What's your oldest US Note ?

A 1864 $5 confederate note is my oldest.

 

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I just don't know where to start other than to say..............fabulous notes all! So far I see about a 20 way tie ( and growing) for first place!

 

The closest I could find to this note was from the Burrillville ,RI Bank. These notes dated 1831. I found it in the 1933 Bound volume of The Numismatist I have.The article was by D.C.Wismer. It appears The Rhode Island obsolete note articles ran in the Numismatist from 1933-1934.I have no issues from 1934,but did find the "New England Commercial Bank of Newport" listed(Sept.1933 pg 561),but your note wasn't listed. If I find anything I'll post it here.

 

BTW the oldest note I have is the 6 Dollar Maryland MD58 March 1,1770 : Printers Ann Catherine Green and William Green

 

Here are the 2 oldest notes I have , 1770 6 Dollar note and a 1776 8 Dollar note:

 

Thanks for going to all that investigation for me I appreciate it .I have several books & this months SPMC (May-June) that show Rhode Island Banknotes of similar design on page 203 thru 208 from 1808 (Farmers Exchange Bank) Gloucester R.I..very similar but not the same .
Thanks,Bob

 

those are amazing - I can't even imagine where those might have been before they were pulled out of circulation...

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They all are fantastic im in awe

 

I love colonial notes and this is my current oldest note. It is the first note that Maryland issued. This note is a remainder and never put in curculation.

 

8 uj

 

I have a number of U.S. colonial notes, but am not sure off the top of my hold which is the oldest. However, I would love to add a Chinese 1 Kuan from the China Ming Dynasty (1368-1399) to my collection even though I don't have a lot of world paper notes. They're really neat. We (Heritage Auctions) sold one earlier this year and will have an even nicer one in our FUN auction in Tampa in January that I'll have my eye on.

 

whats a note from that period run Kathy?

 

Just to harken back to the thread title -- what's your oldest U.S. note? -- the colonials don't technically qualify since they pre-date the United States. You could probably point to Continental Currency as the chief reason there are hardly any banknotes from the 1790s to the 1820s: no one trusted paper. It took a couple generations (and intaglio printing methods) to regain confidence in bank issued paper money.

 

I can go to 1838 through this recent aquisition:

http://i53.tinypic.com/2hn4dom.jpg

 

I've got one from 1835, a couple years before Michigan's statehood (when these Native American vignettes were modern images).

 

Daggarjon- to answer your question, the Chinese 1 Kuan from the China Ming Dynasty (1368-1399) have been selling for several thousand dollars depending upon the condition.

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My earliest until I get the 1733 Maryland note that I bought in a recent auction:



This note is distinctive for several reasons, it is the earliest available note from any colony that is not stratospheric pricewise, and it was actually printed by Benjamin Franklin. Unlike the 1750s and early 1760s notes with Franklin's name on them which were printed by David Hall - his business associate as Franklin was then living in London, this note was printed by Franklin himself. This was a Heritage purchase a couple of years ago, and they are still appearing from time to time in various auctions.

 

Oldest Note in the World

In reference to the Ming Dynasty notes that were brought up earlier in this thread, I purchased one of these a couple of years ago also but no longer own it as it was a special gift to someone from China:

http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/china/china2.html

 

The 1863 Fractional .25 cent note I picked up this last Sunday.


BTW: Good to see you posting SM!

 

Totally! Long time no see ScottishMoney! Welcome back to CT!