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Message:: [QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 891969, member: 24274"]Lots of people aren't very aware of paper money, so no apology required. The vignette images in this thread come from a lot of different items: • Souvenir cards, which are fairly modern (1960s to present) -- these are currently sold by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing or you can find earlier issues on eBay. • Obsolete stocks and bonds, which can go all the way back to the 1830s -- you can also find these on eBay or at paper money shows. Many are quite inexpensive.• Banknotes themselves -- you can find these at paper money shows, too, and often coin shows if you ask around. Paper money can include obsolete bank notes, which were issued by banks themselves in the 1830s to 1850s; military payment certificates, which GIs used during WWII and later wars to buy items at the PX; and federal currency that came into use around the Civil War and continues to the present. There's a lot of other niche collectibles that also include engraved vignettes. The nicest ones (IMHO) tend to be from the American Bank Note Company, which was in existence from 1858 until 1990. Hope that's not too much information. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]