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Odd Ohio Obsolete Note Surfaces

Submitted by Wendell Wolka on
New things just keep popping up, even after more than 150 years. I recently discovered a new $5.00 note on the Forest City Bank of Cleveland which features a completely different portrait than we had ever seen before; that of Thomas Jefferson. All of the previously seen notes on the bank (primarily proofs), featured the portrait of a man whose identity, ironically, is still unknown. We have always assumed that it was someone associated with the bank or perhaps a local notable. From a close inspection of the note (found on eBay of all places) it's clear that it's the real deal.

WALL STREET BOURSE AT MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FINANCE, OCTOBER 21-22, 2011

Submitted by Pierre Fricke on
How it went... Friday and Saturday were the days of the new Wall St. Bourse show run by John Herzog at the Museum of American Finance. Many of us had a lot of fun at the old Strasburg, Pa show in years gone by and this was John's vision to recreate that community here in New York City. I believe he was successful.

Minnesota Nationals: Number of Unknown Towns Reduced To Eleven

Submitted by Shawn Hewitt on
The recent discovery of a first charter ace on The First National Bank of St. Anthony, Minnesota (charter 1830) adds a new town to the list of known locations of national bank notes from Minnesota. Now only eleven locations that issued these notes have yet to be represented. No other banks were chartered in the short history of St. Anthony. Charter 1830 has a special place in the history of Minnesota national bank notes. It began its life in 1871 in St. Anthony, located on the east side of the Mississippi River across from Minneapolis. In 1872, the community of St.