Paper Money: New Acquisitions

My own homemade "Generations" modern $10's wall hanging:

It's value is a bit more than the one the BEP was selling. (About 10x)

 

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Today's new pickup is this still crisp yet crinkly $20 1934-D star note from the NY Fed. Some miles but not enough to deny a low VF grade for this Jackson...

 

Well, the website went nuts and double posted, so now I guess I have to, so lets post this, the worlds ugliest national. Ugly condition? Check. Common bank? Check. Common issue? Check. Why on earth get it? Because why NOT get it at face? Besides I think I can buff that damage out...

 

Today's new pickup is this bright cranberry One Gulden note from the island nation of Curacao. Lovely island, and a lovely note design here from those experts at ABNCo. Looks like Mercury kicking back at the port for some caduceus and chill time... like the seal on the back, overall just an enjoyable designed note.

 

For today's new pickup lets stay in the Caribbean shall we? This colorful blue note is a One Dollar from Trinidad and Tobago. A very Caribbean look to the images in the front, an American (or Spanish) denomination, and a very UK looking design on the reverse. I dunno how this came to be this design, but I like it...

 

Just started collecting paper this is my third one

 

Today's new pickup is one of my favorite world notes, this fantastically engraved 10 Dinara note from 1920 from the now-defunct nation of Yugoslavia. The allegorical engraving on the front of Progress is just amazing, I knew when I saw this note I'd have to get one. I think I might have another one around in the Stack of Doom (tm) but this one was good enough to snare. Should we expect anything less from the craftsmen at ABNCo?

 

Okay, to preface this, I had ZERO idea this would happen - I haven't planned, cajoled, or order manipulated this in any way. But somehow... this is my next pickup and for Christmas Eve could it be more appropriate. You won't believe it, but... it's this $10 Pennsylvania national from New Bethlehem. I know, you don't believe it, but I swear to Baby Jesus this is honest to God the next pickup after the note above. I always love an unusual bank or town name, so that's why I grabbed it. Who knew it'd pop up at such an opportune time?

Sometimes, the divine reveals itself in subtle, sublime ways...

 

Not much to show, but shopping for other people for Christmas, I actually bought a bunch for myself (Scrooge that I am). I added to my Hungarian paper. With some exceptions for subject matter (I also collect Authors, Poets, Books as a topic), I draw the line at WWII for Hungary. But my mother's parents came from there and we spent more time with them. (Hungarian is easy for me. I had to take a community class in "Conversational Italian for Tourists" to learn any. I actually got to use it but that's a different story.). Anyway, I bought a couple of large, ornate 1930s issues to fill in my sets.

But I also bought an Iceland 5 Kronur 1928. I picked it up because it is signed along the right edge by one "Barbara Williams OKC" [Oklahoma City] and I put it in with my Short Snorters. Also, as a numismatic note: see the watermark portrait. I was surprised that it was used so early. I associate that security feature with later issues.

 

I got a few nice notes for Christmas. First up is this gorgeous 1916-1930 Japan 1 Silver Yen note.
Obverse features Takeuchi no Sukune, a famous legendary feature.

The reverse has a vignette of the 1 Silver Yen coin that the note directly replaced.

The watermark is AMAZING. I'm sure this is the nicest watermark I've ever seen. It has some foliage leaves and some beautiful calligraphy.

 

Love that watermark...

Good news! I had time to actually scan some notes, and made... maybe 10% headway into the Stack of Doom. Bad news...I have been too busy to post new pickups. But lets change that.

Today's new pickup is this early 1861 Confederate $50 in very nice condition. Alot of early designs make CSA notes kind of scattershot - you wonder why they needed all of those different designs. Well, I don't have the answer, maybe someone else does and will chime in, and then I will have the answer...

 

Today's new pickup is this VERY tough 1861 Confederate $5. Very few printed, and of course very very few survived. It's funny, I hadn't had any CSA pickups in quite a while then BOOM two back to back including this really hard to get note that is usually missing from most casual CSA collections.

 

Wow not much love for those CSA notes, and strangely, the only likes come from a Union Civil War General. That's quite a WTF note for the day...

And speaking of notes for the day, today's new pickup is... this $5 Maryland obsolete from The Clinton Bank. Nice big train vignette here, red overprint makes the whole thing pop, great engraving from ABNCo...

 

How many notes are in your “Stack of Doom” ...asking for a friend

 

Here's a German Empire 100 Marks bill.
These are all dated 1908, but were produced until 1922 or so. The German Empire ones have a red seal and serial, while Weimar Republic have green seal and serial.
My Weimar version is in crisp uncirculated, but I much prefer the character that this circulated bill exhibits.

 

A couple new 1928B $10 for the collection:

 

Sorry for the lapse, just doing stuff... I did start scanning, but hit a wall, and now need to file and continue to scan. But, enough whining, how about a new pickup? This high mileage 1929 $5 national from West Virginia may seem common but the charter itself is uncommon if not quite rare, and... would you believe this is just one of three small size $5's type I or II? Me neither, so I took advantage of a low price and availability to snare it. Any time you see charter numbers that high, you probably are looking at few survivors and only small issues. And sometimes you run into wallet pieces like this that you only get an occasional bite at the apple to get. Rarity trumps condition in nationals, though I'd be happy to upgrade when the time comes...

 

It is ARC for American Red Cross.

 

Here's a neat 1975 South Vietnamese 1000 Dong. Both sides look like they could be obverses, but I'll go with the building side since it has serial and signatures.