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<p>[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2075372, member: 24274"]In addition to their pure artistic beauty, the portfolios are a researcher's dream. Each panel comes with an information sheet with the title of the vignette, when it was engraved and the original bank note firm, often the engraver's name, and frequently a list of items the image appeared on. Many of the major auction houses reference these sets as they do write ups for various currency lots.</p><p><br /></p><p>The six year sets are each printed in the color ink indicated by their cloth bound portfolio case -- light brown, green, blue, black (the 1990 case was white), maroon, and dark brown. They were sold by subscription, originally at $150 per set. The price increased over the years and by 1992 collector interest was flagging. I don't have production figures for that final year, but I believe under 1,000 were printed. Here are figures for the other years:</p><p><br /></p><p>1987 - 1,100</p><p>1988 - 924</p><p>1989 - 3,500</p><p>1990 - 2,000</p><p>1991 - 1,000</p><p>[ATTACH=full]385147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385148[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385153[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2075372, member: 24274"]In addition to their pure artistic beauty, the portfolios are a researcher's dream. Each panel comes with an information sheet with the title of the vignette, when it was engraved and the original bank note firm, often the engraver's name, and frequently a list of items the image appeared on. Many of the major auction houses reference these sets as they do write ups for various currency lots. The six year sets are each printed in the color ink indicated by their cloth bound portfolio case -- light brown, green, blue, black (the 1990 case was white), maroon, and dark brown. They were sold by subscription, originally at $150 per set. The price increased over the years and by 1992 collector interest was flagging. I don't have production figures for that final year, but I believe under 1,000 were printed. Here are figures for the other years: 1987 - 1,100 1988 - 924 1989 - 3,500 1990 - 2,000 1991 - 1,000 [ATTACH=full]385147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385148[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385150[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385152[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385153[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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