Paper Money: New Acquisitions

And SHAZAM like a Genie I am back, just gotta rub my bottle... got back last weekend but the flight from Rome wrecked me, kept me off stride all week, finally got around to scanning in my new pickups. It is going to take me a while to get the Currency Acquisition Machine back in gear - honestly, when I got back, I didn't even look at auctions for a while. I had been gone so long I'd lost contact with it... but a super sweet BiN deal I snagged seconds after posting helped get me back in the game, hope to post that this weekend...

Let's start with this note that came while I was away, another nice Costa Rica remainder, courtesy the fine folks at ABNCo. Note the nice allegorical figure on the front of this note, the Costa Rican kids favorite Tomas the Tank Engine...

 

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Here's a few I was able to get recently.

 

And it seems I neglected to post this one - Georgia 1777 colonial issue.
I only need to get New Hampshire and I'll have my 13 colony set.

 

Nice get Dave, I am collecting all 13 in 1776 variety, down to Georgia and New Hampshire. New Hampshire is a real SOB for 1776...

Well, you know I had to get a star of some sort while I was gone, and this was in my mail pile on my return... harder and harder to get new stars so any time I can fill a blank, I am happy to, I'll worry about upgrading later, for now, it's tough enough to find ones I don't have, so a new pickup is hooray for me...

 

Super happy with this next get, one of those the timing has to be right... I was sorta hemming and hawing about the laborious clawing through all the auctions when this showed up with a BiN just barely into three digits... and I said thank YOU and stole it. I'm in the market still for an ornate back version of this note in a higher grade, but this looks nice in it's holder propped on my credenza cabinetry, so very happy with this get. And it got me moving on my other auction acquisitions, sometimes you just need a smoking hot deal to get your motor running...

 

Well, I wish I had a more poignant Memorial Day pickup to post, but... I don't.

But I do have a new country, this is Ecuador, a remainder from the late 1800's, not sure how it came to be in my view, but I liked it, big ole margins and nice old design, and it wasn't much, so why not? Anything that old is worth a sawbuck or two...

 

Nice to see you back MEC! I love that train and it does sound like you stole that Deuce! Nicely done...


Here is some new ones for me that were all acquired for too cheap:






I am most happy about this one as it is actually a Top Pop for PCGS. I paid less than $40 for it so I consider this one to be a STEAL!!! My max was a multiple or 2 of the final price...

 

Wife picked these up today, thought I'd share.

 

Well I dropped the ball yesterday, I have newps and did not post newps, please forgive me. Allow me to make it up to you... some other time.

But this time... well, here we go, this is another Brazil pickup with the excellent ABNCo design. On the front is the old nextdoor neighbor from Home Alone, on the back an allegorical figure representing the proclamation of the Brazilian republic. Or the Brazilian Wax, whichever... again, love the reverse color and the great engraving. These series are done over a series of time and there was a time where the hacks at TDLR took over and produced some Monopoly version of the notes - accept no substitute!

 

Got these two $20 bills today, anyone know why there's a #7 instead of a letter on the first bill?

 

The 1928 series of most Federal Reserve Notes (denominations $5, $10, $20, $50, $100) indicated the district using numbers 1-12 instead of A-L. The 1928A series also had a number on the $5, $10 and $20 denominations. By the 1928A series, the design changed and the $50 and $100 denominations transitioned to letters. The rest transitioned in the 1928B series.

High denomations always had a letter to indicate the federal reserve bank.

The numerical districts are worth a bit more than their "letter" counterparts.

 

How coincidental

How coincidental it is that I got these 2 days ago (as posted) and since they illustrate so well funkee's explanation here ya go: (Both Minneapolis notes, series 1928 & 1928B [no Minneapolis $20 notes were produced for series 1928A])

 

Do the small black lines on the paper at the edge indicate that these were edge-of-sheet notes? Were they throughout the sheets to assist lining up a proper cut? What are they about?

Edit: note that on both notes they are only on the faces of the notes. Assuming they are cut face up only, it would seem they are for lining up a cut... But then there's one at the bottom center of the 28B, and the top center of the 28......

Are they for lining up the print??

 

Yes, Those black lines that can sometimes be seen are cutting / alignment lines. They are perfectly normal and do not detract from the note to most collectors but some do prefer notes without them. There were multiple lines on each sheet, so depending on the specific notes location on the sheet, the cutting lines could appear on any side of a note and be oriented vertically or horizontally...




I just found a nice matching year and serial number star note to go with one I picked up a couple weeks ago. Now I am on the lookout for the others...

New Note:


Note I bought a couple weeks ago:

 

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The second known small size $100.00 war bond with large size serial number style.

 

What's that you say, can't get enough of those Brazilian notes? Well neither can I... so here's another new pickup. Father Christmas on the front, and another neat allegorical figure on the back...

 

the 2 20's came out of the same ATM and the other singles I found within a week of one another...they all seem like spenders to me but I could be wrong?



sorry it's so grainy I left my camera at my new house...still haven't quite moved in all the way yet.

 

I think those are spenders there Avenger - close on some, but a digit away here and there.

Today's new pickup is another WW2 Ionian Islands release, designed to be used by the Italians once they annexed the islands. They were distributed for use but you can imagine the locals hated them, and the Greek government never allowed them to be exchanged after the conflict.

By the by, that man on the front is Homer... doh! Not that one...

 

I finally got something new! Series 2006 $1 FRN Star Note with a courtesy autograph from Henry M. Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury.



This is my 36th note with a courtesy autograph! For the full collection, visit here.