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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1093232, member: 19065&quot;]<b>Bruce,</b> Sorry that I missed this thread when it first went up. I&#039;m a couple days catching up here. Congratulations and Welcome aboard! I&#039;m glad to see you&#039;ve honed some areas that you&#039;re interested in pursuing. What all the others have been saying is excellent advice and very insightful about the nature of Paper collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Darryl,</b> I see Bruce&#039;s 5¢ note employs that familiar <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=146905&amp;p=1066017&amp;viewfull=1#post1066017" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=146905&amp;p=1066017&amp;viewfull=1#post1066017">&quot;guard dog and vault/safe&quot; motif</a> like we discussed common to other fractionals like those you recently have been working on. Seeing such repeating themes in variations over the coarse of an era or span of many Series is another cool thing about collecting notes. We have seen many collectors focus on any notes bearing vignettes of: trains, carriages, animals, bicycles, and a collection of notes with a security themes like the guard dog and safe would be another such thing someone may pin point. </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t yet found/begun collecting any such theme yet, but it draws near to my interest in finding personal connections to the notes I collect. If a theme is <i>meaningful </i>to a collector, beyond just a curiosity or aesthetically pleasing aspect on a note to seek out, it makes the purpose and thrill of collecting that much more enriching. For Bruce, I might link this to his interest in coins bearing counter stamps, even though those are additions made to the coins, they represent a particular feature that defines his goals and interest in collecting within the greater sphere of numismatics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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