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<p>[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1723041, member: 38692"]And here is today's new pickup and it's a fair departure, an obsolete sheet from Western Exchange Bank - a well known and frankly outstanding design. Love the images of the Indians looking at the trains, such a contrast between the imminent departure of the old tribal existence and the arrival of the modern era to the continent. It is striking really, I love capturing everything you can imagine in the image, the wonder of the coming new age, the bittersweet loss of the simple way of Native American life. But nostalgia only goes so far, since the horses were brought from Europe too... as well as introducing the wheel so the natives didn't have to drag their crap on the ground behind them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Wanted to get a nice UNC of this but I kept missing, so I got this one at a fair price and removed it from it's ghetto frame and into a nice one. Looks great with my other ones. I don't collect much obsolete wise, but this obsolete design has always been on my target list. Will hang on to this and keep an eyeball out for a nice one to upgrade to later...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/WESheet_zps003cbaeb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1723041, member: 38692"]And here is today's new pickup and it's a fair departure, an obsolete sheet from Western Exchange Bank - a well known and frankly outstanding design. Love the images of the Indians looking at the trains, such a contrast between the imminent departure of the old tribal existence and the arrival of the modern era to the continent. It is striking really, I love capturing everything you can imagine in the image, the wonder of the coming new age, the bittersweet loss of the simple way of Native American life. But nostalgia only goes so far, since the horses were brought from Europe too... as well as introducing the wheel so the natives didn't have to drag their crap on the ground behind them. Wanted to get a nice UNC of this but I kept missing, so I got this one at a fair price and removed it from it's ghetto frame and into a nice one. Looks great with my other ones. I don't collect much obsolete wise, but this obsolete design has always been on my target list. Will hang on to this and keep an eyeball out for a nice one to upgrade to later... [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/WESheet_zps003cbaeb.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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