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Message:: [QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2765852, member: 24274"]Security-Columbian Bank Note Co. - In 1957, Security and Columbian merged. Following Columbian's established practice, their specimens also lack a serial number. After changing its official name to U.S. Banknote Corp. in 1965 (though not on its products), S-CBNCo. would eventually become the industry leader by the late 1980s. One might guess American Bank Note would weather the storm as the bank note industry imploded. But USBN bought them in 1990, leaving S-CBNCo. the last man standing and a virtual monopoly.[ATTACH=full]636842[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]636843[/ATTACH] Northern Bank Note Co. - Northern started out as a lithographic printing company in Chicago, but was printing engraved securities by the 1930s, like this voting trust certificate for the Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line Co. NBN sometimes acted as a subcontractor for Columbian and E.A. Wright. They were small enough not to present much real competition to the larger bank note companies and instead focused on a niche of printing municipal bonds. They survived until 1995, even longer than American Bank Note.[ATTACH=full]636844[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]636845[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]