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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 901691, member: 19065"]I don't recall if this link was posted elsewhere yet in BABN Co. but I came across this link in my searches, <b><a href="http://webhome.idirect.com/%7Emjp/articles/babn.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://webhome.idirect.com/%7Emjp/articles/babn.html" rel="nofollow">The British American Bank Note Company "The Early Years"</a></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've been looking for clues on why a 90th anniversary company profile was published in 1956, and I have no answers yet myself, but I've also been looking at events of importance: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_in_Canada" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_in_Canada" rel="nofollow"><b>1956 in Canada</b></a> in hope to uncover some trivial historical date or person of importance.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have also noticed the very similar title of the publication to that of 'The Story of the American Bank Note Company' published in 1959. Was there a greater sense at this time in the security engraving industry that the old guard was parting ways with the changing eras after two world conflicts and increased security concerns over cold war tensions?... Were both publications of such similar title out of coincidence or mutual contribution because of the related industry leaders?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 901691, member: 19065"]I don't recall if this link was posted elsewhere yet in BABN Co. but I came across this link in my searches, [B][URL="http://webhome.idirect.com/%7Emjp/articles/babn.html"]The British American Bank Note Company "The Early Years"[/URL][/B] I've been looking for clues on why a 90th anniversary company profile was published in 1956, and I have no answers yet myself, but I've also been looking at events of importance: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_in_Canada"][B]1956 in Canada[/B][/URL] in hope to uncover some trivial historical date or person of importance. I have also noticed the very similar title of the publication to that of 'The Story of the American Bank Note Company' published in 1959. Was there a greater sense at this time in the security engraving industry that the old guard was parting ways with the changing eras after two world conflicts and increased security concerns over cold war tensions?... Were both publications of such similar title out of coincidence or mutual contribution because of the related industry leaders?[/QUOTE]
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