c5e4ab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the post Civil War obsoletes were issued in the Reconstruction era South - by municipalities, states and railroad companies.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1252.photobucket.com/albums/hh578/scottishmoney/brunswickandalbanydtl2_zps071ae64a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>So what more can you ask for a note?&nbsp; It fits quite comfortably into my post Civil War obsoletes theme and has a legacy of ownership.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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