Paper Money: New Acquisitions

I've shown this before, but this is the best the bank ever saved for me, a combo Radar and Repeater:

 

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Excellent note!

 

Nice Series 1977. Where did they get it and are there more?

 

See my post above, I live in a rural area where everybody knows everybody. My local bank keeps an eye out for stars and interesting serial numbers and gives me a call.

 

Today's new pickup is this 1902 $50 national from Dallas... $50 never easy to get, Dallas is tough, even on a fairly common bank like this.

 

My bank (BoA) has more than 250 walk-up customers (no counting Drive-thrus), per day and they will not even order me notes nor will they swap with me anymore. They even cut down from 3-tellers to two (2) at peaks and only one (1) for the rest of the time I'll bet that the managers are complaining to headquarters bout this.

 

Today's new pickup is this really nice Michigan obsolete $2 from the awesomely named Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road Bank. Great design on a fun denomination, red overprint and overall just a pleasing example and design. That scythe sure is ready for action at the bottom left, sharpening it sorta looks a little creepy now that I look at it... don't fall asleep in the tall wheat around harvest time folks.

 

Today's new pickup is this interesting designed $5 obsolete from Maine's Hancock Bank. Some dollars on the large vignette add some deterrent to raising the notes, and the creepy cherubs are flanked by the very famous John Smith and Pocahontas. According to Peggy Lee, they had a very mad affair... when her daddy tried to kill him, she said "Daddy, no don't you dare... he gives me fever..."

Scarlet Fever more than likely but that was the way of things between such disparate genetic groups...

 

Today's new pickup is this 1934 Atlanta $100 star note. Now I do collect the 28-34 series stars but normally avoid the 50 and 100 notes since so much money is tied up in face value, makes them tougher to justify. But this note came at me and I said... why not. Even though the serial number is quite low this does appear to be well into the blue-green seal era of the 34 printings. Still, I take me a big star when I can get it...

 

New French note for me, the first in several years! This is a 50F "Bleu et Rose", an issue first released in 1889 but continued with many printing dates until 1927.

 

Today's new pickup is a more typical 1928-34 star series note, this one a 1934-C $10 from the Richmond district...

 

Today's new pickup is this great looking $3 obsolete from the Adrian Insurance Company of Michigan. Huge train vignette combined with my favorite denomination, a three dollar bill, and a pop of color red overprint protector means winner winner Christmas dinner...

 

Very nice looking pickup @MEC2

 

Merry Christmas to all from SPMC #2676 and PMCM #1116...

 

Going back to Endeavors $5 Atlanta star 1999.
From the photo that looks pretty clean and crisp and new.
And it's only a 65? Should it be higher, 68, 69?
Where are the 5 subtraction points and why? Merry Christmas.

 

@Michael K - I'd bet it's mainly not fully centered and registered.

Well, I got busy with the holidays and actually spent a few hours scanning (remember the last stack? There are TWO now... criminey), but never posted anything... so here's today's new pickup, this rarer 1934-B series star. 34B are tougher notes so always pleased to add a star from this series when I can...

 

Found this just lying about in an auction with zero bids; so tendered a marginal bid and logged off. Got the "you won" email next day.
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Awesome!! Anything with a train is cool. Unfortunately, many seem to feel this way, I've noticed that every time I bid on a note with a train.

 

Heck Nathan, there are TWO trains on the note, one way out in the distance, so doubly cool...

Well, I am leaving for a few weeks coming up, which means, no new pickup posts, of course I still end up buying them while I am gone, so the stack gets deeper. Honestly, I don't know if I'll catch up before I expire. But, in the meantime, one of the last new posts for a while, this sharp looking 100 Pesetas note from Spain. I'd like to collect more notes of the 20th from Spain, alot of nice engraving and note designs, but there are only so many resources to go around. So, I grab a deal on a nice note where I can, like this one. Such nice designs, much nicer than the ugly Euro notes... blah.