Reply to Thread

Message:: [QUOTE="krispy, post: 817515, member: 19065"]RickieB: I thought when I opened this thread I was going to see some "CH CU notes"  I always think Choo Choo as in the onomatopoeia of an old steam train when I see that currency grade abbreviation. LOL! The CBNCo have a lot of great vignettes. I've gone to that site and looked over them extensively. I love the train vignettes they offer. I too wish they'd list more specific information about the engraver, date engraved, if/when these were every used or intended for use. The who/what/when of the subject matter... I know in another thread we tried to figure this out but I hadn't heard back from anyone yet if they'd contacted CBNCo to inquire. The train posted in this thread is fantastic with a really nice sense of illustration. I also like the indian chief and bison but for some reason the patterns in the engraving, like the backgrounds, the check/arms of the indian, the fur of the bison seem somehow more mechanical in nature. That is, as if each mark on the plate was not made by hand engraving but rather a type of engraving deduced from a posterized image and reproduced on a plate by a plotter that engraves. Maybe it is hand engraved but the image was digitally worked on before the design put on the plate and engraved. There's just something I can sense about the style of the image that feels different. But they are nonetheless great engraved images.[/QUOTE]