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Selections From The Leading Stock of U.S. Currency
NATIONAL BANK NOTE TYPES
G-VG F-VF EF-AU CU
$1 1865-75 59.50 175.00 395.00 895.00
$2 1865-75 150.00 450.0 895.00 2,350.00
$5 1865-75 69.50 175.00 495.00 995.00
$10 1865-75 89.50 250.00 595.00 1,795.00
$20 1865-75 175.00 595.00 1,595.00 Ask
$50 1865-75 1,500.00 3,500.00 Ask
$100 1865-75 2,950.00 5,500.00 ?
$5 1882 BB 27.50 55.00 145.00 425.00
$10 1882 BB 37.50 75.00 :4.225.00 565.00
$20 1882 BB 50.00 100.00 295.00 675.00
$50 1882 BB 149.00 325.00 1,500.00
$100 1882 BB 275.00 550.00 2,500.00
$5 1882 DB 28.50 75.00 225.00 695.00
$10 1882 DB 38.50 125.00 350.00 825.00
$20 1882 DB 50.00 149.00 425.00 895.00
$50 1882 DB 199.00 395.00 1,950.00 Ask
$100 1882 DB 289.00 695.00 2,975.00 ?
$5 1882 VB 45.00 275.00 595.00 1,350.00
$10 1882 VB 60.00 325.00 625.00 1,450.00
$20 1882 VB 65.00 375.00 850.00 1,785.00
$5 1902 RED 35.00 59.00 225.00 445.00
$10 1902 RED 45.00 95.00 295.00 675.00
$20 1902 RED 75.00 149.00 375.00 850.00
$50 1902 RED 450.00 850.00 ?
$100 1902 RED 599.00 995.00 ?
$5 1902 DB 16.50 19.50 59.50 179.00
$10 1902 DB 24.50 29.50 69.50 210.00
$20 1902 DB 37.50 47.50 79.50 245.00
$50 1902 DB 150.00 225.00 750.00 ?
$100 1902 DB 225.00 325.00 995.00 ?
$5 1902 ND 15.00 19.00 47.50 174.00
$10 1902 ND 24.00 29.00 59.50 199.00
$20 1902 ND 36.50 46.50 75.00 229.00
$50 1902 ND 125.00 199.00 699.00 ?
$100 1902 ND 225.00 335.00 1,095.00 ?
$5 1929 T-1 9.75 10.95 22.50 37.50
$10 1929 T-1 17.95 19.95 24.50 49.50
$20 1929 T-1 26.95 28.95 37.50 64.50
$50 1929 T-1 62.50 65.00 75.00 89.50
$100 1929 T-1 115.00 119.50 129.50 149.50
$5 1929 T-2 9.95 11.25 23.50 39.50
$10 1929 T-2 18.25 20.50 25.50 57.50
$20 1929 T-2 26.95 28.95 37.50 67.50
$50 1929 T-2 65.00 67.50 79.50 99.50
$100 1929 T-2 117.50 122.50 139.50 159.50
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THE DEBT FUNDING OF MONTANA TERRITORY
Ray Miller 99
FIRST AND LAST NOTES FROM BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
AND PRINTING PACKAGES
George H. Wettach 105
UA "AIR CURRENCY" COUPONS 106
THE NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT - ITS FOUNDATION
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THE PAPER COLUMN
Peter Huntoon 113
1929-1935 NATIONAL BANK NOTE VARIETIES
M. Owen Warns 115
UPDATE ... INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL BANK CHARTERS BY
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M. Owen Warns 118
THE VERMONT GLASS FACTORY, 181:3-1817
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MEET THE CANDIDATES 128
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WORLD SCENE 127
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The
Debt Funding
of
Montana Territory
A Scripophilic Study
by RAY MILLER
MME gEg WEM
Introduction
Just how many bonds were issued by the Territory of
Montana throughout its 25-year territorial existence?
My curiosity as well as real interest about this began in
1980 when I had the good fortune to handle an issued
example of an 1876 Montana territorial bond. This
particular bond series was authorized to be issued to the
aggregate dollar amount of $91,250. I wondered if this
were the actual total dollar amount of issue or if more or
less than this authorized limit were issued. What
denominations and how many of each denomination
were issued? How many bonds were ever issued during
the territorial period? Could anyone really expect to
recast or recapitulate any territory's entire long-term
debt financing with any degree of accuracy? Is it
possible to acquire fiscal and monetary reports and then
adequately evaluate them relative to just the bond
issues themselves? A 25-year territorial period is such a
long time. After all, just how many issued territorial
bonds had I, or anyone else, ever seen? These financial
documents in most cases would have to be over a
century old. And then, would other important and
needed records be available and if so, would they be
reliable? Could enough information be obtained and
documented in such a manner as to prove or disprove
any accumulated findings? Lastly, could a conclusion
of sorts be reached, and within a reasonable period of
time? After much thought and consideration about the
possibilities of making such an inquiry, I finally
concluded that a study would be a feasible and most
rewarding personal experience. To a large extent I have
accomplished this objective and in so doing would like
now to share the research effort and findings with
fellow syngraphists.
The "Debt Funding of Montana Territory" as an
investigative project is like any other of similar
magnitude in that it requires an abundance of
necessary documentation, all of which is designed to
g En
provide the bases of resolution, in one form or another.
There are many areas of statistical information and
numerous secondary source materials to be considered,
examined, and then evaluated. Many records are rather
sketchy to begin with, while others simply aren't
available. Some do not exist, and yet others still await
their retrieval from undiscovered archival depositories.
Legislative enactments, memorials and laws, all have
to be studied and reviewed. Special and extraordinary
sessions of the legislature must be looked over carefully,
along with annual reports and other fiscal documents
that require checking and rechecking. The list goes on,
and it's not difficult to see where some information may
never be available at all.
Some of the difficulties I confronted initially were
resolved quite readily but others were not until just
recently. As an example, why would the signature of
James E. Callaway as the Secretary of the Territory
appear on an 1872 bond that was issued during the Potts
administration and yet the signature of B. F. Potts as
governor appear on the funding of 1876, which of course
was also during his administration? This did cause me
some concern at first but after reviewing the
appropriate legislative enactments and sessions of the
territorial government, the reason became quite evident
— it was simply a matter of legislated law as to who was
authorized to sign what particular document, i.e., bond.
The bond numbering system created a much more
difficult problem. Having handled a $1,000
denominated 1876 bond, numbered 71, I was also aware
of the existence of another bond of this same series
denominated in the amount of $500 and having an
assignment number of 15. With a number 15, $500
denominated bond and a number 71, $1,000
denominated bond, both of the same series of issue and
within an authorized limit purported to be $91,250, I
assumed that the bonds, at least in this series, were
issued in a straight-lined sequential manner. The
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legislative session records covering the authorization of
this 1876 bond indicated in Section Number 2 that each
bond would be registered by the Treasurer and kept in a
book for that purpose which would show the amount of
each bond, the number, to whom issued and the date of
issue. With this logical sequential issuance method in
my mind and the legislative act to indicate that a book
was to be kept for this recording purpose, I felt
reasonably sure that I could prove that they were listed
in a straight-lined sequential manner. (By straight-
lined sequential listing I mean, for example, that bonds
numbering 1 through 50 would be denominated in $100
increments and then numbers 51 through 100 would be
denominated in increments of $500 and the remaining
numbers of 101 through 150 would be denominated in
$1,000 increments.) With a number 15, $500
denominated bond known to me and having handled a
number 71, $1,000 bond of this same series, I felt that
they were issued in a straight-lined sequential form. But
exactly how I couldn't be sure, considering the numbers
of the bonds that I knew existed in this series.
Section 2 of this legislation concerning the issuance of
these bonds did state that a book would be retained for
the explicit purpose of issuing bonds. If I were able to
obtain this ledger, or book of record, I could easily verify
this numbering matter along with other salient data.
This appeared to be no problem or at least I thought it
shouldn't be, except that the record book in question
would be over a hundred years old, if the current
administrators for the State of Montana still had it. The
Treasurer's Office indicated no knowledge of such a
record book. The Executive Secretary of the Board of
Examiners, who currently handle the issuing of state
bonds, had no records. The Abandoned Property
Division retained some old records but they had no
record of this particular item. The Treasurer's Office
made every effort possible to assist me in locating this
ledger, even to the extent of contacting a previous
employee who had worked in the office over 25 years
ago. Unfortunately, this individual was unaware of any
documents concerning this issue, yet alone a ledger of
sorts. Then the Treasurer's Office made available a
copy of a typical ledger used during the turn of the
century by the state, thinking that perhaps it could offer
a clue or at least an example of the type of ledger that
may well have been used in issuing those bonds of 1876.
This ledger was then delivered to the Montana State
Historical Society in the hope that they might offer
some much - needed assistance but they also were
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unable to help. I'm not really sure if such a ledger exists.
Ultimately, the Historical Society proved to be my
saviour by locating what they called "receipt books",
but which were in fact counterfoils that established the
fact that the bonds were issued in each denomination,
all beginning with a number one. They were issued in
ordered sequence until such time as the combination of
all denominated amounts equalled the authorized
funded amount or that portion necessary to meet with
the funding requirements of the issue. In other words,
there could be and in fact there would be a number 1,
$100 denominated bond, and a number 1, $500
denominated bond, and a number 1, $1,000
denominated bond. This numbering system applies to
all series issued.
Another area that required some examination and
explanation was that of the authorized dollar amounts
of issue. The actual dollar amount issued in a series can
and does vary from the authorized capital dollar
amounts approved by legislation and they are not the
same in some cases. In each legislative assembly or
session that pertains to a debt funding or refunding
and/or redemptions, there exists a clause which
stipulates that the amount authorized by law cannot be
exceeded. The actual dollar limits of an issue are written
and contained in legislation and specifically are worded
to read, "or so much thereof as may be necessary",
which of course effectively provided an option to issue
any amount up to the amou_it authorized by law. The
territory of Montana did at no time ever repudiate any
enacted legislation concerning bond issues. They
always maintained the actual dollar amounts of issued
bonds within the amounts authorized by law.
Suffice it to say, there were initially many problems
and areas of conflict that did require resolution of one
sort or another. Most have been resolved and so I can
say without reservation or hesitation that there were
but four, separate, long - term debt fundings during
Montana's territorial existence.
With the passage of the Organic Act of 1864 by
Congress, Montana became a territory. It would be a
territory for a little over 25 years until 1889, when it
attained statehood status. Within a year after its
territorial beginnings, Montana had already incurred
funded short-term debt in the amount of $58,950 and by
the year 1873 the territory would see debt obligations
Funded Indebtedness of Montana Territory
(as authorized by legislation)
1864 - May 16, 1864 - Territorial Status
1865 - $58,950 - Debt Obligation
Legislative Issue date Authorized Yield Authorized Type
date by year shown on bond dollar amount or rate denominations description
1867/1869 1868/1869 $60,000/Open End 15% $50 & $100 Type I
1872 1872 $120,000 12% $50 & $100 & $500 Type II
1876 1876 $91,250 10% $100 & $500 & $1,000 Type III
1879 1880 $70,000 7% $500 & $1,000 Type III
1883-$14,005.90 surplus budget-no other bonds issued as a
Territory
1889-November 8, 1889-Statehood Status
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soar to over $150,000. Then, after almost two decades of
continuous debt, Montana Territory would finally
become solvent. In the year 1883, it could boast proudly
of its most recent accomplishment, for it had turned the
corner and government coffers now held a surplus
balance of $14,005.90. Quite an accomplishment,
indeed.
The first long-term funded indebtedness of the
territory came in the year 1867. This first series of 1867
would require a supplementary amendment two years
later on January 12, 1869, based on the provisions and
in accordance with that of the original legislated
enactment of December 3, 1867. The remaining funding
programs or enactments for funding and refundings of
long-term debt were in 1872, 1876, and in the year 1879
for the year 1880. All issues are coupon bonds payable to
the bearer. The four authorized territorial fundings as
shown in the following overview are based on
legislative enactments. They do not necessarily
represent the actual totals of each funded series but
rather they establish guidelines and the limitations
within each series as approved by law.
Do not be confused by the figures presented in this
"authorized funded" overview. As an example, the issue
dates as shown on the bonds do not in each instance
indicate the actual date that the bond was physically
issued. Some bonds, in fact, were issued up to two years
after this date. This situation is found primarily in the
first issued series but it also applies to the series of 1872.
Another important point to remember is that the
authorized dollar amounts of a series do not necessarily
indicate the actual amounts that were issued in the
series itself. They only reflect the uppermost limit
established by law — the maximum allowable dollar
amounts of issue. With the exception of the first series of
issued bonds, this authorized amount as approved by
legislation is shown on the face of each bond of issue.
Another area requiring at least a comment for
clarification at this time is that of the authorized
denominations, which are not necessarily contained in
each series. In other words, the approved
denominations of a series were just that, approved and
nothing more. In almost every case the authorized
denominations were used but there was an exception.
When analyzing the individual bond series these facts
will be discussed more completely.
Description of Issued Bonds
Most Montana territorial bonds are easy to identify in
their physical state. As shown in the previous overview,
they basically fall into three types by design and are
best referred to as a Type I bond, a Type II bond, and a
Type III bond. The first bond to be issued by the
territory was a Type I, caption-dated December 3, 1867.
The Type I bonds of 1867 are small, warrant-like
coupon bonds and were it not for their coupons they
appear at first glance indeed to be warrants. Centered
on the top of the bond is the captioned date of December
3rd, 1867, which reflects the date of legislative
enactment. These show a date of issue of June 1, 1868.
i , .
