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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DhizKanichioko, post: 1618227, member: 23847&quot;]It&#039;s been awhile since I&#039;ve been on the forum...</p><p><br /></p><p>So, paper money isn&#039;t really my thing. I&#039;m generally more interested in coins, but I was given this item and I think it may be of some importance. I&#039;ll start off by telling you what I know and my theories on the piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first thing you&#039;ll notice is the age and condition of the piece. It&#039;s old, and it looks like it&#039;s been around the block a few times. It&#039;s also rather large compared to today&#039;s American bills, but fits with the era of paper currency from times past. The only date I can find on the document/bill is that of 1857, I pressume that this is of that era.</p><p><br /></p><p>This also doesn&#039;t appear to be a legal tender type note. There are several denominations on the bill (1,2,5, and 10). <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>We see the large text boasting &quot;Anti-photographic Ink&quot;, and a copyright date with the names of people I can only assume are the holders.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I THINK. I think this is a sample bill a representative of these people would have brought to, say, the US mint to show this new special green ink. Regarding whether or not this is the PARTICULAR green ink that the US decided to go with, I can&#039;t say for certain.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I want to know A) if my theory is correct on the origin of this... thing B) How should I store it? It&#039;s pretty big. I know it should be flat but other than that... I could use some tips... , and, well of course C) ... If you could guess a value. I figure it&#039;s pretty difficult to put one on something like this, considering it&#039;s not even a bill. But US coin patterns have considerable value, so the same might hold true for paper. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m going to post some pictures... been awhile since I&#039;ve done this, so bear with me...</p><p>[ATTACH]229543.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]229544.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]229545.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]229546.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]229547.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Alright... Only five Pictures per post... Stay tuned, more pictures coming in a second.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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