Paper Money: New Acquisitions

That is one of the 4 real ones. But even the restrikes are rare and valuable.

 

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This sort of filled another hole:
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The old notes are so much nicer than what we have now. Even with a simple design.

 

One more to fill an empty spot.
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Today's new pickup is this great little $3 obsolete from Georgia's Merchants and Planters Bank. Really nice later design here, great big paddle steamer at center, high quality engraving, that stately looking ceter vignette is lovely. Add on the colored overprint protector, and hey, it's a $3, and we know that's my favorite denomination...

 

Crazy, Like "Man in the high tower" never seen the like before

 

came upon this one recently
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another star note just lying about waiting for a new home
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Another find while browsing eBay
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Today's new pickup is another obsolete $3, so you know I am a happy camper, this traveled note from Connecticut's City Bank of New Haven. A goodly amount of quality design here, the three dimensional intaglio, big Ben Franklin, large center vignette, allegorical bird feeder bottom right... some large three's and just a real nice overall design. Sure, I wish it was intact and better, but since I think there is exactly one of these in the Heritage archive, you take what you can get, when you get. This same bank I believe has some really nice later designs that are common with great engraving, remainders everywhere. This I stole and am glad I did...



Oh, remember the old stack?



I had that stack almost scanned to completion, I scan oldest to newest so that Tombstone is now at the bottom, and well, I suddenly started winning auctions. I could make a stack just of my underbiddings - I am first underbidder on probably 50 auctions that last two months, always the bridesmaid... except I also won a metric ton, and the first step is to admit you have a problem. So... I admit it. Hard to deny this two month stack... three inches of stacked notes. Someone save me. No wait, don't...

 

Found in circulation:

 

Today's new pickup is this outstanding $20 remainder, one of many designs well collected and plentiful from Louisiana's Canal Bank. Or more formally, the New Orleans Canal and Banking Company. Excellent designs and engraving elements, a gorgeous colorful back, these notes are easy to collect in nice condition due to their abundance. I have to think that these designs looked fantastic in order to convince folks they were actually worth something, cause I have a feeling alot of Louisiana note issuers were as stable as a drunk on an icy road...

 

How did you find them at the bank?

 

Today's new pickup is one of a serious of nationals I picked up in a row - not sure why that happens, but I tend to be streaky in category of pickups. This one is a Kansas note on the fun named city of Independence, this rough and tumble $10 from Citizens National Bank. Like many $10's with wear, it hits a little too close to this home for the assassinated McKinley, who seems to either take a pair of folds across the portrait to look like a scope site, or here, he takes a clear shot to the chest. Too soon? Next thing you know, they'll rename his mountain...

 

Today's new pickup, as promised, another national, this time an absolutely outstanding example of a 1902 date back national from Ohio, the Citizens National Bank of Piqua. Piqua, you say? Yes, I do love a crazy, oddball sounding bank or city name, so I was glad this came to me at what I consider an exceptionally low price. Not all notes can be winners, but this one sure is... really like the back on this example. PLus, McKinley is glad to be out of the crosshairs of a more circulated bill...

 

Got this today, was so in love with it, that I had to have it.

 

mikep, like the $100 a lot; good show and good for you !!

 

thank you, I know, I just had to have it

 

When I say I got a streak of nationals in a row, I wasn't kidding. This is a change up going to small size but big denomination, a $100 from the Second National Bank in Danville, IL. You might think this is uncommon, such a large denom, but it turns out, that's what this bank was in to - only doing large denominations, even back to 1882! The only small notes are two known 1875 $5 notes... man, this was a pile of money back in the day...

 

Couple new ones from state show here in Mississippi:
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