A typical example of a TYPE I bond issued by Montana Territory. This warrant-like coupon
bond was denominated in $50 and $100 increments. The legislated date of authorized approval
for this funding is located near the top center of the bond. Because of issue in 1867, this funding
required a supplementary amendment in 1869. Photo courtesy of David Beach.
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The printing was done by Montana Democrat Print on a
low quality paper. There are two different colors for two
different denominations of issue—red on white for a $50
incremented bond and blue on white for a $100
denominated bond. The body of the bond measures
approximately 6 inches in length by 10 3/4 inches in
width. It features two major vignettes and one minor.
Located on the left side is an ornately cameoed
personage, while to the right is a standing male
allegorical figure of what probably represents
"Commerce". A small minor vitgnette of a dog's head is
centered at the bottom. Beneath the captioned date
located at the top is the heading "TERRITORY OF
MONTANA." A printed denomination is located in
both top corners as well as in the center, which is spelled
out in block letters directly below the named bondholder
of issue. Above the heading are the spelled - out words
which read "ISSUED UNDER TERRITORIAL ACT
APPROVED" and then the centered date
"DECEMBER 3rd, 1867" followed by "IN EXCHANGE
FOR TERRITORIAL WARRANTS." This document
lacks the pleasing design and quality appearance of
later territorial bonds. It required the signature of the
Secretary of the Territory and other officials.
Another Type I bond issued in accordance with and
supplementary to the Act of December 3rd, 1867 is dated
1869. This date is located at the top center area and is
captioned-dated to read January 12th, 1869. The bond
shows an issued date of June 1, 1869. It is identical in
most respects to that of the caption-dated 1867 issue
with the exception of the dates of enactment and date of
issue and very slight variations in the positioning of
the statements pertaining to the purpose of the bond —
for the exchange of territorial warrants. Colors of the
denominations, size, vignettes, and all other basic
elements are the same. Printed by Montana Democrat
Print, it again lacks the quality and appearance found
on the remaining bonds issued by the territory. It also
requires the Secretary's signature along with those of
other officials.
The 1872 Type II coupon bond is the first bond to
display the classic format one expects to find in a
governmental issue of this nature and its format will
continue to be found on all the remaining debt
instruments issued by the territory. Dated and
approved under an act that took effect January 9, 1872,
all of the series have an issue date of June 1, 1872.
Printed on quality paper by Breuker & Kessler, 7th &
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, all denominations of
this issue or series feature the same color arrangement
of red overprinting on black with an ornately designed
reverse in green. This bond measures approximately 10
inches in length by 15 inches in width. It contains three
engraved vignettes. The primary vignette centered near
the top depicts a large balloon-stacked train with
Indians gathered nearby. A secondary vignette
centered on the left side shows a shaft or pit mine with
working miners. A minor vignette of a patriotic eagle is
located near the bottom. To its left near the bottom of
the pit mine is a hidden or embossed territorial seal. At
the top left and right corners are beautiful lattice-type
floral arrangements. The denomination and
assignment numbers of issue are located to the right
and left of the primary vignette accordingly. A large
This TYPE II bond in the classic format was issued by Montana Territory in 1872, in denominations of $50, $100,
and $500. Note the initials of the Northern Pacific Rail Road on the tender car of the primary vignette; they are
found only on the 1872 series. Photo courtesy of W. Alcott.
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Printed by New North West Litho Agency of Deer Lodge, M.7'., this TYPE III bond was issued in the years 1876
and 1880. Note the differences in the overprinting of the word "ORIG INAL" and of the denomination on this bond
relative to that of the Type II issues. This bond is number 15 of 20 issued in the $500 denomination of the 1876
series. Photo courtesy of David Beach.
"ORIGINAL" with a period after it is overprinted
between the pit mine vignette and the heading "THE
TERRITORY OF MONTANA". This overprinting
covers part of the "T" in the heading and a portion of the
oval wherein the assignment number is written. This
"ORIGINAL" is red in color and measures 5'/2 inches
long including the period and is 7/8ths of an inch wide. A
large, ornate scroll work-like denomination is located in
the lower bottom center area of this bond. It is also red in
color. This bond required the signature of the Secretary
of the Territory along with those of other officials. It is a
beautiful bond — very appealing and very attractive in
appearance.
The 1872 bond requires a few additional comments
regarding the primary vignette. Located on the tender
car of the train are the initials "N. P. R. R." Yes, they do
stand for the Northern Pacific Rail Road and yes, this is
a Montana territorial bond. This is very unusual,
especially since this was a general obligatory funded
debt. That a government-issued bond of this type should
contain such corporate logo - like initials is certainly
noteworthy. Who actually authorized these initials to be
placed on the territorial bond? Certainly we can surmise
that it met with the full approval of Territorial
Governor, B. F. Potts. Governor Potts early in his term
of office was very interested in the Northern Pacific Rail
Road for several reasons, including a unique
opportunity for personal gain through his friend,
Rutherford Hayes. He addressed Hayes, asking him to
use his influence with Jay Cooke in an attempt to
acquire the right-of-way information of the Northern
Pacific. Potts wanted this information before it became
public knowledge so that he might take advantage of
real estate investments. Nothing came of this, but
undaunted, Potts then asked Hayes to do what he could
in his behalf to get the attorneyship of the Northern
Pacific for the territory. This also did not materialize.
Finally, Potts let it be known that his services were
available to the N. P. R. R., as surely there would be a
need for someone to look out for their interests once they
reached the territory. Self-interests, to be sure, but in the
end an association between Potts and the Northern
Pacific was not to be.
But there was another aspect to Potts in regard to the
Northern Pacific. Potts acknowledged that a railroad to
the territory was absolutely essential for its economic
growth. Any prosperity for the territory would depend
largely on the railroads, for its cattle and agricultural
industries still in their infancy would require greater
markets outside the territory and Potts recognized this
need. There was also a critical need for additional
settlement in the territory to provide a necessary base
for growth and development and the creation of an
economy not based exclusively on mining. So to Potts,
the Northern Pacific Rail Road must have also
represented at least a partial salvation for what at that
time was a floundering, debt-riddled territory. The
vignette on this issued bond was in essence the "Calling
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Home of the Northern Pacific." Here — look, and see.
"We welcome you with open arms, N. P. R. R. — even on
our debt instruments we make this pronouncement".
Obviously this N. P. R. R. subject is a matter that
requires additional research and is far too large in scope
to discuss adequately in this article. Nevertheless, it is
an integral part of this 1872 bond series of Montana
Territory. The initials N. P. R. R. are only found on this
1872 bond issue.
The Type III 1876 coupon bond again features the
same classic format found on the 1872 Type II bond but
with a few differences. Approved for issue on February
11, 1876, all of these bonds show an issue date of July 1,
1876 (just six days after the massacre on the Little Big
Horn). The design is basically the same in the
placement of the vignettes as that of the 1872 series with
the exception that there are no N. P. R. R. initials on the
tender car. All denominations of this series feature an
attractive goldleaf-like metallic overprinting on black
with an ornately designed reverse in green. On this and
the remaining bond issues of the territory the printing
was done on quality paper by New North West Litho
Agency of Deer Lodge, M. T. The denomination and
assignment numbers of issue are found in the top right
and left corners respectively. This bond measures
about 15"/4 inches in width by 101/2 inches in length. The
"ORIGINAL" is smaller than that found on the
previous issue and measures z1V4 inches by just a shade
over 5/8ths of an inch. It lacks the period that is on the
1872 issue. The "ORIGINAL" also overlaps the "T" of
the heading "THE TERRITORY OF MONTANA." The
overprinted denomination is in goldleaf-like metallic
print as is the word "ORIGINAL." This overprinted
denomination is not as large as that found on the Type
II bond, nor does it possess the ornateness of design.
This bond also contains the embossed territorial seal
located in the same area as on the 1872 issue. The Type
III is the first issued bond to require the signature of thi
territorial governor and other officials. This bond, like
the 1872 issue, has an appealing format and with its
goldleaf - like print is indeed attractive and beautiful.
As with the Type II bond, a few additional comments
seem appropriate and necessary regarding this Type III
bond. The change in printers from Breuker & Kessler to
New North West Litho Agency not only increased the
size of the body of the bond slightly, but it also appears
to have been the cause of an error in the printed facts
stated on the bond as they pertain to the legislated
enactments of this issue. A slight error, size-wise, but
certainly one of significance. On both the Type II and
Type III bond issues, located above the mine vignette
are the terms and date of enacted legislation regarding
the individual issues. The date of actual authorization
and/or approval is also shown at this location. This
type III Bond of 1876 states "under the Seventh session"'
but it should have read, "under the Ninth session", with
the appropriate date as shown correctly on the bond, as
being approved, February 11, 1876. It appears that a
plate preparation error occurred which was probably
caused by the inadvertent transference by New North
Whole No. 99
West Litho Agency from a sample 1872 bond. Certainly,
this is mere conjecture on my part but the fact of the
matter is that it did happen and an error exists. The
correct session should have been the Ninth as shown in
the Laws and Memorials of the Territory of Montana in
1876.
Also, without discussing at length a very real issue in
early Montana Territorial politics — that of printing
contracts — it should be mentioned that in the year 1876
the New North West Litho Agency of Deer Lodge was
owned and operated by James H. Mills. He would
become the Secretary of the Territory in the year 1877
and yet would retain the printing privileges for the bond
issue of 1880 while still in office. A little political
skullduggery, I suspect, but I'm not certain.
The final bond issue was in the year 1880 and is a
Type III coupon bond by design. Legislated and then
approved on July 21, 1879, all bonds are dated for issue
on January 1, 1880. Printed again by New North West
Litho Agency of Deer Lodge, M. T., the size, style, and
design are that of the 1876 issue with the same basic
format including the goldleaf-like metallic print on
black with the ornate green reverse. This includes the
denomination placement as well as the number
assignment position along with the vignettes. The
goldleaf-like print is used on the overprinting but there
is one difference in this particular area. The word
"ORIGINAL" shown on the 1876 issue has now been
more proportionately centered between the mine
vignette and the heading "THE TERRITORY OF
MONTANA", whereas both the Type II bond of 1872
and the Type III bond of 1876 show an overlapping of
the word "ORIGINAL" over the "T" in the heading. It
appears a different plate was used for this issue. This
bond, like the 1876 bond, required the territorial
governor's signature along with those of other officials.
As with the two preceding series, this issue also displays
a classic format and is extremely attractive.
In summarizing the descriptions of the individual
bonds within a series, I have purposely used the word
"approximate" in most instances regarding the
measurements because there are some slight variations
in size. They range from '/2 to 1 centimeter, if any. These
small differences can be attributed to the fact that the
instruments were coupon bonds with counterfoils. The
process of physically detaching the bond from the
counterfoil itself probably caused these variations. Of
course I refer specifically to the width measurements.
The lengths in a type series appear to be rather
consistent but then again any slight variations should
not be considered an abnormality.
(To be continued)
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First and Last Notes
from Bureau of
Engraving and Printing
Packages
by George H. Wettach
The frequent mention in Paper Money of radar notes
and other numerical oddities leads me to call attention
to another type of number collecting, that of first and
last notes from BEP packages.
Bills produced by the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing are strapped in bundles of 100 each, all in
numerical order. Forty of these bundles are assembled,
still in numerical order, and bundled in a package of
4,000 bills. Bill-sized pieces of wood about ]/s" thick are
placed one at each end of the bundle. Two steel straps
5/16" wide are tightly wrapped around the bundle
lengthwise. They are fastened so tightly that they make
indentations in the wood which prevent them from
slipping off in handling.
There are two printed labels showing the quantity,
denomination and total value of the package. The labels
also indicate the type (Federal Reserve Notes) and city
of issue.
One of the labels is placed inside the package before
wrapping. It has provision for names or initials
indicating "Assembled by", "Banded by", "Verified
by", and dates for the first two.
The other label is pasted on the front end of the
package after it is wrapped in heavy brown paper. This
label has provision for names or initials indicating
"Counted by" and "Sealed by" and the dates.
Seals of the Treasury Department Bureau of
Engraving and Printing are pasted on the back end and
the package is ready for shipment.
Of the 4,000 bills in the package only the first and last
can be matched to the labels. The best way to obtain
them is to work in a bank as I did so you know who to ask
for them.
The illustrated $1 labels are light blue. Other
denominations have different colors. The $2 bills have
green labels and the $10 bills have black labels.
A real challenge would be to get pairs of first and last
notes of each denomination from each of the 12 Federal
Reserve Districts. As for me, I'll quit while I'm ahead.
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First and last notes with accompanying labels from the
inside of the package (top) and outside as well as the
Treasury Department seals.
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UA "Air Currency" Coupons
Has anyone seen the scrip-like Air Currency coupons
announced by United Airlines in their "Executive Air
Travel Report," 4th quarter 1980 issue? A copy of this
newsletter has been submitted to Paper Money by
Richard Kelly. The announcement reads:
INTRODUCING UNITED'S "AIR CURRENCY"
COUPONS: Many of you have asked about the
possibility of purchasing inflight beverage and
entertainment coupons, either to save money or to avoid
the hassle of paying cash when such amenities are
desired in the coach section of our aircraft. We're
pleased to advise you that these coupons, called "Air
Currency," are now available.
For $15 you'll receive a book of ten Air Currency
coupons. Each coupon may be exchanged for one of the
following: a cocktail, wine, beer or movie headset rental.
These Air Currency coupons will save you 25 percent
when used for cocktails and 50 percent on the rental of
movie headsets. Although for convenience your Air
Currency may also be redeemed for wine and beer, the
real benefit is in the savings on cocktails and headsets.
Not only will you receive a total value of $20 in cocktails,
for instance, but you'll simplify your expense record-
keeping at the same time.
A handy order form is enclosed with this newsletter so
that you may obtain one or more books of inflight
coupons. Simply complete the form and mail it to us
with your check or money order for $15 for each book.
We trust that the savings and convenience of our Air
Currency will enhance your pleasure when you fly
United.
(Included on the flap of the postage paid reply form
was a drawing of a part of a piece of scrip as shown here.
Do the coupons actually resemble this drawing? How
and by whom were they printed? We hope someone in
SPMC can supply answers.)
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PART TWO
(Continued from No. 98, Page 69)
Banknote Issues
In a letter dated March 20, 1899, the bank informed
the ministry of finance of its intention to issue
banknotes and requested the ministry to send a circular
to all government cashiers authorizing (but not
requiring) them to use the bank's notes in making
payments, to exchange the notes for gold on demand,
and to accept the notes in payment of debts to the
government. To all this the ministry agreed, but on
three conditions: firstly, that the government retain
ultimate control over the note issue; secondly, that its
commissioners be given a set of keys to the safes
containing unissued notes; and finally, that they have
control over the safes containing the gold and security
cover. These conditions were promptly accepted by the
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bank, which then proceeded to make its final
preparations for the note issue.
There was in fact little left to do. The contract for the
printing of the notes had already been assigned to
Bradbury Wilkinson Ltd. in England, who on this
occasion produced an attractive series of notes
depicting the pyramids, the Great Sphinx, and other
Egyptian monuments. These notes, in the
denominations of 50 piastres, 1-, 5-, 10-, 50-, and 100-
pounds, have already been described in an article by
Samuel Lachman.
National Bank of Egypt, specimen 50-piastre note, first
series. Circulating notes were issued in accordance with the
decree of June 25, 1898, Pick 3.
National Bank of Egypt, specimen 1-pound note printed by
Bradbury Wilkinson. Pick 7.
Exactly when the first notes were issued has been a
matter of some controversy and confusion. Also
controversial is the question whether all denominations
were placed into circulation simultaneously. According
to the bank's historian, "the right to issue notes ... was
first exercised on Monday 3rd April 1899"; that is, two
weeks after the bank informed the ministry of finance of
its intention to issue notes. On the other hand, the
earliest figures available to me for the total amounts
issued are not for April, but for May of the same year.
Perhaps there is no inconsistency here, for the phrase
"was first exercised" may simply mean that the right of
issue was legally, perhaps ceremoniously, exercised for
the first time in April and that in practice the note
circulation did not get underway until the following
month. In any event, the total May issue was small, and
less than LE 17,000 (LE - Egyptian pounds) found its
way into circulation.
Were all denominations placed into circulation
simultaneously? Were they issued simultaneously? A
Whole No. 99
chart published in the Annuaire Statistique de
L'Egypte of 1919 provides a partial answer (Table I).
There we learn that the 50-pound note was not issued
until 1904 and that all the other denominations were
issued sometime before June 30, 1899, presumably on
April 3 as mentioned earlier. (Table I also lists a 25-
piastre note, but this war-time emergency note, first
issued during World War I, was not a member of the first
series.) Unfortunately no additional evidence
concerning exact issue and circulation dates of this first
series of notes has come to my attention that would
settle the matter conclusively. What is certain, however,
is that the dates printed on the notes are of little help, for
they evidently are not the dates the notes went into
circulation, nor are they dates of issue (the distinction,
date of issue vs. circulation date, is discussed below).
One issued note, for example, is dated 1-1-1899, which is
some three months prior to the official date for the first
note issue. What, then, do these dates signify?
Malcolm Katt in an article published in 1976 was
originally of the opinion that they were dates of issue;
but in a later article, in agreement with Samuel
Lachman, he changed his mind and described them as
"printing dates". This seems unlikely if by "printing
date" is meant the date on which the note was actually
printed. The printers, remember, were Bradbury
Wilkinson, a British firm, and so it is improbable that
the notes were printed on a Sunday. However, and there
are many other examples, Malcom Katt gives the
following dates and prefixes for the (later) pound note
catalogued as Pick 9.
Date Prefix
1 June 1924
6 June 1924 H/6
19 June 1924
23 June 1924
26 June 1924 H/26
6 July 1924 H/36
12 July 1924
7 Sept. 1924
14 Sept. 1924 H/64
18 Sept. 1924 H/68
Of these ten dates, four (1/6/24, 6/7/24, 7/9/24,
14/9/24) were Sundays! The prefixes, too, present a
problem; for if every prefix between H/6 and H36 were
used, each on a successive day, it would follow that the
printers were at work printing these notes on each day
between June 6 and July 6, 1924, which is most unlikely.
In the absence of a better explanation, it seems
probable that the dates printed on the notes are merely
convenient fictions; that is, fictitious dates of issue like
the frequently used "1 January" that we find on so
many modern notes. And it is probable, too, that
changes in date were linked to changes in prefix, which
is a common feature of later issues, also printed by
Bradbury Wilkinson. A name for such fictitious dates
has yet to be coined; perhaps "printer's date", in
contrast to "date of printing", would be suitable. In any
event, further research in this area is necessary, and no
doubt a more complete study of Bradbury Wilkinson's
records would be an important first step.
Paper Money Page 109
TABLE I
TOTAL AMOUNTS ISSUED BY DENOMINATION - HALF YEAR FIGURES 1899-1918
LE - Egyptian pounds PE - Egyptian piastres All totals in LE
Denominations PE 25 PE 50 LE 1 LE 5 LE 10 LE 50 LE 100 TOTAL
1899 30 June LE 5,00u LE 10,000 LE 15,000 LE 20,000 LE 40,000 LE 90,000
31 Dec. 3,000 7,000 13,000 22,000 53,000 98,000
1900 30 June 3,000 6,000 12,000 22,000 47,000 90,000
31 Dec. 2,634 5,801 19,905 27,160 69,500 125,000
1901 30 June 2,634 5,801 14,905 28,160 58,500 110,000
31 Dec. 2,504 5,671 21,405 36,720 73,700 140,000
1902 30 June 2,504 7,671 18,905 37,720 103,200 170,000
31 Dec. 2,425 6,580 19,295 42,100 119,600 190,000
1903 30 June 2,415 6,060 23,225 57,700 180,600 270,000
31 Dec. 13,901 8,554 29,225 86,320 312,000 450,000
1904 30 June 12,445 11,140 37,785 93,830 LE 60,000 364,800 580,000
31 Dec. 7,235 13,100 38,805 103,060 135,000 532,800 830,000
1905 30 June 10,002 20,398 73,760 180,040 273,500 742,300 1,300,000
31 Dec. 9,764 19,741 78,905 183,940 357,150 1,050,500 1,700,000
1906 30 June 11,962 26,153 108,405 245,680 612,600 1,420,200 2,425,000
31 Dec. 14,601 33,224 123,015 291,360 695,300 1,592,500 2,750,000
1907 30 June 20,716 44,769 152,305 360,560 718,750 1,352,900 2,650,000
31 Dec. 17,766 40,019 152,005 334,810 757,500 1,297,900 2,600,000
1908 30 June 21,475 43,095 163,160 335,070 780,000 1,207,200 2,550,000
31 Dec. 21,325 36,695 143,160 332,220 659,900 1,126,700 2,320,000
1909 30 June 22,075 38,395 172,660 401,120 711,350 1,154,400 2,500,000
31 Dec. 17,075 36,095 180,160 402,120 757,350 1,207,200 2,600,000
1910 30 June 16,375 43,895 193,660 435,370 723,900 1,086,800 2,500,000
31 Dec. 14,600 45,195 245,395 229,710 811,300 1,353,800 2,700,000
1911 30 June 18,050 48,795 406,895 59,510 693,950 1,122,800 2,350,000
31 Dec. 15,500 41,395 430,395 32,310 776,300 1,404,100 2,700,000
1912 30 June 16,250 41,795 327,395 253,310 948,750 762,500 2,350,000
31 Dec. 14,550 36,000 283,800 353,850 960,400 1,251,400 2,900,000
1913 30 June 17,400 43,700 287,300 381,850 579,350 1,090,400 2,400,000
31 Dec. 8,350 20,500 273,050 377,300 763,800 1,257,000 2,700,000
1914 30 June 5,400 12,300 309,500 424,450 659,050 989,300 2,400,000
31 Dec. 726,400 336,750 1,560,350 1,762,000 1,439,200 2,425,300 8,250,000
1915 30 June 962,762 947,933 1,350,885 1,355,770 1,056,950 1,675,700 7,350,000
31 Dec. 1,198,493 1,759,367 2,272,439 2,729,660 1,297,950 2,292,100 11,550,000
1916 30 June 1,628,704 2,216,851 1,874,675 2,032,170 1,199,000 2,248,600 11.200,000
31 Dec. 2,020,941 3,815,149 4,012,560 4,621,700 2,741,050 3,988,600 21,200,000
1917 30 June 1,900,877 3,615,388 3,193,635 3,597,800 2,009,700 3,182,600 17,500,000
31 Dec. 2,694,004 5,295,291 6,054,565 8,926,440 3,289,500 4,540,200 30,800,000
1918 30 June LE 315,000 3,125,825 6,145,755 5,251,120 7,291,000 3,115,300 4,956,000 30,200,000
31 Dec. 660,220 3,851,508 8,581,362 8,932,300 11,728,810 4,644,400 7,610,400 46,000,000
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In the article by Samuel Lachman mentioned earlier,
there are some early "circulation" figures for the notes
of the National Bank; but caution is advised in using
them, for they are in fact figures for the total "note
issue," not circulation figures. Because the distinction is
frequently overlooked, a digression concerning it may
be of some use. As in most banks of issue, the banking
department and the issue department of the National
Bank had separate functions and were designed to be
independent of each other. In the words of Article Five
of the bank's statutes, "Le service d'emmission des
billets de banque constitue un service distinct et
absolument independent des operations generales de la
Banque." What this separation of powers means for
collectors is that special care should be taken when
interpreting the published figures for the National
Bank's, or any bank's, note issue. The reason for this is
that not every note issued by the issue department is
placed in circulation; some are held in reserve in the
banking department. Thus the total note issue may
sometimes 'be considerably greater than the total
amount in circulation; indeed, it is theoretically possible
that millions of notes are recorded as issued but that not
one of them was ever put into circulation. In addition,
so-called giant notes for extraordinary amounts are
sometimes issued by the issue departments of central
banks, but these giant notes are strictly for internal use
and rarely find their way into private hands.
Once a bank's note circulation has become
established, the discrepancy between the issue and
circulation figures is usually comparatively small and
need not concern collectors. During a bank's early
years, however, the discrepancy may be sufficiently
large that it should be taken into account when
assessing the relative scarcity or survival rate of the
notes in question. The circulation and issue figures for
the National Bank of Egypt are a case in point. Because
the Egyptian populace was generally unaccustomed
to paper money, the bank's notes were slow to circulate.
As a result, only 25% or so of the total note issue for May
1899 went into circulation; the remainder stayed in the
banking department. Of course, with the passage of
time, the discrepancy narrowed, as may be seen from
the circulation and issue figures that appear in Tables II
and III.
Tables I and II tell us surprisingly more about the
National Bank's note issue than might ordinarily be
expected. Looking, for example, at the issue figures in
Table I for the 50-piastre and 1-pound notes, we see that
from June 1913 to June 1914, the total amount issued for
each note dropped by approximately 70%, while the
totals for all other denominations remained relatively
constant over the same period. Moreover, during the
following six months, from June 1914 to December 1914,
there was a dramatic upsurge in the amounts issued for
each note, from £E5,400 to a 726,400 for the 50-piastre
note and from £E12,300 to £E336,750 for the 1-pound
note. Why this seemingly anomalous variation in the
amounts issued? The explanation is that during this
period old 50-piastre and 1-pound notes were being
withdrawn from circulation and were then being
replaced by new notes of the same denomination. In
particular, it is probable that for the 50-piastre note, the
Whole No. 99
TABLE II
ISSUE/CIRCULATION FIGURES, 1899-1919
End of: Total Issue Banking Dept. In Circulation
Dec. 1899 LE 98,000 LE 38,000 LE 60,000
Dec. 1900 125,000 50,000 75,000
Dec. 1901 140,000 15,000 125,000
Dec. 1902 190,000 39,000 151,000
Dec. 1903 450,000 68,000 382,000
Dec. 1904 830,000 292,000 538,000
Dec. 1905 1,700,000 311,000 1,389,000
Dec. 1906 2,750,000 579,000 2,171,000
Dec. 1907 2,600,000 470,000 2,130,000
Dec. 1908 2,320,000 496,000 1,824,000
Dec. 1909 2,600,000 381,000 2,219,000
Dec. 1910 2,700,000 444,000 2,256,000
Dec. 1911 2,700,000 440,000 2,260,000
Dec. 1912 2,900,000 446,000 2,454,000
Dec. 1913 2,700,000 464,000 2,236,000
Dec. 1914 8,250,000 784,000 7,466,000
Dec. 1915 11,550,000 967,000 10,583,000
Dec. 1916 21,200,000 1,826,000 19,374,000
Dec. 1917 30,800,000 1,248,000 29,552,000
Dec. 1918 46,000,000 1,510,000 44,490,000
Dec. 1919 67,300,000 4,480,000 62,820,000
TABLE III
FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION
Circulation Figures
Max. - Maximum
Min. - Minimum
Ave. - Average
Jan.-Apr.: None recorded
May Max.: £ 16,153
Min.: 4,227
Ave.: 9,356
June. Max.: 53,380
Min.: 16,242
Ave.: 29,402
Jul. Max.: 98,952
Min.: 40,318
Ave.: 65,963
Aug. Max.: 96,811
Min.: 57,475
Ave.: 79,948
Sep. Max.: 77,898
Min.: 57,895
Ave.: 65,968
Oct. Max.: 125,088
Min.: 64,481
Ave.: 100,845
Nov. Max.: 121,083
Min.: 45,743
Ave.: 68,865
Dec. Max.: 67,703
Min.: 51,231
Ave.: 59,063
Year Max: 125,088
Min.: 4,227
Ave.: 59,926
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note catalogued as Pick 3 was then being replaced by
Pick 4, and that for the 1-pound note, Pick 7 was being
replaced by Pick 8. A further examination of Table I will
be useful to a collector wishing to establish dates of
issue for new notes of other denominations; for example,
similar considerations to those above apply to the 1910-
1912 figures for the 10-pound note and to the 1911-1913
figures for the 100-pound note.
Five pound note of the type in circulation during World War
I. Pick 15.
Ten pound note of the type in circulation during World War I.
The signature is that of Frederich Rowlatt, governor 1906-1921.
Pick 20.
World War I
The figures in Tables I and II are also interesting for
the light they shed upon the changes wrought by World
War I. Up to the outbreak of hostilities, the notes of the
National Bank were not legal tender (which in Egypt
was gold for amounts above £2) but were nonetheless
convertible into gold and covered by it. The war
changed all this. On August 2, 1914, two days before
Britain declared war on Germany, the Khedive
promulgated an emergency decree declaring that the
bank's notes were henceforth legal tender and that their
convertibility into gold was "temporarily" suspended.
Later, in September of 1916, because of the bank's
difficulties in obtaining gold, the gold cover
requirement was also suspended "temporarily". Both
suspensions were never lifted. As may be expected, both
because of the war and because of the suspensions, gold
coinage became scarcer whereas, and the figures in
Table II dramatically show this, the note circulation
increased by leaps and bounds, reaching in 1919 a
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figure that would not be surpassed until 1942, another
war - time year. Moreover, in 1914, when the war began,
more than fifty per cent of the cover for the note issue
was in gold, but by 1919 the figure had plunged to less
than five percent, which signalled the end to any
pretense that Egypt was ever again to have a gold -
backed currency.
TABLE IV
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
5 & 10 Piastre Currency Notes
Circulation Figures for 1918
Jan. - May: None recorded
June.: £ 99,000
Jul.: 399,000
Aug. 629,000
Sep.: 833,000
Oct.: 1,005,000
Nov.: 1,160,000
Dec.: 1,201,000
(rounded to thousands)
During the war, in late 1914 and then again in 1915,
the country suffered from a shortage of small change,
particularly silver, and it was believed that the
shortages would continue so long as the war lasted. To
alleviate the problem the ministry of finance issued,
apparently for the first time in June 1918, so-called
Currency Notes in 5- and 10-piastre denominations, the
total amount issued ranging from approximately one
hundred thousand pounds in June 1918 to 1.2 million
pounds in December of the same year. In addition, on
June 25, 1917, the ministry requested the National Bank
to prepare an issue of its own 25-piastre notes, a
denomination not previously issued by the bank. The
government's Journal Officiel, No. 44 of May 30, 1918,
contained the authorization for the issue, which
amounted to £E315,000 by the end of June 1918. Six
months later the amount issued had more than doubled.
These notes are catalogued in Pick as #1 (25-piastres),
#60 (10-piastres), and #61-62 (5-piastres).
Egyptian notes saw wide circulation throughout the
war. Through the bank's offices in the Sudan, they
travelled far down the Nile and sometimes crossed the
border into Abyssinia, which at the start of the war
didn't have a currency of its own. The arrival of large
numbers of British troops — Egypt was a major staging
point for the Near East offensive — meant that the notes
went wherever the troops would take them; next to the
British pound the Egyptian pound was the currency of
the British army in the Near East. Moreover, through
much of the war and until 1928 when Palestine had her
own currency, Egyptian notes were recognized as legal
tender in those parts of Palestine under British control.
The bank's circulation figures, 2.2 million pounds in
December 1913 to 62.8 million pounds in December 1919,
bear witness not only to the demands of war-time
inflation but also to the needs of neighboring states and
of the troops stationed within Egypt's boundaries. The
bank, it must be admitted, handled these increased
demands for her services extremely well, and only once,
in June 1915, when the financial advisor to the
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government considered removing the bank's privilege
of note issue, did the bank face any serious challenge to
its authority, but the challenge was quickly dropped.
The National Bank of Egypt had become, after all, the
national bank.
Scarcity of the Notes
In uncirculated condition all notes of the period 1899-
1918 must be considered scarce; most are rare to very
rare, particularly the higher denominations of which
even a tatty example would be considered a prize. For
notes in fine to very fine condition, three distinct periods
should be considered. Notes dating from 1899 to the end
of Sir Elwin Palmer's governorship in 1906 are all
extremely rare, no matter what condition. Depending
upon the denomination, notes from 1906 to 1913 are
extremely scarce to extremely rare; the higher the
denomination and the earlier the issue the rarer the
note. With notes issued between 1914 and 1918, the
collector is in a better position. One and five pound notes
and all the piastre notes are available in the trade, and
most come up for auction from time to time. Again,
however, the higher denominations tend to be rare, with
only a few nice examples known. For a note in excellent
condition from any of these periods, the prices quoted in
Pick's catalogue must be regarded as purely academic;
for such notes the price will simply be what a collector,
or his arch - rival (!), is prepared to pay.
REFERENCES
Annuaire Statistique de L'Egypte, Cairo, various years,
especially 1914, 1918, and 1919.
Bankers Almanac, London, various years.
Baster, A. The Imperial Banks, London, 1929.
Baster, A. "The Origins of British Banking Expansion in the
Near East", Economic History Review, 1934.
Bilotti, A. La Banque imperiale ottomane, Paris, 1909.
Collins, R. & Tignor, R. L. Egypt and the Sudan, Englewood
Cliffs, 1967.
Colvin, Aukland. The Making of Modern Egypt, London, 1906.
Lord Cromer. Modern Egypt, London, 1908.
Crouchley, A. E. The Economic Development of Modern Egypt,
New York, 1938.
Earle, E. "Egyptian Cotton and the American Civil War",
Political Science Quarterly, 1926.
Elgood, P. G. Egypt and the Army, Oxford, 1924
Emden, Paul. Money Powers of Europe in the Nineteenth and
Twentieth Centuries, J °Edon, no date.
Fuad Pasha. La Monnaie Egyptienne, Paris, 1914.
Henderson, W. 0. The Lancashire Cotton Famine, Manches-
ter, 1934.
Whole No. 99
Holt, P. M. Egypt and the Fertile Crescent, Ithaca, 1966.
Katt, M. E. "Early One Pound National Bank of Egypt Notes",
IBNS Journal, 1976.
Katt, M. E. "Early One Pound Notes of National Bank of
Egypt", IBNS Journal, 1977.
Lachman, Samuel, "Early Egyptian Banknotes", IBNS
Journal, 1976.
Landes, David, Bankers and Pashas, London 1958.
Marlowe, John. The Making of the Suez Canal, New York,
1964.
Poulgi-Bey, G. "La Banque imperiale ottomane", Annales des
science politiques, 1910.
Robinson, R. and Gallagher, J. Africa and the Victorians, New
York, 1961.
Wilson, Arnold. The Suez Canal, New York, 1939.
Also consulted were various records, both published and
unpublished, found in the Brotherton Library (Leeds,
England), the British Museum, and the Public Records Office,
London. Some bank records, as well as an anonymous history
titled The National Bank of Egypt 1898-1948 (Cairo, 1948),
were also made available to me. Since the references quoted
above are often flatly contradictory and since, too, the source
material is sometimes unreliable, the author assumes full
responsibility for the conclusions drawn within the body of the
article. Every reasonable attempt was made to verify the
accuracy of the statistical data appearing herein, and readers
may use it with confidence.
Pick - Albert Pick, Standard Catalogue of World Paper Money,
3rd edition.
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BEP Uncut Sheets Data
On December 22, 1981, the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing began the sale of 32-note sheets of uncut currency
issued on the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. About 32,000
of the 32-note sheets issued on the Federal Reserve Bank of
Boston were sold between October 26, when the sale of uncut
currency sheets began, and December 22, 1981. The quantity of
sheets sold with the Richmond designation will be
approximately 36,600. The serial numbering system will be the
same one used for the Boston sheets. The 16-note sheets will
continue to be issued on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
until further notice.
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Paper Money
Page 113
THE PAPER COLUMN
by Peter Huntoon
Table 1. Summary of the bond record for the Arizona
National Bank of Tucson between 1913 and
1916.
Date Activity Entry Explanation
$50,000 2% $50,000 2% bond se-
cures $50,000 circula-
tion.
1913 brought
forward
National Bank Note Reissues -
A Case Study
You will occasionally find an entry in Van Belkum's
bank - by - bank data such as the following from the 1902
blue seal state issues for the Arizona National Bank of
Tucson, charter 4440:
Nov 7, 1914 deposit $41,900 M.S. $41,900 security de-
Sec. posit is made as au-
thorized by Section 1
of the Aldrich Vree-
land Act of 1908; cir-
culation increases to
$91,900.
Third Charter 1902-1908 Backs
10-10-10-20 plate $130,000 worth; serials 1 to 2600
Third Charter Plain Back Blue Seals
10-10-10-20 plate $450,000 worth; serials 2601 to
11600
Third Charter Reissue
10-10-10-20 plate $41,900 worth; serials not
available on reissue
It doesn't take genius to figure out that for some
reason the bank returned $41,900 worth of sheets to the
Comptroller of the Currency, and these were then
reissued to the bank at a later date.
There are a number of reasons why sheets were
returned to the Comptroller. The most common is that a
bank would occasionally return its own currency to
offset a bond sale. When a bank reduced its circulation
through a bond sale, it was required to deposit lawful
money with the Treasurer to redeem that fraction of its
outstanding circulation. What better way to accomplish
this than to return available sheets! The case of the
Arizona National Bank of Tucson is a variation on this
theme and illustrates nicely how a reissue came about.
Aldrich - Vreeland Act
As 1914 drew to a close, the Arizona National had
$50,000 in bonds which it used to secure a $50,000
circulation. At this time the Emergency Currency Act of
May 30, 1908 — also called the Aldrich - Vreeland Act —
was still in effect. Under the provisions of this act,
National Banks could group together to form National
Currency Associations which in turn could accept
securities other than United States bonds from member
banks to underwrite additional circulations for the
banks. The Arizona National Bank was a member of
such an association and decided to take advantage of
the act to increase its circulation. On November 7, 1914,
the bank obligated sufficient securities to allow it to
issue an additional $41,900 in circulaton.
This transaction is recorded in the bond section of the
National Currency and Bond Ledger under an entry
dated November 7, 1914, which reads: M. S. Sec. If I
interpret this entry correctly, "M. S. Sec." is shorthand
for Money Secured as authorized in Section 1 of the
Emergency Currency Act of May 30, 1980." See Table 1
which summarizes the bond entries in the ledger.
Jan 7, 1915 withdrawal $41,900 M.S. $41,900 security de-
posit withdrawn, cir-
culation decreases to
$50,000.
As shown on Table 2, $41,900 were shipped
immediately against this security deposit. Included
were 10-10-10-20 sheets 112-949 of the then current
Series of 1902 Date Back state notes. Adjacent to the
$41,900 entry is written M. S. Sec. 1.
Two months later on January 7, 1915, the $41,900
security deposit was withdrawn. Again see Table 1.
This resulted in an immediate contraction in the legal
circulation of the bank from $91,900 to $50,00. The bank
was required to deposit lawful money in the amount of
$41,900 to cover the reduction.
Reissues
There are two entries in the redemption column on the
ledger respectively dated January 9 and 12, 1915, for
$11,900 and $30,000, which obviously consist of intact
sheets returned to the Comptroller from the bank.
Clearly the bank sent back $41,900 worth of its own
sheets to satisfy the redemption deposit. Next to the
$11,900 and $30,000 redemption entries are written
"Deposited in Vault for reissue."
There is also a column on the ledger reserved for
Currency Received from the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. This column contains two entries also dated
January 9 and 12, 1915, showing that the $11,900 and
$30,000 in redeposited sheets had reached the vault for
eventual reissue.
Serial numbers are rarely shown when such sheets
are reissued. The entries for the reissues shown in Table
2 between February 11, 1915 and September 1, 1916 are
typical of the reissues I have stumbled upon in the
National Currency Ledger Sheets. I assume that the
serials were omitted because the sheets were quite often
mixed up with respect to serial numbers when they were
returned to the Comptroller. It was adequate for the
Comptroller to simply note their dollar value as they
were reissued instead of sorting them and listing their
serials.
Page 114 Whole No. 99
Table 2. Record of Series of 1902 Date Back state 10-
10-10-20 sheets shipped by the Comptroller
of the Currency to the Arizona National Bank
of Tucson during a period when returned
sheets were being reissued.
Date Sheet Serials No. Sheets
1914 Nov 7 112 - 949
838
(above represents $41,900 shipped
against security deposit)
Nov 13 950 - 967
Dec 5 968 - 983
1915 Jan 2 984 - 1023
(reissues start below)
Feb 11
76
Mar 1
26
Mar 19
22
Apr 6
24
Apr 22
16
May 10
24
May 24
22
Jun 14
24
Jun 29
14
Jul 23
24
Aug 10 NOTICE: 18
Sep 1 in all cases 38
Sep 25 except the 24
Oct 16 Nov. 7, 1914, 32
Oct 30 shipment, the 14
Nov 15 shipments here 18
Nov 29 offset notes 14
Dec 17 redeemed from 16
1916 Jan 10 circulation. 24
Jan 24
20
Feb 12
30
Mar 2
36
Mar 15
20
Mar 29
18
Apr 13
24
Apr 28
14
May 12
14
May 27
18
Jun 12
18
Jun 28
18
Jul 19
26
Aug 10
26
Sep 1
32
Sep 27
658 - 685
28
Oct 14 686 - 707
22
Nov 14
708 - 711
4
(reissues cease above)
Nov 14
1024 - 1037
14
In any event, it took almost two years, February 11,
1915 through November 14, 1916, for the Comptroller to
use up the redeposited sheets for the Arizona National
Bank. All of these were eventually shipped to the bank
to offset redemptions from its existing circulation of
$50,000. For the rarity buffs, notice that there was an 84
percent turnover in outstanding notes during this short
period!
What makes the record for the Arizona National
particularly interesting is the fact that the serials on
the reissued sheets shipped between September 27 and
November 14, 1916, were listed as shown in Table 2.
These serials were in the group originally shipped to
the bank on November 7, 1914. Apparently the clerks
working with these last few sheets saw that they were in
serial order and took advantage of that fact as they
logged them out. The second part of the November 14
shipment included serials in sequence with those last
issued on January 2, 1915. On November 14, 1916, the
reissues finally ceased and new sheets began to flow.
Impact
Surprisingly I have never been able to document the
existence of a state Date Back from this bank.
Consequently I cannot illustrate this article with a note
of this vintage, let alone one involved in the reissue. But
then, as the record proves, the turnover rate for notes in
circulation was very rapid so not many, if any, should
have survived!
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More Corrigenda
by the Rev. Frank H. Hutchins
My article on two new variations in the U. S. large size
notes in the January-February 1982 issue requires very
few corrections, but a few will be in order. The author's
name is "Hutchins" and the first name of the
photographer is "Adrien." The main misfortune on
page 10, however, is that the photographs are upside
down, and even that is fairly minor.
In the table, though, I failed to include, as perhaps an
"A-O," the variety of Friedberg 35 - the Tillman-Morgan
two - that I had just described - the one with no check
number on the back - and on page 12 the Two-Dollar
Legal Tender Notes of the Series of 1917 are headed
"Five-Dollar Legal Tender Notes of the Series of 1917"
in line 24 of the left-hand column of the text. I'm sorry
for the error.
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18 Notice in this example that the effect of the reissues
16 was to delay shipments of new notes for almost two
40 years. The impact was that the Arizona National Bank
of Tucson continued to use Series of 1902 Date Backs
until June, 1920. Under normal circumstances its Series
of 1902 Date Back printings would have run out a few
years earlier. In fact, the Arizona National Bank was
the last bank in Arizona to receive Series of 1902 Date
Back shipments.
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SUPPLEMENT XI
Additions to the 1929-1935 National Bank Note
issues previously reported
In Supplement No. X, which appeared in Paper
Money No. 92, 164 newly - surfaced notes along with 38
charters were recorded. Undoubtedly that report had a
stimulating effect on collectors who with all good
intentions had planned to report notes but never seemed
to feel the urgency to do so.
In this Supplement No. XI are listed 373 more newly -
surfaced notes among which are 147 new charters; the
latter are indicated by an asterisk placed to the left of
the charter number. This gratifying response may be
attributed to the zest of collecting, research study and
the pride of ownership, any one of which imparts a
sense of satisfaction.
The margin between REPORTED NOTES and
UNREPORTED NOTES has been reduced
considerably. Notable in this Supplement XI are the
large numbers of notes that turned up from the
following states (the number from each shown in
parenthesis): Pennsylvania (61), Texas (32), Illinois
(27), New York (21), Minnesota (18), Ohio (15), New
Jersey (13), Virginia (13), Massachusetts (12), Missouri
(12), California (11), and Indiana (11).
It is important that members do not delay reporting
data on the small size notes, for we need not be reminded
of the large numbers of small size Nationals that
disappear daily. Notes coming in contact with banks
are usually returned to the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency for eventual destruction, while others a-e
stashed away or ruined by fire or water. The collector-
researcher is thus deprived of useful information.
The large total of notes reported in this Supplement
XI reveals the healthy progress attained through the
concentrated efforts of the many SPMC members bent
on obtaining and recording all possible facets of
knowledge pertaining to this fascinating issue which,
incidentally, was the final one of National Bank Notes
as originally authorized by an Act of Congress on Feb.
25, 1863. During the month of November, 1863, notes of
the First Charter Period made their appearance.
ALABAMA
7084 Selma 20.
*10377 Fayette 10.
ARKANSAS
9501 Fordyce 20.
*10087 Arkdelphia 10.
*10801 Harrison 20.
11580 Clarksville 20.
CALIFORNIA
2456 Santa Barbara. 5.
8652 Glendora 5
9551 Calistoga 5.
9795 Vacaville 20.
(the above note was
omitted in Supp. II,
Paper Money No. 35)
*10378 Orland 5.
*11522 Los Altos 10.
*12673 Graham 20.
*13356 Colton 5.
*13510 Hollister ...10. 20.
13877 Brea 10.
COLORADO
4172 Salida 5.
6556 Castle Rock ... 10.
* 7288 Montrose 20.
* 7577 Brighton 5.
* 7888 Salida 20.
8572 Colorado Spgs. 5.
13098 Denver 100.
13624 Loveland 20.
*13902 Grand Junction
20.
CONNECTICUT
735 Stonington ... 10.
2643 South Norwalk 5.
DELAWARE
1281 Odessa 5.
7211 Delmar 20.
* 9428 Wyoming 10.
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
4247 Washington .. 10.
The First National Bank of Wyoming, Delaware, chartered in June, 1909,
was the last bank authorized to issue National Bank Notes in the state of
Delaware. Shown here is the only small size note known to have survived.
784 sheets of 6 notes were issued. Our thanks to Thomas R. Snyder for
sharing this rarity.
Page 116
FLORIDA
9926 Ocala 10.
13008 Coral Gables 10.
13157 Sanford 10.
GEORGIA
* 4963 Waycross 5.
9329 Monticello 5.
IDAHO
* 9145 Hailey 20.
*11274 Twin Falls 10.
ILLINOIS
* 1721 Watseka 20.
2205 Monmouth 50.
4233 Effingham 20.
* 5291 Stonington 20.
5525 Anna 50.
* 6133 Ivesdale 20.
* 6598 Cresent City 20.
6721 Martinsville 10.
7076 White Hall 5.
7079 Momence 10.
* 7500 Westville 10.
* 7712 Grand Tower 10.
7728 Benld 20.
* 8429 Albion 20.
* 8892 Palestine 10.
* 9338 West Salem 10.
9896 Saint Peter 10.
10305 Chicago 20.
10492 Nebo 20.
*10669 Worden 20.
11182 Homer 5.
12001 Chicago 20.
12227 Chicago 10.
*12373 Jonesboro 5.
*12658 Plymouth 5.
*13892 Neoga 5.
*14137 Woodstock .... 10.
INDIANA
* 1066 Columbus . 100.
1456 Rushville 5.
2043 Washington 50.
* 3028 Decatur 5.
5167 Mishawaka 20.
* 6215 Valpariso 20.
6480 Clinton 10.
* 6952 Charlestown 20.
7155 Bickell... 20
7655 Rochester 20.
* 9715 Spencer 20.
IOWA
* 1786 Sigourney 10.
1862 Glen wood 50.
2307 Des Moines 50.
5054 Thompson 5.
* 7137 Linn Grove .. 10.
* 9303 Bloomfield .... 10.
11907 Farnhamville . 10.
KANSAS
3824 Centralia 5.
4642 Oberlin 20.
6149 Le Roy 20.
7844 Saint John .... 5.
7911 Marion 10.
10390 Topeka 20.
*10557 Greensburg . 10.
KENTUCKY
2888 Lancaster 10.
6129 Mount Sterling 10.
7284 Barbourville 10.
8943 Clay 10.
MARYLAND
* 5471 Upper Marlboro
50.
* 9744 Chestertown 50.
*13979 Frostburg 10.
MASSACHUSETTS
* 383 Northampton . 10.
688 Waltham 5.
708 Athol 5.
986 Lowell 20.
1170 Stockbridge .... 5.
1527 Boston 50., 100.
2275 Milford 20.
* 4580 Lynn 5.
*11236 Webster 5.
13395 Hyannis 5.
13835 Millbury 5.
MICHIGAN
1521 Paw Paw 5.
3806 Iron Mountain 5.
* 6485 Ithaca 10, 20.
9000 Muising 10.
13703 Birmingham 50.
13857 Hastings 5.
MINNESOTA
4644 Breckenridge . 10.
5553 Eveleth 10.
6413 Minneota 10.
* 6468 Hendricks 10.
6784 Emmons 20.
6837 Osakis 10.
* 7283 Waterville 5.
7958 Hopkins 10.
* 8051 Cold Spring ... 5.
9442 Mineapolis 20.
10382 Ironton 20.
*10898 Wendell 10.
11054 Bovey 20.
*11365 Kerlhoven 5.
11740 Menahaga . 20.
12941 Mahnomen 5.
*12947 Moose Lake10, 20.
MISSISSIPPI
* 2957 Meridian 20.
9094 Corinth 10.
MISSOURI
1467 Columbia 20.
1971 Sedalia 10.
* 3005 Carthage 10.
* 4151 Hamilton 20.
* 7282 Mountain Grove
20.
* 8009 Bethany 20.
*12329 Clayton 10.
12452 Steele 5.
12506 Saint Louis ... 20.
1:3162 Joplin 5, 100.
*1:3690 North Kansas
City 5.
NEBRASKA
2960 Friend 20.
3339 Ord 20.
3939 Wood River 5.
6901 Schribner 20.
8285 Hampton 5.
9217 Tilden 10.
* 9223 Adams 10.
9591 Craig 20.
9694 Gering 10.
9831 Leigh 20.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
888 Newport 20.
1145 Hanover 10.
2587 Plymouth 20.
5151 Bristol 20.
NEW JERSEY
370 Vincetown 20.
925 Newton 10.
1270 Millville 20.
2999 Bridgeton 5.
* 3878 South Amboy . 10.
4724 Orange 20.
8299 Woodbridge .... 5.
8779 Milford 10.
10712 Bloomsbury 10.
10823 Absecon 5.
12854 Haledon 20.
12949 Trenton 10.
13969 Collingswood .. 5.
NEW MEXICO
* 8098 Raton 20.
NEW YORK
721 Troy 100.
1212 Fonda 20.
1753 Keeseville 10.
* 2448 Camden 20.
2755 Franklinville 10.
3817 Canandaigua 10.
* 3822 Sidney 10.
4493 Earlville 20.
* 6371 Irvington 10.
* /255 Granville 20.
7678 Roxbury 10.
* 8531 Canton 20.
* 9399 Nichols 20.
9643 Bruston 10.
* 9716 North Creek
10, 20.
10295 Clinton 5.
*10767 Harrisville.... 10.
10869 Fairport 20.
*11742 Port Leyden 10.
*12551 Cutchogue 5.
NORTH CAROLINA
7554 Louisburg .... 20.
11229 Reidsville 5.
12278 Winston Salem 5.
1:3657 Durham 5.
NORTH DAKOTA
6398 Ellendale 20.
* 6407 Crary 10.
* 8077 Goodrich ..10, 20.
8991 Hettinger 20.
Whole No. 99
OHIO
* 5530 Covington 20.
5694 Mingo Junction
20.
6505 New Lexington
5, 20.
6628 Dunkirk 20.
7851 New Bremen ... 5.
8127 Saint Paris 20.
8826 Toronto 20.
9192 Fostoria 5.
9961 Wapakoneta .. 20.
10105 Greenfield 5.
10373 London 10.
*13742 Orrville 5.
*14011 Dillonvale .10, 20.
OKLAHOMA
5091 Pauls Valley ... 5.
* 8294 Maud 10.
10051 Checotah 20.
10332 Cushing 10.
*12078 Wellston 10.
12129 Marlow 20.
OREGON
3458 Eugene 5.
PENNSYLVANIA
213 Philadelphia ... 5.
247 Altoona 10.
568 Berwick 10.
573 Doylestown 10.
644 Honesdale 10.
2142 Schwenksville 20.
* 2673 Brownsville 20.
3089 Bedford 5.
3990 Coatesville .. 100.
* 4183 Scranton 5.
4534 Charleroi 20.
* 4453 Tarentum ..10, 20.
4546 Shenandoan 10.
5133 New Bloomfield
10.
5147 Mifflintown .... 5.
5204 Glen Campbell 10.
* 525:3 Monessen 20.
5311 Smithon 20.
* 5497 Brockway 5.
5682 Stoystown .... 50.
5773 Littiz 5, 10.
6193 Sheffield 20.
6420 Findleyville 20.
6536 Spring Grove 20.
* 6665 Portland ...10, 20.
6739 Summerfield 50.
* 6946 Shippensburg 20.
* 7229 Saxton ....10, 20.
* 7874 Shippensville . 10.
* 8083 McConnellsburg
10.
8141 Spring Grove 20.
8164 Dallas 10.
* 8854 Evans City 20.
9130 Factoryville 10.
9139 Ardendtsville 10.
* 9317 Canton 5.
* 9508 Ralston 10.
* 9898 Clymer 10.
* 9978 Knoxville 10.
*10214 Weissport 5.
10251 Nesquehoning 5.
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10466 Republic 10.
10837 Elysburg 20.
10950 Lamasters 10.
11373 Port Royal 10.
*12530 Jenkintown 20.
12562 Austin 10.
*12588 Saint Michael 10.
12912 Derry 10.
13151 Lansdowne 20.
*13533 Gallitzin 5.
13772 Scottsdale .... 10.
*13884 Fredonia 10.
*13982 Herndon 5.
*14094 Cecil 20.
14117 Beaver Falls 20.
14250 Hamburg 10.
RHODE ISLAND
1284 West Warwick 20.
SOUTH CAROLINA
6871 Columbia 5.
SOUTH DAKOTA
5854 Flandreau .... 20.
* 6099 Volga 5.
*13221 Lake Norden
10, 20.
TENNESSEE
1692 Murfreesboro . 10.
* 3288 Centerville 20.
6930 Dickson 10.
7870 Columbia ... 5, 10.
8673 Lenoir City 10.
8889 Savannah 20.
*10028 Cold Creek 10, 20.
*10542 Maryville 10.
*10583 Ervin 5, 10.
*10735 Athens 5.
10842 Kingsport .... 20.
*11202 Sweetwater ... 10.
*11985 Hohenwald ... 20.
12031 Harriman .... 10.
12080 Loudon .... 10, 20.
12257 Rockwood 5.
12639 Springfield ... 20.
TEXAS
2744 Weatherford .. 20.
3985 Dallas 100.
* 4030 Lockhart 10.
* 4306 Big Springs 10.
* 4710 Amarillo 20.
* 4982 Clarksville 10.
* 5409 Mount Vernon 20.
5097 Sequin 50.
* 5466 Sonora 5, 10.
5485 Port Arthur ... 20.
5533 Cooper 10.
* 5765 Hondo 10.
* 6050 Orange 10.
* 6169 Livingston 20.
* 6814 Emory 20.
* 7041 Smithville 20.
* 7157 Hico 20.
* 7212 Devine 10.
* 8242 Rule 10.
* 9813 Sterling City 10.
*10350 Richmond .10, 20.
*11019 Tom Bean 20.
*11239 Dawson 10.
*11792 Falfurrias 20.
*11879 Mercedes ... 5, 20.
*12543 Big Spring 10.
12708 Grapevine 10.
*12725 Sudan 10.
13067 Teague 20.
*14270 Snyder 10.
UTAH
* 9111 Spanish Fork . 10.
VERMONT
* 962 Bethel 100.
VIRGINIA
4314 Lexington .... 20.
5326 Covington 5.
5725 Scottsville .... 20.
* 7338 Berryville 10.
8984 Rocky Mount .. 5.
9746 Norton 20.
*10993 New Castle 20.
11328 Bedford 20.
*11698 Grundy 10.
*11797 Flint Hill 10.
*11990 Trout Dale 5.
*13502 Gate City 20.
*14052 Crewe 10.
WASHINGTON
*13439 East Stanwood
10.
WEST VIRGINIA
6999 Terra Alta 5.
7998 Hinton 20.
9604 Sutton 5.
*10127 Spencer 10.
*10219 Fairview 20.
*11049 New Hope 10.
WISCONSIN
10653 Mayfield 10.
Newly Reported Notes from
Previously Unreported Charters
Photo courtesy Fred Vergellesi
First National Bank of Findleyville, Pa. An excessively rare
note from a town with a population of 300!
Photo courtesy C. Dale Lyon
First National Bank of Greensburg, Kan. Established 1914,
receivership 1932. Only five charters remain unreported.
Photo courtesy Dean Peterson
First National Bank of Tarentum, Pa. Established 1890,
liquidated 1934 and succeeded by charter 13940.
Photo courtesy Gary Kruesel
First National Bank of Wendell, Minn. Established 1916.
receivership 1932. Scarce note, first to surface.
Montford, David W. Moore, Frank A. Nowak, Dean Oakes,
John V. Parker, Dean H. Petersen, Gary W. Potter, William K.
Raymond, Edward Reich, Bob Rozycki, William Schmidt, E. A.
Scott. Armand Shank Jr., Bruce Smith, Thomas R. Snyder.
James A. Sparks Jr., Jake B. Sureck, Graeme Ton, Gerome
Walton, James Wortman, Edmund J. Yahn, Fred Vergellesi,
Fred Zinknan.
Those members wishing to report
notes can do so by contacting -
M. Owen Warns
5920 W. Fillmore Dr.
Milwaukee, Wi. 53219
SOCIETY MEMBERS COLLABORATING IN THE
PREPARATION OF SUPPLEMENT XI
Douglas B. Ball, Q. David Bowers, Amon Carter, Charles G.
Colver, Roland J. Cormier, Robert Condo, Tom Conklin,
Charles A. Dean, George Decker, David Dorfman, Thomas
Denly, David Halaiko, John Helva, Warren G. Henderson, C.
E. Hilliard, John T. Hickman, Alan R. Hoffman, Curtis
Iversen, Warren Jackson, Harry E. Jones, Arthur Kagin,
Calvin W. Kane, William Kleinschmidt, Donald C. Kelly,
David R. Kolbe, Lyn F. Knight, Gary E. Kruesel, Roman L.
Latimer, Robert F. Lemke, Marvin R. Levine, Frank 1,t , v0 an,
M. C. Little, C. Dale Lyon, Allen and Penny Minch° Rich:) J
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Elusive 1929-1935 Utah Charter Surfaces
Photo courtesy David W. Moore
The First National Bank of Spanish Fork, Utah
(granted Charter 9111 in 1908)
With the emergence of this note, Utah has now become the eighth state to
have all of its small size note charters reported. The bank was established in
1908 and placed in receivership on Jan. 24, 1924; six months later it was
relicensed to resume business on July 21, 1924. Early in the small size note-
issuing period, on Aug. 31, 1930, the bank liquidated permanently, which is
the reason for the scarcity of notes from this bank. This was the highest
chartered Utah bank to issue the small size notes.
$10 type I notes — 1704 — $17,040
Signatures — H. A. Gardner, cashier, and L. J. Durrant, president
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Paper Money Page 119
The unusually large number (147) of newly-surfaced
bank charters appearing in Supplement XI herein
prompts this up-dated revision of last year's Charter
Table. The size of the response was surprising, indeed,
for it brings us a step nearer in our efforts toward
pinning down as many of the small size National
charters as possible. Although this achievement looms
as an insurmountable task, still the search will continue
to satisfy SPMC members imbued with the inherent
pride and interest in uncovering those local remaining
charters of banks of their cities, counties, or states.
With 90.7% of the total 6,996 banks chartered to issue
the small size 1929-1935 National Bank Notes already
reported, many of the 648 charters remaining will
eventually be discovered by diligent students of the
issue. On the other hand, there are areas of concern
where the reporting of notes and charters has not been
very productive in the past; it is in these areas that the
fulfillment of state charter goals becomes a matter of
conjecture.
Two more states have recently been added to the
ranks of the six that have already reached the goal of
having all of their charters represented by reported
notes. These are New Mexico and Utah. Their long-
awaited surfacing is listed in Supplement XI; the
specifics are repeated here;
Charter 8098 — Raton, New Mexico, by Roman L.
Latimer
Charter 9111 — Spanish Fork, Utah, by David W.
Moore
The six states previously reported completed are Alaska
(Territory), Arizona, Hawaii (Territory), Nevada, Rhode
Island, and Wyoming. The total number of states
having had all of their charters reported now stands at
eight, while four more states and the District of
Columbia are on standby, awaiting a single note from
each to surface. These charters are:
Connecticut — Charter 3914, Stafford Springs
Delaware — Charter 3883, Harrington
District of Columbia — Charter 10316, Washington
Mississippi — Charter 13443, Gulfport
Idaho — Charter 7526, Preston
Shades of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Photo courtesy Frank Leuitan
The Irvington National Bank of Irvington (on the Hudson), New York was
established in 1902. The Bankers Register listed the initial officers as R. C.
Abercrombie, president, and M. S. Beltzhoover, vice-president, with no
listing of a cashier. The title of the bank was changed to The Irvington
National Bank and Trust Company on June 16, 1930. This is the first 1929-
1935 series note to surface from this bank.
Total $10 type II notes issued-9068—serials A000001-A009068
The city of Irvington got its name from the noted auCior and historian
Washington Irving, who was born in 1873 in the Sleepy Hollow region of
New York state and died 76 years later. Irving is best known for his writings
about Rip Van Winkle, Ichabod Crane, the Headless Horseman and the
Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Unreported Notes By Charter Number
of Issuing Bank. In this table are includ-
ed those newly-surfaced charters listed
in Supplement XI.
5024, 7451, 7467, 7687, 7991, 7992, 8028, 8910,
9055, 9927, 10102, 10131, 10307, 10697, 11259.
Notes from all banks reported.
Notes from all banks reported.
5849, 7789, 9633, 10422, 10459, 10486, 10768,
10853, 12238, 12296, 13637.
8063, 10184, 10200, 10301, 10309, 10412,
11041, 11123, 11330, 11433, 11566, 11867,
12061, 12271, 12328, 12454, 12624, 14202.
5976, 6454, 6772, 7228, 7533, 7704, 11949.
3914.
3883.
10316.
7757, 12100.
5264, 6002, 6082, 8314, 8848, 9088, 10333,
11290, 12317, 12404, 14061.
Notes from 3 bank titles reported.
7526.
385, 903, 1428, 1837, 1870, 1907, 3579, 4958,
4967, 5086, 5149, 5285, 5519, 6740, 7385, 7443,
7579, 7673, 7971, 8155, 8224, 8374, 9435,
10045, 10132, 10397, 11108, 11333, 11934,
12386, 12873, 13666, 13673, 13709, 13856,
13993.
2747, 3338, 4685, 4688, 5476, 5558, 6354, 6388,
6699, 6765, 7036, 7354, 7491, 8351, 8625, 8804,
8912, 9006, 9279, 10616, 12028, 12780, 14075.
2961, 4795, 5585, 6056, 6852, 7357, 8057, 8099,
9447, 9549, 9821, 14309.
3134, 8974, 9136, 11177, 14163.
2576, 4819, 7254, 8903, 11890, 12202, 13906,
14026, 14076.
10544, 11521, 14225.
1315, 1956, 2642, 6190, 7835, 9609, 10628,
13843, 14224.
1236, 3205, 4364, 6202, 8799, 8860, 8867,
12443, 13798.
684, 1386, 2288, 2312, 3073, 4488, 11067,
11270, 11868, 14033, 14087, 14266.
3211, 8723, 9509, 10631, 12084, 12661, 12793,
13929, 14144.
3155, 6366, 6519, 6584, 6795, 6933, 10507.
13553.
6242, 6343, 6885, 8914, 8916, 10367, 13367.
3605, 10715, 10939.
5337, 7622, 8797, 9665.
Notes from all banks reported.
1688, 5317, 13861.
2083, 4274, 5403, 5730, 6179, 7364, 8501, 8582,
8661, 8681, 8829, 9061, 9661, 10036, 10430,
12606, 12829, 12903, 14088, 14153, 14305.
Notes from all banks reported.
266, 292, 295, 296, 822, 981, 1298, 2463, 2869,
4416, 4482, 4985,
5867, 5936, 6087,
7840, 8334, 8343,
3171, 3193, 3232, 3245, 3333,
4998, 5037, 5336, 5746, 5851,
6386, 7233, 7483, 7588, 7763,
Page 120 Whole No. 99
REVISED RECAPITULATION OF THE NUMBER OF BANKS ISSUING 1929-1935 CURRENCY
WHOSE NOTES REMAIN UNREPORTED
States
Territories
District
Banks
Issuing
Notes
Banks That
Have Been
Reported
Banks That
Remain
Unreported
Alabama 107 92 - 86% 15 - 14%
Alaska (Terr) 3 3 - 100% none
Arizona 11 11 - 100% none
Arkansas 69 58 - 84% 11 - 16%
California 172 154 - 90% 18 - 10%
Colorado 93 86 - 92% 7 - 8%
Connecticut 57 56 - 98% 1 - 2%
Delaware 16 15 - 94% 1 - 6%
District Columbia 11 10 - 91% 1 - 9%
Florida 54 52 - 96% 2 - 4%
Georgia 79 68 - 86% 11 - 14%
Hawaii (Terr) 1 1 - 100% none
Idaho 28 27 - 96% 1 - 4%
Illinois 469 433 - 92% 36 - 8%
Indiana 224 201 - 90% 23 - 10%
Iowa 249 237 - 95% 12 - 5%
Kansas 212 207 - 98% 5 - 2%
Kentucky 141 132 - 94% 9 - 6%
Louisiana 38 35 - 92% 3 - 8%
Maine 58 49 - 84% 9 - 16%
Maryland 91 82 - 90% 9 - 10%
Massachusetts 145 133 - 92% 12 - 8%
Michigan 145 136 - 94% 9 - 6%
Minnesota 248 241 - 97% 7 - 3%
Mississippi 34 33 - 97% 1 - 3%
Missouri 119 112 - 94% 7 - 6%
Montana 44 41 - 93% 3 - 7%
Nebraska 152 148 - 97% 4 - 3%
Nevada 10 10 - 100% none
New Hampshire 58 55 - 95% 3 - 5%
New Jersey 257 236 - 92% 21 - 8%
New Mexico 23 23 - 100% none
New York 522 455 - 87% 67 - 13%
Paper Money
Page 121
8388 , 871 7,8793,8850,8872,9326,9427,9644,
10016, 10109, 10216, 10374, 10623, 10930,
11518, 11739, 11953, 11956, 12018, 12294,
12398, 12874, 12992, 13089, 13229, 13246,
13289, 13365, 13889, 13909, 13911, 13945,
13959, 13906.
North Carolina 63 58 - 92% 5 - 8% 8160, 8571, 8649, 9044, 10629.
North Dakota 111 89 - 80% 22 - 20% 2792, 6064, 6218, 6397, 6474, 6475, 6557, 6601,
6743, 6985, 7569, 7872, 7879, 8881, 9386, 9684,
10596, 10721, 10864, 11069, 11184, 11226.
Ohio 336 322 - 96% 14 - 5% 5218, 5640, 6345, 6594, 6943, 7639, 8175, 9274,
9563, 9799, 9815, 10436, 11216, 11343.
Oklahoma 214 193 - 90% 21 - 10% 5347, 5811, 5955, 6517, 6641, 7209, 8052, 8472,
8616, 8859, 9046, 9709, 9881, 9964, 9970,
10205, 10286, 10380, 10381, 11397, 14108.
Oregon 79 62 - 78% 17 - 22% 3486, 3774, 5822, 8554, 8941, 9127, 9281,
10071, 10164, 10218, 10619, 10992, 11106.
11271, 12613, 13294, 14001.
Pennsylvania 899 833 - 92% 66 - 8% 522, 2562, 3498, 4092, 4222, 4818, 4927, 5265,
5729, 5848, 5878, 5920, 5956, 5974, 6281, 6350,
6442, 6528, 6573, 6603, 6615, 6664, 6709, 6799,
6878, 7367, 7400, 7405, 7488, 7816, 7854, 8092,
8238, 8960, 9128, 9149, 9416, 9507, 9513, 9534,
9554, 9769, 9783, 9996, 10211, 10493, 11115,
11127, 11393, 11413, 11643, 11789, 11892,
11966, 11981, 11993, 13868, 13871, 13908,
13999, 14049, 14112, 14121, 14169, 14181,
14182.
Rhode Island 12 12 - 100% none Notes from all banks reported.
South Carolina 42 32 - 76% 10 - 24% 3809, 5064, 6385, 9296, 9876, 10129, 10263,
10586, 10679, 11499.
South Dakota 75 68 - 91% 7 - 9% 2068, 6561, 8698, 8776, 11457, 11590, 11689.
Tennessee 105 100 - 95% 5 - 5% 2593, 10181, 10192, 10449, 12319.
Texas 510 395 - 77% 115 - 23% 2729, 2867, 3212, 3260, 3261, 3346, 3644, 3859,
3973, 4289, 4368, 4410, 4438, 4474, 4684, 4785,
5109, 5190, 5324, 5475, 5491, 5589, 5636, 5670,
5680, 5710, 5737, 5759, 5897, 5932, 5938, 6214,
6356, 6361, 6376, 6400, 6461, 6551, 6780, 6812,
6896, 6915, 6986, 7096, 7106, 7140, 7378, 7481,
7524, 7572, 7775, 7807, 7906, 8008, 8103, 8156,
8200, 8204, 8249, 8515, 8522, 8575, 8583, 8597,
8690, 8742, 8769, 8770, 8816, 8817, 9053, 9625,
9810, 9812, 9845, 9848, 9989, 10189, 10299,
10241, 10323, 10403, 10472, 10624, 10638,
10657, 10678, 10703, 10927, 11021, 11163,
11591, 11642, 12371, 12687, 12700, 12741,
12789, 12855, 12919, 13555, 13562, 13649,
13653, 13661, 13667, 13669, 13678, 13984,
14027, 14072, 14090, 14126, 14273, 14302.
Utah 17 17 - 100% none Notes from all banks reported.
Vermont 48 43 - 90% 5 - 10% 6252, 7614, 13261, 13800, 14234.
Virginia 151 137 - 51% 14 - 9% 7208, 7782, 8003, 8688, 9890, 10611, 10658,
11533, 11978, 12092, 12240, 12267, 12290,
13878.
Washington 84 76 - 90% 8 - 10% 3862, 8639, 9576, 10407, 11416, 11672, 13057,
14166.
West Virginia 130 110 - 85% 20 - 15% 1607, 6170, 6226, 7246, 7672, 8333, 8360, 8434,
8998, 9048, 9523, 10392, 10450, 10759, 11268,
11340, 11502, 12839, 13505, 13783.
Wisconsin 157 147 - 94% 10 - 6% 7264, 7470, 8118, 10522, 10667, 10791, 11083,
11114, 13932, 14095.
Wyoming 23 23 - 100% none Notes from all banks reported.
Totals to date 6996 6348 - 90.7% 648 - 9.3%
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Whole No. 99
The Sixth Charter of the Texas "14000" Series to Surface
Photo courtesy Amon Carter
Charter Number 14270
The Snyder National Bank of Snyder, Texas succeeded the original Snyder
National Bank, Charter 7635 when it was liquidated on Nov. 13, 1934. This
note is from the first sheet of $10 type II notes.
Rare Nebraska Charters Recently Reported From Towns
Having 1500 or Less Population
The following notes finally surfaced to be recorded through the courtesy of
Gerome Walton. (Only five Nebraska charters remain to surface:
5337 Humphrey, 7622 Greeley, 8797 Creighton, 9223 Adams, 9665 Naper.)
The First National Bank of Blue Hill, Nebraska was established in 1885 with a
capital of $25,000. The original officers were Henry Cund, president, and C. F. Cund,
cashier.
(Small size $10 type I notes issued, 600 $6,000.
(6-subject sheets serial numbers 1-100)
The First National Bank of Loomis. Population 480. Type I $10
notes issued - 2304.
The First National Bank of Loup City. Population 1450. Type I
$10 notes issued - 840.
it,1,-..„1=-114ttekttrAnrkt.
Douglas Ball
Amon Carter
Charles G. Colver
Robert A. Condo
Tom Conklin
Charles A. Dean
Thomas Denly
Donald Fisher
David Halaiko
John T. Hickman
C. E. Hilliard
Alan R. Hoffman
Curtis Iversen
Warren Jackson
Harry E. Jones
Donald C. Kelly
William Kleinschmidt
Lynn F. Knight
David R. Kolbe
Harry E. Kruesel
Roman L. Latimer
Arthur C. Leister
Robert F. Lemke
Marvin R. Levine
Frank Levitan
M. C. Little
C. Dale Lyon
Donald Mark
Steve Michaels
Elvin B. Miller
Allen & Penny Mincho
Richard Montford
David W. Moore
Dean Oakes
John Parker
Dean H. Petersen
Robert V. Polito
William R. Raymond
E. A. Scott
Armand Shank Jr.
Bruce Smith
Thomas R. Snyder
Jake B. Surek
Graeme Ton
Gerome Walton
James Wortman
Edmund J. Yahn
F. Zinknan
Paper Money
The First National Bank of Scribner. Population 1030. Type I
$10 notes issued - 1158.
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5.
The First National Bank of Imperial. Population 1500. Type I
$20 notes issued - 960.
COLLABORATORS IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS TABLE
****************************************
"High Prices Make $100 Bills
Common Currency"
So read a headline in the New York Times edition of October.
4, 1981, submitted by both Richard Kelly and George Brett. The
article, highlighted by a picture of William A. Shea, a foreman
at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing inspecting newly
printed sheets of $100 notes, attributes their popularity to the
"underground economy" and illegal drug transactions as well
as inflation.
Laurie Davis, a Secret Service agent in New York City, was
quoted as the source for the statement that the number of
counterfeit $100 notes discovered nationally increased by 69%
from 1979 to 1980, when 22,000 were found, and by 55% more by
April of 1981. Still most popular for counterfeiters are 20s, but
they are being found in declining numbers as the counterfeit
50s and 100s increase.
School for Counterfeiters
SPMC member George Brett has submitted an item from The
American Printing History Association Letter No. 40, 1981,
entitled "There's Money in Printing". It calls attention to a
news article about a counterfeiting operation located within a
Brooklyn job-training center that was city and federally
financed to teach young people the printing trades. More than
a hundred young people who qualified for CETA grants had
been receiving such instruction there while the director and
three others printed about $50,000 in $5, $10 and $20 bills. The
locale was the Community Alliance for Youth in Action shop.
According to Secret Service agents, the bogus bills were
quickly spotted because the paper was too thin, the color too
light, and details were missing, making them look as though
they "had been run through a washing machine.•'
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tRIFgAll OF ENGRAVING & PRINTING
COPE PRODUCTION FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES
PRINTED DURING NOVEMBER 1981 TWENTY DOLLARS
SERIAL NUMBERS 1981 B 16 640 001 A B 35 840 000 A 19,200,000
SERIES FROM TO QUANTITY
1981
1981
E 26 880 001 A E 38 400 000 A
E 00 000 001 * E 00 640 000*
11,520,000
640,000
ONE DOLLAR 1981 G 14 080 001 A G 30 720 000 A 16,640,000
1981 A 03 840 001 A A 28 160 000 A 24,320,000
1981 A 00 000 001 A 00 640 000 * 640,000 FIFTY DOLLARS
1981 B 58 880 001 A B 92 160 000 A 33,280,000 1977 E 19 200 001 A E 24 320 000 A 5,120,000
1981 B 01 280 001 * B 01 920 000 * 640,000 1977 E 03 856 001 * E 04 480 000 128,000
1981 F 35 840 001 A F 69 120 000 A 33,280,000 1977 E 04 496 001 * E 05 120 000 * 128,000
1981 G 20 480 001 A G 52 480 000 A 32,000,000 1981 E 00 000 001A E 02 560 000 A 2,560,000
1981 G 00 640 001 * G 01 280 000 * 640,000 1981 G 00 000 001 A G 06 400 000 A 6,400,000
1981 K 48 640 001 A K 71 680 000 A 23 040,000 1977 G 14 092001 * G 14 720000* 256,000
1981 L 33 280 001 A L 51 200 000 A 17,920,000 1981 K 00 000 001 A K 03 840 000 A 3,840,000
1977 K 03 216001 * K 03 840 000 * 128,000
FIVE DOLLARS
1981 A00 000 001 A A 08 960000A 8,960,000 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
1981 F 00 000001 A F 10 240 000 A 10,240,000 1977 E 17 920 001 A E 24 320 000 A 6,400,000
1981 GOO 000 001 A G 12 800 000 A 12,800,000 1977 E 01 936 001 * E 02 560 000 * 128,000
1981 K 00 000 OOa A K 08 960 000 A 8,960,000 1977 G 33 280 001 A G 39 680 000 A 6,400,000
1981 L00000 001 A L23 040 000 A 23,040,000 1977 K 29 440 001 A K 38 400 000 A 8,960,000
1981 L 00 000 001 * L00640000* 640,000 1977 K 02 576 001 * K 03 200 000 * 128,000
TEN DOLLARS PRINTED DURING FEBRUARY 1982
1977A A 62 720 001 B A 71 680 000 B 8,960,000 SERIAL NUMBERS
1977A B 81 920 001 E B 92 160 000 E
1977A F 14 080 001 B F 23 040 000 B
10,240,000
8,960,000 SERIES FROM TO QUANTITY
1977A G 72 960 001 C G 83 200 000 C 10,240,000 ONE DOLLAR
1981 A 28 160 001 A A 56 320 000 A 28,160,000
TWENTY DOLLARS 1981 A 00 648 001 * A 01 280 000 * 384,000
1981 A 00 000 001 A A 10 240 000 A 10,240,000 1981 B 51 200 001 B B 84 480 000 B 33,280,000
1981 D 00 000 001 A D 08 960 000 A 8,960,000 1981 D 34 560 001 A D 62 720 000 A 28,160,000
1981 D 00 000 001 D 00 640 000 640,000 1981 F 10 240 001 B F 47 360 000 B 37,120,000
1981 G 00 000 001 A G 14 080 000 A 14,080,000 1981 F 01 280 001 * F 01 920 000 * 640,000
1981 G 00 000 001 * G 0(1 640 000 * 640,000 1981 G 83 200 001 A G 99 840 000 A 16,640,000
1981 L 15 360 001 A L 28 160 000 A 12,800,000 1981 G 00 000 001 B G 15 360 000 B 15,360,000
1981 L 00 000 001 * L 00 640 000 " 640,000 1981 G 01 280 001 * G 01 920 000 * 640,000
1981 L 75 520 001 A L 96 000 000 A 20,480,000
FIFTY DOLLARS
1977 A 08 960 001 A A 16 640 000 A 7,680,000 FIVE DOLLARS
1977 A 03 844 001 * A 04 480 000 * 512,000 1981 A 08 960 001 A A 15 360 000 A 6,400,000
1977 K 11 520 001 A K 14 080 000 A 2,560,000 1981 C (0) 000 001 A C 11 520 000 A 11,520,000
1977 K 02 576 001 * K 03 200 000 * 128,000 1981 D 16 640 001 A D 28 160 000 A 11,520,000
1977 L 14 080 001 A L 19 200 000 A 5,120,000 1981 E 10 240 001 A E 21 760 000 A 11,520,000
1977 L 03 852 001 * L 04 480 000 * 256,000 1981 E 00 008 001 * E 00 640 000 * 384,000
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TEN DOLLARS
1977 A 15 360 001 A A 19 200 000 A 3,840,000 1977A A 71 680 001 B A 8(1 640 000 B 8,960,000
1977 B 46 080 001 B B 53 760 000 B 7,680,000 1977A A 06 416 001 * A 07 040 000 * 128,000
1977A C 64 000 001 B C 79 360 000 B 15,360,000
PRINTED DURING JANUARY 1982 1977A D35 840 001 B D 43 520 000 B 7,681),(100
SERIAL NUMBERS 1977A D 04 496 001 * D 05 120 000 * 128,000
SERIES FROM TO QUANTITY TWENTY DOLLARS
ONE DOLLAR 1981 A 10 240 001 A A 20 480 000 A 10,240,000
1981 C 39 680 001 A C 71 680 000 A 32,000,000 1981 A 00 008 001 * A 00 640 000 * 384,000
1981 E 65 280 001 A E 97 280 000 A 32,000,000 1981 B 35 840 001 A B 52 480 000 A 16,640,000
1981 E 01 280 001 * E 01 920 000 " 640,000 1981 C 00 000 001 A C 10 240 000 A 10,240,000
1981 F69120 001 A F 99 840 000 A 30,720,000 1981 COO 008 001 * C 00 640 000 * 384,000
1981 F 00 000 001 B F 10 240 000 B 10,240,000 1981 D 08 960 001 A D 23 040 000 A 14,080,000
1981 F 00 640 001 * F 01 280 000 * 640,000 1981 E 38400001 A E 47 360 000 A 8,960,000
1981 J 32 000 001 A J 55 040 000 A 23,040,000 1981 L28 160001 A L 38 400 000 A 10,240,000
FIVE DOLLARS FIFTY DOLLARS
1981 B 46 080 001 A B 62 720 000 A 16,640,000 1981 B 00 000 001 A B 08 960 000 A 8,960,000
1981 F 10 240 001 A F 23 040 000 A 12,800,000 1981 BOO 004001 * B 00640000* 512,000
1981 F 00 000 001 F 00 640 000 * 640,000 1981 D 00 000 001 A D 06 400 000 A 6,400,000
1981 G 12 800 001 A G 25 600 000 A 12,800,000 1981 D 00012 001 * D00640000* 256,000
TEN DOLLARS ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
1977A B 11 520 001 F B 30 720 000 F 19,200,000 1977 B 53 760 001 B B 62 720 000 B 8,960,000
1977A B 25 376 001 * B 16 000 000 128,000 1977 D 14 080 001 A D 16 640 000 A 2,560,000
1977A G 83 200 001 C G 97 280 000 C 14,080,00(1
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The Vermont
Glass Factory
1813-1817
and its Notes
by E. BURNELL OVERLOCK, SPMC 78
Page 126
Many collectors of obsolete paper money have owned
or have seen at some time interesting notes issued by the
Vermont Glass Factory, Salisbury, Vermont in various
and unusual denominations. However, it is likely that
these collectors know little about the history of this
factory and the origin of the notes it issued.
