Paper Money: New Acquisitions

MK - not so much the drawer but yes, printed and never issued by the banks. Those are remainders.

Speaking of remainders, today's new pickup is another remainder, this one a very nice $2 from New Jersey's Sussex Bank. Great engraving here and a bold overprint, that red spirograph really pops...

 

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Today's new pickup is another obsolete, this an issued note from the Bank of Gallipolis in Ohio... typical engraving of the time, if you get a feel of say Republic of Texas in the layout and images, well, I have to agree, same feel to several notes issued around this time, 1839 for this note. Note sure if that is Ceres with Hermes in the central vignette, or who dropped the caduceus, because it could be either of theirs - unless that is not Ceres, in which case, could just be some naked lady turning a trick next to a Griffin, and who hasn't seen that?

 

Awesome Notes @MEC2!

 

So, today's new pickup is this vignette heavy $5 note from the Central Bank of Virginia, done by those grand masters of engraving at ABNCo. This one is an obvious late period obsolete with the lovely red protectors around the denomination signets and the nice red Five action across the bottom. This note has it all - a cattle drive, a railroad, Ceres, some freaky cherub, and a damsel cradling a bird, an odd thing as birds frankly are filthy creatures...

 

new acquisition from Mississippi; with great ship vignette at left on the reverse.

 

Well, gosh this was just a really nice French note for a really nice price:

 

Really like those State of Mississippi obsosletes TW, they are on my get list, so many have the PoC... hope abounds though.

Today's new pickup is I believe a reprint of the Traders Bank note series - not contemporary I don't think, someone perhaps knows more about the source than I. But, I like the design, and the price is right, so... in the collection it goes.

 

Well, it's tomorrow already, so let's do a new note... guess what? Another Traders Bank. And I am going to keep you in suspense as to the next note...

 

Lets complete the trifecta shall we? The last reprint, the $100... have to admit, engravers have an amazing talent to turn thin lines into amazing representations...

 

Nice notes. I love the Benjamin Franklin vignette. I've seen it on other notes. I need one for my collection.

 

What's that black splotch? That wasn't there before?

 

I presume you refer to techwriter's State of Mississippi note? That's not a splotch, it's a cut out or punch out cancel - the note when redeemed would be canceled so it could not be put back into circulation against the original issuing obligation.

 

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with me.

 

Recent acquisition from Heritage auction
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Today's new pickup is this 1841 $5 obsolete from the State Bank of Illinois. Don't really get alot of Illinois notes really in the obsolete department, not sure why, just doesn't seem like a big issuer. Alot of period engraving on this note, the cherubs in the denomination marker is pretty typical, and creepy - cherubs are creepy man. Not sure what the guys in the center engraving are talking about, probably chicks. "Hey Jedidiah, did you see Mary Margaret in her shapeless wool frock and bonnet? She doth be quite the looker..."

 

Three consecutive serial numbers
Series 1934C $10 Federal Reserve Notes
Graded Gem New 65 PPQ by PCGS Currency​

 

Today's new pickup is this well traveled Georgia obsolete, from the somewhat ubiquitously named Farmers and Merchants Bank. Seems like every town had some variant of this name on a bank. I wish this had a little less travel on it as I really like the design and engraving, an early note from the fine lads at ABNCo. The engraved allegorical woman (Victory? Providence? Who can tell...) is great and I believe is the one also used on the first $20 US Legal Tender notes. I'd look at mine to be sure... if I had one. Sad face...

 

MEC2, love the Georgia note, well traveled or not it is a RADAR note. Lucky you. The note here is from a recovered archive disk, I no longer have the note.

 

Hey tw, more than that it's a solid - well, I guess all solids are radar's by definition, but not all radar's are solids... but at 3 digits, I think they are equally rare, if my quick late night math is correct in my brainpan...

Let's keep the obsolete hits coming. Today's new pickup is this rough and tumble New York remainder, a pretty steep $100 denomination from the City Trust and Banking Co. From good news to bad, apparently this bank popped up and then popped out very quickly - paper money, man, the early days, no wonder it got a bad rep. Central banks may lead to suspicion but good grief was their a pantload of troubles banks when they just issued their own notes...