Unusual Vignettes on Paper Money

Hey, by coincidence I located a very interesting presentation on the engraver of the lady in the "V" -- Stephen Alonzo Schoff.
http://picasaweb.google.com/1055814...ephenAlonzoSchoff18181904#5334951776480410130

 

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Awesome. Thanks for sharing that page.

 

Love those red vignettes

 

Thanks for sharing guys! Anyone know where i could get a sopy of the book you mentioned?

 

Here's the best deal I could find:
http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/charlesdavis/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=2414

It's out of print, so it's not a cheap book. But a must-have if you are a fan of bank note art.

 

RickieB was in touch with Gene Hessler, and several of us bought that and the first edition for not very much. They also were delivered autographed and with a nice intaglio print in them. They are the newest books in my glass cased rare books bookshelf.

 

Thanks!

 

My copy's autographed, too, but for someone else. First I've heard about the intaglio print, though. What was the vignette?

 

Whoops! I apologize jhinton! You were asking about "The Story the American Bank Note Company" not "The Engraver's Line." Both great books, btw, but the ABNC book does contain actual engraved vignettes (a lot). If you can pick up a copy for $50 these days, that's a fair price. I recommend Bookfinder.com or Biblio.com.

 

yes I was talking about the ABNC book but I am glad you showed me the other one as well. I have already found a copy of the ABNC book and it is on it's way to my house!

Thanks guys!

 

I found a modified example of one of the "1" counters you posted. It is from The Merchants Bank, Washington D.C. dated July 1852.

 

I thought it would be fun to bump up this thread and show some of the unusual frame ornaments that appear on stocks and bonds. Not exactly paper money, but all produced by bank note engravers. As I was examining my collection I was surprised to find how many sphinxes were discretely used as ornaments.

 

And a couple unusual animal vignettes from New York Bank Note.

 

10 dinar yugoslav note


sierra leone 1000 leone note

 

Bai Bureh is kind of creepy looking. What's his story?

 

"Bai Bureh (1840 – August 24, 1908) was a Sierra Leonean ruler and military strategist who led the Temne and Loko uprising against British rule in 1898 in Northern Sierra Leone. . . "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bai_Bureh

 

While not exactly unusual I like these two:

 

I like both of those, Mike -- and the Java banknote costumes are definitely unusual.

Here's a couple stock vignettes I scanned the other day. Niagara Falls was probably engraved in the 1880s; the safe is more like 1840-50, maybe earlier.

 

Thanks Gregg. You have some interesting vignettes there.
Hopefully, I can pick up some interesting new notes at the
Baltimore Whitman show.

Mike

 

Any Civil War historians out there? I have an American Bank Note vignette that has stumped me for an explanation. Depicted are two black men, who appear to be in uniform, but what are they doing? The implement being used looks like it either cuts or crushes a bundle of straw. Or maybe sticks. Any ideas?