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<p>[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 2122124, member: 38692"]Today's new pickup (none yesterday, sorry, went to Six Flags and that wipes me out at my now middle-age) is a $50 obsolete from Confederate Georgia. The Georgia state issues are varied and neat to collect, they change year to year in design, this is from the 1864 series. So, the different denominations like $5, $10, $20, $50 share the same big central vignette with Moneta, with different design on the endcaps for the denominations. I do like this issue, big red overprint (only on the $50 and $100), and alot of engraving going on with big sigs, attractive note in my book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting side note - Milledgeville GA where these notes are sourced was the hometown of Julia Roberts' character in Pretty Woman, where she has all this money and nobody wants to help her... sob sob...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Obsoletes/GeorgiaFifty.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 2122124, member: 38692"]Today's new pickup (none yesterday, sorry, went to Six Flags and that wipes me out at my now middle-age) is a $50 obsolete from Confederate Georgia. The Georgia state issues are varied and neat to collect, they change year to year in design, this is from the 1864 series. So, the different denominations like $5, $10, $20, $50 share the same big central vignette with Moneta, with different design on the endcaps for the denominations. I do like this issue, big red overprint (only on the $50 and $100), and alot of engraving going on with big sigs, attractive note in my book. Interesting side note - Milledgeville GA where these notes are sourced was the hometown of Julia Roberts' character in Pretty Woman, where she has all this money and nobody wants to help her... sob sob... [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Obsoletes/GeorgiaFifty.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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