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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1076010, member: 19065"]The $1 and $2 are real notes but he $5 and $10 are replicas of very famous notes. Notice that the $1 and $2 both have serial numbers but the $5 and $10 do not. The $10 is even stamped SPECIMEN over the red seal. The $5 and $10 are notes which are quite expensive classic US currency in great part because of their designs with iconography of buffalo and Indian portraits. Here are two BEP Souvenir Cards that help explain these designs: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/Souvenir%20Cards%20-%20Engravings/1899_5_SC_Chief_Replica_ANA_1977_16.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/Souvenir%20Cards%20-%20Engravings/1901_10_USNote_Bison_Replica_IPMS_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is nothing wrong with owning replica's of these notes so long as you are aware that is what they are and they are legitimately bought as replicas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1076010, member: 19065"]The $1 and $2 are real notes but he $5 and $10 are replicas of very famous notes. Notice that the $1 and $2 both have serial numbers but the $5 and $10 do not. The $10 is even stamped SPECIMEN over the red seal. The $5 and $10 are notes which are quite expensive classic US currency in great part because of their designs with iconography of buffalo and Indian portraits. Here are two BEP Souvenir Cards that help explain these designs: [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/Souvenir%20Cards%20-%20Engravings/1899_5_SC_Chief_Replica_ANA_1977_16.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/Souvenir%20Cards%20-%20Engravings/1901_10_USNote_Bison_Replica_IPMS_1.jpg[/IMG] There is nothing wrong with owning replica's of these notes so long as you are aware that is what they are and they are legitimately bought as replicas.[/QUOTE]
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