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<p>[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 2081996, member: 38692"]I undoubtedly will be getting into Spain at some point, as I love their colorful designs and neat engravings, and that note is a nicer if more recent note, and affordable... in fact, I was thinking about getting that very note just yesterday, and now I did - just pulled the trigger, my first Spain, thanks for pushing me over the edge. You get a like just for that...</p><p><br /></p><p>Today's new pickup is an obsolete from 1833, so kind of a mid-mark of obsolete issues, not too early, not too late. Alot of engraving on this, I imagine they thought the more engraving, the harder it would be to counterfeit. Frankly, I think it makes it easier - and they didn't understand how it's the faces that give the counterfeits away, not the tedious engraving elements.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Obsoletes/FranklinFive.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 2081996, member: 38692"]I undoubtedly will be getting into Spain at some point, as I love their colorful designs and neat engravings, and that note is a nicer if more recent note, and affordable... in fact, I was thinking about getting that very note just yesterday, and now I did - just pulled the trigger, my first Spain, thanks for pushing me over the edge. You get a like just for that... Today's new pickup is an obsolete from 1833, so kind of a mid-mark of obsolete issues, not too early, not too late. Alot of engraving on this, I imagine they thought the more engraving, the harder it would be to counterfeit. Frankly, I think it makes it easier - and they didn't understand how it's the faces that give the counterfeits away, not the tedious engraving elements. [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Obsoletes/FranklinFive.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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