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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 715378, member: 19456&quot;]Here is probably the most interesting new addition I got at CoinFest, and it&#039;s the closest I will ever get to a hometown note. My actual hometown, which borders Poughkeepsie, did not have a single obsolete issued, and while it did have Nationals, there are only 4 known and I have not been able to track down even a picture of one, let alone actually owning it, which I likely would not be able to afford. </p><p>So, the closest I can hope to accomplish is Poughkeepsie, directly north of me. I looked through quite a few New York obsoletes at the show and this one won out to be in my collection. I liked it and could afford it. So I brought it home! </p><p>I didn&#039;t realize until I got home that there is a &quot;ghost image&quot; on it. It appears that another note of the same type was placed over it at printing face to face but upside down. </p><p>I can&#039;t find any information about the bank so far. I am going to do some reasearch here locally, but I know there is no entry for it on Wikipedia. LOL. I might do some research with the Poughkeepsie Journal, the local newspaper, which has been in continuous production since 1785. I can&#039;t recall exactly, but it is either the 3rd oldest continuous newpaper in NY or in the USA. Unfortunatly the quality of the paper is sub-par at best but that doesn&#039;t really affect the note...</p><p>I paid $25 for it, and it is now tied for the most I&#039;ve spent on a note (saving the two modern $50s that I was given for birthday gifts <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><img src="http://images50.fotki.com/v399/photos/4/348354/7834793/oughkeepsie25centsJuly1st1862a-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The note is of cource uniface. Why would the color of the paper be different like that? I am thinking it was not exposed to the air the same throughout it&#039;s 147 years of existance.</p><p><img src="http://images17.fotki.com/v319/photos/4/348354/7834793/oughkeepsie25centsJuly1st1862b-vi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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