Paper Money: New Acquisitions

3 Consecutive 1922 $10 Gold Certificates

 

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All 3 notes the same grade ? Maybe these were only traded between banks before being put away.

 

Ina was the love of Tinirau, the god of the ocean who lived on a floating island. One day Ina jumped into the sea in search of Tinirau, but since the sea was so big, she was continually tossed back to shore by its gigantic waves. She enlisted in some fish to help her swim, but they were too small to carry her, so in her frustration, she beat them with a stick, permanently marking their bodies. This is how the angelfish got their black stripes. Eventually a shark agreed to carry her on his back.

For the journey she took some coconuts with her, for food and drink. After some time, Ina became thirsty, so the shark raised his dorsal fin so that she could crack a coconut and partake of its milk. This she did and it satisfied her thirst. She then relieved herself on the shark, who wasn't too happy about that and warned her not to do this again. This is why islanders complain that the shark meat smells of urine.

Again Ina became thirsty and this time she cracked the coconut on the shark's head. One version of the story says that this is how the hammerhead shark came about. Another story says that this is why there is a bump on a shark's head, which is to this day called Ina's bump.

Reeling from the pain, the shark tossed Ina off his back dived below the waters, leaving her to flounder in the sea (one version says he ate her, but that isn't the nicest end to the story). Finally Tekea the Great, the king of all sharks rose from the bottom of the sea and rescued Ina, He then carried her to Tinirau's island where they were finally reunited.

 

Thanks for posting the interesting story.

 

Beautiful new additions.

 

Latest pick up from my favorite teller. I think this is a minor error with the serial # touching the district seal.

 

faulty alignment error ~ nice note !

 

1974 $20 Full Offset Error

 

Very rare 1950C $10 Richmond star. Possibly one of the rarest modern FRN stars. I've only been able to locate 1 other from an old HA auction, which claimed to be the discovery note. Nothing in T&P. Maybe there are others, but I haven't been able to find more.

Condition is perhaps VF 20. But considering the rarity, I think $55 wasn't bad for it.

 

Here's a nice 1864 Confederate $10 I picked up last week in Mississippi. It's a neat design with the Civil War cannon and doesn't break the budget.

 

I always wondered about this, do you see more confederate currency on sale in the south? This would pertain to B&M locations and just local shows.

 

I haven't been in enough of those venues to say for sure. The shops I have visited usually have at least a few Confederate/southern state notes. I like being able to say that I bought the note in the South...

 

Nice find, funkee. Are the same Richmond notes with regular serial also more scarce, or just the star?

 

A tough star note to find, series 2006 $10 Philadelphia star (640,000)

 

Post them here:
http://www.cointalk.com/threads/souvenir-cards.94663/
I for one would like to see some of Mike Bean's new stuff and the thread could use a bump.

 

I'm not a paper collector (yet) but watching this thread is exciting!

 

Will do. Thanks.

 

My fiance' won on the slots last night and was hand paid out with this 100 dollar star note. Is it a spender or keeper? I don't know much about star notes, other than to usually keep them, but I rarely receive a 100 dollar star so, I was just curious. Btw, she only took 200 with her and won 1800. Not bad. lol looks like I got a double payday from work. I'm not aloud to gamble where I work, but family is.

 

It's part of a run of 3.2 million, which is a lot for any denomination. I will say spender, it's a good chunk of money to tie down.