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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1062094, member: 19065&quot;]The book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Greenback-Almighty-Dollar-Invention-America/dp/0805064079/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1293055011&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Greenback-Almighty-Dollar-Invention-America/dp/0805064079/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1293055011&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: darkgreen"><i>Greenback: The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America</i></span></a> by Jason Goodwin pictures an obsolete national $2 State of New York - Saint Nicholas Bank note that also bears this same Santa Claus vignette (page 157). A fun recommended read! </p><p><br /></p><p>I also came across an old <a href="http://numismaster.com/ta/inside_numis.jsp?page=BankNoteReporter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismaster.com/ta/inside_numis.jsp?page=BankNoteReporter" rel="nofollow">Bank Note Reporter</a> article on E-sylum from 2002, <a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v05n51a11.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v05n51a11.html" rel="nofollow"><b>NOTES FROM SAINT NICK</b></a> credited to Nancy Wilson, and Dave Harper of Numismatic News regarding Wilson&#039;s article from the December 1997 in Bank Note Reporter. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many other excellent sources cited, including articles written by Mr. Gene Hessler on the subject.</p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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