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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 538837, member: 2486&quot;]The year of 2006 was a turning point for me as a collector of American Coinage and Paper Money. That year in March during the annual Boston Show I bought my first piece of Paper Money. A Series 1914 Blue Seal $20. The Reverse of this note features the &quot;Transportation Theme&quot; and features several vignetts of transpotation modes. The Train on the notes reverse is what really attracted me, since my young son just adored trains at the time.</p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20-1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20-1.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20-1.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20b-1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20b-1.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20b-1.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The artistry and engraving talents that I just discovered was about to lead me on a journey into American History, currency of the Civil War Era and modern Notes as they morphed from the Small size Legal Tenders, Silver Certificates and Fed Reserve Notes as well as Fed Reserve Bank Notes.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/913103A.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/913103A.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/913103A.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/913103B.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/913103B.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/913103B.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My new discovery gave me an instant new goal! To collect the Small Size Federal Reserve Bank of New York denominations from $1 thru $100 in nothing less than AU to Gem including all Star Notes as well. </p><p>The hunt began, and the reading and searching escalated into an everyday search, learning about the Auction Sites and some of the most well know dealers of quality notes!</p><p><br /></p><p>About 1 year into the collection I was overwhelmed, information overload was beginning to show it&#039;s many faces! I was studying fractionals, obsoletes, Large Size, Small Size, Gold Notes, High Denom notes and you name it anything that was produced by this Country I was trying to read about it!</p><p><br /></p><p>My collection went off track and I began the accumlation of the 4th and 5th Issues of the fractionals, I even picked up what I thought was interesting Obsoletes, all the while adding to the GIANT small size goal!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/stanton.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/stanton.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/stanton.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/stantonb.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/stantonb.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/stantonb.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then came a point when I was lured away by National Bank Notes and Large Size notes in General....a new fever burned in my soul, and the intensity of it soon turned into a haunting passion. I can say with all honesty that not 1 day goes by without me searching my normal hunts and selecting &quot;targets to accquire&quot;. </p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20b.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20b.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20b.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/10.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/10.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/10.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/10b.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/10b.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/10b.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20bro.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20bro.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/20bro.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To this day in 2009 I am still working on the Small Size NewYork Goal as well as the Large Size Notes that I have set my target sights on...it is more of a fever today than it was that first day in 2006 when I held the $20 Note that started it all.</p><p><a href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/19282020.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/19282020.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm184/rickieb1955/19282020.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What I can say to you all who share this passion is never stop the process of obtaining your goals of Paper Money Collecting. The rewards of friendship, information sharing, searching, reading and talking to others in this great passion has been one of the most rewarding things I have ever attempted.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many of you here that I see this in and I just wanted you all to know that I have a great amount of regard for you all and I hope to watch your collections grow just as I have watched mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep the faith, that tough to find note is just around the corner and what it cost today will be nothing to what it will cost years from now. The reason I am writting all this is because as of this Sunday, I will sell every coin that I still have in my collection with the exception of the 2006 3 piece AGE Anniversary Set I put back for my son...</p><p>I never thought this would happen in my life as a coin collector....but now, today, I can say that I am no longer a coin colletor but an avid US Paper Money Collector with Goals as large as they come. </p><p>I hope to share with you all some really unique notes of this Country that are rare and will one day be noted as the RickieB Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you friends for all your past support and may you all seek and find the path to your success as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>With kind regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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