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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;USS656, post: 1190650, member: 6641&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">To say I had a good week last week would be an understatement!&nbsp; While I was on a guys golf trip I was also bidding live over the phone on a couple pieces in a big auction in Dallas.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I am happy to say I won 2 of the 3 lots I was bidding on and have now come as close as I may come to completing my NY East Tennessee Iron Company collection.&nbsp; The 1st lot was the $5 remainder note.&nbsp; I have only been able to find 1 other $5 and it was also a remainder and in much worse condition.&nbsp; I have seen no others despite an extensive search!&nbsp; I found this example in December and have been waiting patiently for the auction ever since.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The other note I was missing was the 50 cent fractional.&nbsp; It was part of a four piece lot that contained the other three fractionals that I already had examples of in high grade.&nbsp; I wanted a better example of the 5 cent fractional due to a reverse centering issue I have with the one I already owned.&nbsp; The new one is centered perfectly but unfortunately it also has two small holes from a staple.&nbsp; </font><font face="Wingdings"><font face="Wingdings">L</font></font><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Now the only note I am missing from the set is the $10 note.&nbsp; I have seen one example sell at auction and it wasn’t pretty. (picture at the bottom)&nbsp; I will continue to search for a nice example, but I may never find one.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">My set is the only one that is this complete that I have been able to locate.&nbsp; You can find the small fractionals in abundance but the larger denominations are very hard to locate.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Hope you enjoy!&nbsp; </font><font face="Wingdings"><font face="Wingdings">J</font></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Best Regards ~ Darryl</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/me-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/GroupObv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/5and25centPortraitObv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/5Obv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/50CentObv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/GroupRev2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/5CentRev2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/50CentRev2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/NYET1Obv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/2CoveCreek.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">These examples below are not my notes and are the only other large denomination notes I have seen from NT ET Iron Co.. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee123/USS656/CoveCreek.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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