Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Acquired a few star notes:
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A few new stars:
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I am all about those small head 28-34 stars, especially that LGS one... nice tw...

Today's new pickup is a detour south of the border to the crazy currency of revolutionary Mexico. This 1914 20 Pesos note is one of the better designs. I do like how it is laid out, liberty at left, raising an olive branch (indicating to the waiter to bring more sopapillas), and the eagle with the snake in front of the snow-capped volcano makes for a pleasing center vignette. These notes come in different flavors, issued in different states, and properly attributing them can be very hard. I've seen these notes issues on notebook paper - serious, lined, ruled notebook paper. Dios loco!!

 

Today's new pickup us another Revoutionary Mexico note, and lets get two, Two, TWO notes in one... these 20 peso notes are from Veracruz, just one of the variations seen in these Revolutionary issues. Different colored backs, slight changes to dates, 1914 and 1915, in fact it is perhaps more uncommon to find two notes that match than two that are different...

 

Today's new pickup is this Bank of Chester $20 obsolete bank note from South Carolina. South Carolina was a prodigious producer of bank notes... this note gives us the always popular big train vignette, you can even see the conductor living Sheldon Cooper's dream...

 

Came across these in a recent auction:
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So in this case specimen means what?
TY

And Endeavor what country is represented in post #5286? TY

 

couple new ones found recently
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Mongolia 5 Tugrik

I had to look it up also lol. Was given to me for free.

 

I was going to say Mongolia, but I didn't know. It was just a guess.
My thinking was the image looked Mongolian. The lettering was difficult.
I thought it may be Kazakstan, but the image didn't fit that country.

 

So, I was trying to figure out the face value of this 2000 bolivar note. Really interesting stuff when you research it. Currently the bolivar is worth about 10 cents.
But that is only on one exchange rate the Dipro. On the other exchange rate, there are 700 bolivar to the dollar. However, because of economic freefall in Venezuela (and other issues) most people buy their food and other supplies on the black market. On the black market, a dollar can fetch around 3,000 bolivars.
But the currency was devalued a number of times. Last year inflation was 720%.
The largest bill the 100 bolivar is worth about 5 cents on the black market.
The bolivar fuerte (Bs.F) replaced the old bolivar in 2008, at 1000-1.
So I would assume that 2000 note (while it has collector value) if old notes were accepted, (they are not since 2011) would be worth 2 bolivar or 19.8 cents. On the Dipro exchange rate. But if you look at inflation and the black market price, it is worth 1/50 of 5 cents.
This nation which is a huge oil exporter and should have money is in serious trouble, with the highest crime rates in the world.

 

Today's new pickup is this neat looking North Carolina obsolete $10 from the Bank of Commerce. Green overprint is extensive and great engraving quality from those talented dudes at ABNCo makes a winner of a design. Guy at the bottom right I think is harvesting weed...

 

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Like the numericals, and the signatures I don't see often.
There was a "Vinson" in here the other day and now of course I can't find it.

 

Found this in a Canadian auction.
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Like those, especially that $10 spot TW...

Today's new pickup is this 1860 South Obsolete $5 obsolete. Like a lot of later obsoletes we get the colored overprint to make it stand out and make it tougher to counterfeit, and the higher quality engravings. You can tell immediately by the quality it's an ABNCo note... rough but the price was right and rather have a rougher one than a sad empty space in a collection book...

 

Found another star: