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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 747962, member: 13650&quot;]Wow!&nbsp; Cool story.&nbsp; The fact that you had family members that signed it would make it priceless in my opinion.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I&#039;m far from an expert on obsoletes, but I have done a lot of reading on them.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are so many different types that you almost need to find somebody that specializes in specific areas or states.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The pilgrim landing scene on the back was also used on the series 1914 FRN $5 notes:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FLARGE-1914-5-BILL-FRN-NEW-YORK-NOTE-FR-851a-PMG-CHOICE_W0QQitemZ290372857349QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0%3Fhash%3Ditem439b922e05" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FLARGE-1914-5-BILL-FRN-NEW-YORK-NOTE-FR-851a-PMG-CHOICE_W0QQitemZ290372857349QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0%3Fhash%3Ditem439b922e05" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/LARGE-1914-5-BILL-FRN-NEW-YORK-NOTE-FR-851a-PMG-CHOICE_W0QQitemZ290372857349QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439b922e05</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Somebody else must have liked that design.&nbsp; There have been so many bank notes that it wasn&#039;t uncommon for some designs to get re-used in conjunction with other unique designs.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The design on the front would be nothing more than symbolical in this case.&nbsp; There may be some meaning behind it but doesn&#039;t represent any actual event.&nbsp;&nbsp; At that time it was popular to use local scenes on currency or sometimes mythological characters to make them interesting or to instill confidence in the bank.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; There were many new banks that popped up all over back then.&nbsp; Some were legit and some were not.&nbsp;&nbsp; From what I&#039;ve read, the further you got away from the east coast, the further they were away from regulators, meaning more phony banks the further west you went.&nbsp; Michigan had a lot of bad ones.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Many banks just failed.&nbsp; Leaving many unused notes behind.&nbsp; Legitimate ones ended up cashing theirs in to the Feds and having them replaced in kind.&nbsp; Then it was destroyed.&nbsp; While the currency from most illigitimate banks is more plentiful because most of it would have survived.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t turned over in exchange.&nbsp;&nbsp; Much of it was held onto as collectors items or filtered out to the public as souvenirs after the banks went bust.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Supposedly, banks wanted to produce currency with interesting designs and intricate details in order to achieve more credibility within the public.&nbsp; It also would get the public&#039;s attention and get people talking.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some banks tried to out-do each other with the artwork, like a competition.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; You may want to send an e-mail and pics to this guy:</p><p><a href="http://www.donckelly.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.donckelly.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.donckelly.com/</a></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; He is nationally recognized and is an authority on currency.&nbsp; He could probably give you a good idea on value.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many of them like this are so unique that they won&#039;t be listed in price guides and there may not be much for recent auctions to guage the value off of.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; That&#039;s really nice looking.&nbsp; Thanks for sharing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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