Paper Money - Vol. LXII - No. 2 - Whole # 344 - Mar/Apr 2023

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West Coast: 800.458.4646 East Coast: 800.566.2580 Info@StacksBowers.com The Mid-Continent Collection of United States Currency Featured in the Official Auction of the 2023 Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring Expo March 21-24, 2023 Additional Highlights from our Spring 2023 Showcase Auction Include: Fr. 1850-JH. 1929 $5 Federal Reserve Bank Star Note. Kansas City. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. Fr. 2400H. 1928 $10 Gold Certificate Star Note. PCGS Banknote Gem Uncirculated 65 PPQ. Fr. 2405. 1928 $100 Gold Certificate. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. Fr. 609. Escondido, California. $5 1902 Plain Back. The First NB. Charter #13029. PCGS Banknote About Uncirculated 55. Serial Number 1. Fr. 2. 1861 $5 Demand Note. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Fr. 2407. 1928 $500 Gold Certificate. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Fr. 2408. 1928 $1000 Gold Certificate. PCGS Currency Gem New 65 PPQ. Fr. 2402H. 1928 $20 Gold Certificate Star Note. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Fr. 2404H. 1928 50 Gold Certificate Star Note. PCGS Currency Gem New 65 PPQ. Fr. 2201-A. 1934 Dark Green Seal $500 Federal Reserve Note. Boston. PCGS Banknote Superb Gem Uncirculated 68 PPQ. Fr. 2211-CdgsmH. 1934 Dark Green Seal $1000 Federal Reserve Mule Star Note. Philadelphia. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Fr. 1860-AH. 1929 $10 Federal Reserve Bank Star Note. Boston. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Fr. 1700. 1933 $10 Silver Certificate. PCGS Banknote Superb Gem Uncirculated 67 PPQ. Low Serial Number. a_oM_om            W?????&??????????? ??? ^??????? ?????????>????d?????????????????K???????D????? 32%R[6DQ$QWRQLR7;SLHUUHIULFNH#EX\YLQWDJHPRQH\FRPZZZEX\YLQWDJHPRQH\FRP $QGPDQ\PRUH&6$8QLRQDQG2EVROHWH%DQN1RWHV IRU VDOH UDQJLQJ IURPWRILYHILJXUHV SPMC.org * Paper Money * March/April 2023 * Whole Number 344 79 84 Hawaiian Discovery Note--Peter Huntoon 94 Merchant Notes of Tuscaloosa Alabama--Charles Derby 100 L egalT ender Non-Star Serial Ranges--Peter Huntoon 112 Clayton Cowgill--Terry Bryan 115 Asachel Eaton's Patents--Tony Chibbaro 118 anatomy of a Confederate Note--Steve Feller 124 Troy Insurance Company--Bill Gunther 129 Raised Bank Notes of the Pratt Bank--Bernhard Wilde 134 Collecting UNESCO Notes--Roland Rollins 142 Follow-up To A 131-y.o. Mystery--Kent Halland & Charles Surasky Columns Advertisers SPMC Hall of Fame The SPMC Hall of Fame recognizes and honors those individuals who have made a lasting contribution to the society over the span of many years.? 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Fred Maples Cody Regennitter cody.regennitter@gmail.com Wendell Wolka APPOINTEES PUBLISHER-E Benny Bolin smcbb@sbcglobal.net ADVERTISING MANAGER Wendell Wolka purduenut@aol.com Megan Reginnitter mreginnitter@iowafirm.com LIBRAIAN Jeff Brueggema MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Frank Clark frank_clark@yahoo.com IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Shawn Hewitt WISMER BOOk PROJECT COORDINATOR Pierre Fricke From Your President Robert Vandevender II 2IILFHUV $SSRLQWHHV (/(&7('2)),&(56 35(6,'(17?6KDZQ+HZLWW VKDZQ#VKDZQKHZLWWFRP 9,&(35(6,'(17? 5REHUW9DQGHYHQGHU,, UYSDSHUPDQ#DROFRP 6(&5(7$5