Paper Money: New Acquisitions

Some recent additions:

1934A $20 Star Note Lime Green in Very Fine. For some reason in this photo, it looks to be the blue/green variety. It's just the camera's color balance.



Two consecutive 1935D $1 Silver Certificates around About Uncirculated +



1875 5th issue 50 cent piece. Choice Uncirculated with ink smear (down from the "r" in Fractional).

 

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Some random novelty notes that came as a bonus.

 

And... shaPOW. The 1955-56 releases are truly the best looking Greek notes, and this fights with the 20 Drachma for the best of the best (apologies to some of the early 1920's designs, also nice but these take the cake). As with many Greek notes, the reverse is the showstopper, here is also the case though this does have one of the better obverse designs as well...





EDIT: Here's a photo of this note with one of my Greek lekythos, showing Heracles in battle... gonna do these Greek Glamour Shots with my other Greek notes and other Greek pottery, gotta keep that 2/1 post to like ratio up!!

 

The hard plastic 2 piece slabs are made from archival quality polystyrene - not PVC (polyvinylchloride) - polystyrene is a safe material for archival storage of notes.

Here's a good thread on storage materials:

http://www.cointalk.com/t51602/

 

My newest addition.

 

Hey MEC2, is that Greek lekythos authentic or a reproduction?

 

Very Nice!

 

Just a question but this is from the BCW site. Are they flat out lying?

The PVC used in BCW Toploads contain no plasticizers or stearates. Our high impact grade PVC does not migrate and will not harm your cards, photos or Currency, while offering maximum protection and visual appeal.

 

My info. above was from a couple of different sites offering the BCW 2 piece hard polystyrene slabs - not the toploaders. I'd avoid the toploaders if that's true.

 

I am missing why you would avoid top loaders if they do no harm?

 

I was basing it being a bit leery of the PVC that you mentioned, but if it is indeed high impact PVC and no migration can occur, then they should be fine to use. I myself prefer the slabs though - more costly but I feel they offer better protection. I just have a very small paper collection so the extra expense of the hard slabs isn't much for me.

 

Bruce,

Unfortunately I could not decipher the signatures and my book did not provide the signature combinations for the note. Sorry buddy!

 

Arrived today. Purchased from a friend on another forum. It's the highest serial I have....so far.

 

Today's Greek note is from the same period as the last, one of the 6 great notes of the 1950's.





Also shown next to a nice Greek kylix depicting a warrior in the battlefield. As to the pottery question that had been asked, these pieces were discovered during a British archeological survey in Greece in 1835.



Ah **** no that's BS, I got this stuff from a group that creates reproductions in Sicily... but I love them. They look like something Indiana Jones would pull out of the ground. Got plenty more where these came from.

 

At the Long Beach show, I bought a $2 star note from 1954.

 

Must have been a 1953 (red seal)......the BEP hasn't printed a series 1954 $2 note.

 

Some more:

Circulation finds:

1990 $50 and 1990 $100, both in Crisp Uncirculated. Both found at teller withdrawals at different times.



1934 D $5 Silver Certificate and 1953 A Legal Tender, both in Extremely Fine.





1957 A $1 Silver Certificate Star and 1957 B $1 Silver Certificate. I think both would grade 67 PQ or higher.

 

1928 A $1 Silver Certificate Funnyback and a $1 1935 A Hawaii Silver Certificate. Both would grade around VF 35 in my opinion.

 

It is from Canada.

 

Very proud of this one.