The Vermont Glass Factory was established during
the War of 1812 when a cylinder glassworks on the
north shore of Lake Dunmore in the Town of Salisbury,
Vt. was built. The first glass was blown in September,
1813. The company was organized as a stock company
with Samuel Swift as president, Epaphras Jones -
general agent, and Milo Cook as clerk. On August 30,
1813, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft signed an agreement
with the company to be their superintendent and
remained with them until the winter of 1814-15 when he
left to join in the establishment of the Keene Glass
Works in Keene, N.C. Window glass was manufactured
for the most part in Salisbury, and another factory was
erected in East Middlebury, where apparently bottles
and other hollow wares were produced.
The establishment of the glass house in Salisbury
brought a great deal of optimism because of the location
on Lake Dunmore. This body of water got its name from
Lord, Dunmore, who before the Revolutionary War was
governor of Virginia. He owned the land adjoining the
lake and on one of his visits to this area gave the body of
water his name, by which it is still .known. Another
portion of the land adjoining the lake was owned by
Epaphras Jones, and it was Jones who suggested that it
would be a favorable spot to establish a glass factory. To
Mr. Jones goes the honor of being the principal
instrument in the formation of the company.
Mr. Schoolcraft approved of the location of the glass
works around the outlet of the bay because of the
abundance of wood near the lake together with a
plentiful supply of sand on the shore. In addition,
firestone used in the manufacture of glass had been
discovered within ten miles of the works.
Unfortunately, the optimism was short - lived, for in
1814 the company was faced with financial problems.
The same year it was leased by Artimus Nixon and Milo
Cook. In the early part of 1815, the works suffered a fire
but the window glass house was rebuilt and operating in
a few weeks. However, the company failed in 1817 and
the works laid idle for 15 years.
The contract between Schoolcraft and the officials at
the glass works is a rather astonishing document which
sets forth in detail the salary, consideration, and
perrequisited stipulated to be paid him. The contract
was to be for a term of five years and Schoolcraft was
granted a salary of $1,000 per year to be paid in four
quarterly installments of $250 each. This was a huge
salary for those days, and it is reported that Schoolcraft
boasted that it was more than the yearly salary of the
state's governor. BecauEi uf the financial condition of
the new company and the fact that his relationship with
Jones was not the most cordial, he had difficulty in
collecting his vaunted $1,000 salary. It is not known if
Schoolcraft ever received his full payment.
Whole No. 99
For collectors, one of the interesting aspects of the
firm's operations was its issuance of its own bank bills.
These bills were issued in denominations of $1, $1.25,
$1.50, $1.75, $2, $3, and $5. They are approximately 61/2"
by 2" printed on very thin paper in black ink from
copperplate engravings. They were drawn in the form of
a check on the Farmers Bank, Troy, N. Y., and were
payable to the person whose name was written in or to
the bearer on demand. Each denomination was dated
and signed by Samuel Swift, president, and either Ep.
Jones or Milo Cook, clerk. They are of particular
interest because of the glasshouse pictured on some of
them, a rambling wooden building having ventilators
through which the smoke escaped. One can readily see
how quickly such a building could be consumed by
flames, as was so frequently the case.
It is believed that the Vermont Glass Factory was the
first glass factory to put out its own bank currency. The
earliest date of the bills issued was December 1, 1813.
The $1, $2, $3, and $5 bills have at the top a view of the
glass works and the others have a symbolic design
which varies slightly on each one and depicts several
cases of glass with dimensions marked on them, a
shield, and the slogan, "By Manufactures We Thrive".
This slogan is an indication of the emphasis which the
early glasshouses placed upon the support of home
industry.
In 1832, the old glass works of the Vermont Glass
Factory, which had failed in 1817, was reopened as the
Lake Dunmore Glass Works and continued in operation
until the spring of 1842, after which the property was
used for agricultural purposes and then as a resort.
REFERENCES:
New Egland Glass and Glassmaking, by Kenneth M.
Wilson, 1972
American Glass, by George S. and Helen McKearin, 1941
*******.************
International Money
"That dollar silver certificate you have there has been
gathered together from all over the world," said the bank
cashier. "Part of the paper fiber is linen rag from the orient.
"The silk comes from Italy or China. The blue ink is made
from German or Canadian cobalt. The black ink is made from
Niagara Falls acetylene gas smoke and most of the green ink is
green color mixed in white zinc sulphite made in Germany.
"When the treasury seal is printed in red the color comes
from Central America." — New York Sun. (From the
Northwood (N. Dak.) Gleaner, March 10, 1911.)
Submitted by FORREST DANIEL
*******************
•LIBRARY
NOTES
WENDELL WOLKA, P.O. Box 366, Hinsdale, IL 60521.
• •
Paper Money Page 127
WORLD
IGINI
bank notes issued during the 19th century by priva
banks in Malta, with one page devoted to each issue ar,
showing a photograph of one denomination.
STANDARD CATALOGUE OF MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE - BRUNEI COINS & PAPER MONE .
1982, by Steven Tan, available at $8.30 U. S. postpai
sea mail from the publisher, Steven Tan Internationr
Stamp & Coin Agency, G.P.O. Box 2016, Kuala Lumpu
01-02, Malaysia.
Jerry Remick Reports on
New Australia, Malta
& Malaysia Area Catalogues
Three new catalogues covering coins and bank notes
from three different world areas will be useful to
syngraphists. They are:
RENNIK'S AUSTRALIAN COIN AND
BANKNOTE GUIDE, by D. H. Skinner, available at
$20.20 Australian postpaid sea mail from the
publishers, Skinner and Warnes, 59 Sheffield Street,
Melvern, South Australia 5061, Australia.
This is a 298 - page catalogue, printed on glossy paper
7 x 91/2", softbound, fully illustrated.
Australian government - issued bank notes 1910 -
1981 are listed by Michael P. Vort-Ronald. A full page is
devoted to each type note with illustrations of both
sides, historical and technical data, the notes' basic
colors, and size. Various varieties and signature
combinations are catalogued with valuations in four
conditions from fine to uncirculated. Data on serial
numbers is also included for the signature types and
varieties.
MALTA COIN, BANKNOTE AND MEDAL
CATALOGUE (first edition), by Godwin Said,
available at $3.50 U. S. postpaid sea mail from the
publishers, Emmanual Said. 32 Melita Street, P. 0. Box
345, Valletta, Malta.
This is a 103-page catalogue, printed on glossy paper,
5'/2 x 8", softbound, full illustrated in color.
The official paper money issues of the Government of
Malta and the later issues of the Bank of Malta are
covered in detail on 50 pages, with the complete data for
each type note presented on a single page. Malta's
government notes were first issued in 1914. For each
type note the following are given: a colored illustration
of each side, the denomination, date of issue and date on
the note, color, description of the design on both sides,
dimensions, signatures, watermark, printer, date of
demonitization, and valuations in up to three grades
(fine, extra fine and uncirculated) for notes from 1940 on
and in very fine for earlier notes. Where there is a
signature change for a specific type note, the complete
data on the issue with the new signature is given on a
separate page. The basic data are given for five series of
This is a 129-page catalogue printed on glossy paper
6 3A x 10", softbound, illustrated.
The second part of the work lists the paper money of
British North Borneo, Brunei, Malaya, Malaya &
British Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Singapore, and
Straits Settlements. Japanese occupation notes issued
for Burma, Malaya and the Philippines are included.
Private paper money issued in the Malaysia provinces
of Johore and Selangor and the settlement of Sungei
Buloh are also listed. Malaya and Sarawak rubber
export coupons and Malaya formic acid coupons are
detailed on six pages. Three pages are devoted to
Federated Malaya States War Loan Borid certificates.
There are photographs of the front of all type notes and
the size of most is given. Notes are valued in up to six
conditions from very good through uncirculated. Minor
varieties for type notes such as changes in color,
signature, spelling of words or date, as well as
replacement notes, are listed.
Regular Additions:
The Numismatist December, 1981; January, February,
March, 1982
IBNS Journal Volume 20, #2, #3/#4 1981
Essay-Proof Journal Fall, 1981
Virginia Numismatist Volume 17, #6; Volume 18, #1, #2
Rag Picker January/March 1982
Checklist Volume 12, #3/#4
New Additions:
UC60 Shafer, Mort; Musical Notgeld of Germany and
S10 Austria, 9 pp., Illus., Gift of Dwight Musser.
This monograph lists notgeld notes which have
musically related themes. Worth your time.
US80 Reynolds, James S.; Photocopies of Territorial
R10-N10 Nevada 1861-1864 Stock Certificates, 68pp.,
Gift of the author.
This booklet illustrates all known Nevada stock
certificates from 1861 to 1864. Over 140 different
certificates are shown. Very interesting reading!
Page 128
Whole No. 99
MEET THE CANDIDATES For SPMC Board
of Governors
As required by our Constitution, one-third of the
Board of Governors is to be elected each year for a three-
year term. This year we have seven people running for
the five vacancies. So that you may have a little better
idea of each candidate's background, interests, and
ideas, we have put together a thumbnail sketch of each
individual along with his picture.
Elsewhere in this issue you will find your mail ballot.
We strongly urge you to exercise your voting franchise
and return your ballot as soon as possible.
Respectfully Submitted,
Harry Wigington, Chairman
Mart Delger
Peter Huntoon
WALTER ALLAN
present he is actively involved in the preparation of the
Standard Catalogue of U. S. Obsolete Notes with Dr. J.
Haxby. He continues to serve as a judge in many
Canadian and ANA conventions.
MIKE CRABB
Mike is 43 years old, married, and has three children.
His "outside" interests include bowling and contract
bridge.
Mike's paper money interests include U. S. small size
notes, large size star notes, and St. Louis Federal
Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes. Other
related areas of interest include Captain Cook items,
souvenir cards, and U. S. stamps.
Active in paper money organizations for over two
decades, Walter has served on boards of IBNS, CCRT,
Lansa, and as Executive Director (research) of the
Canadian Paper Money Society since 1965. He has won
many awards for displays at local and regional
conventions including ANA and the recent "Interpam
81". He is a member of CNA, CPMS (LM5), ANA
(LM1005), Lansa (LM) and The Essay-Proof Society,
plus regional clubs.
Walter was a major contributor to several revisions of
the Charlton Standard Canadian Coin & Paper Money
Catalogue and has d ,ne considerabie cataloging for
paper money auctions in Canada and the USA. At
Mike is a member of the Memphis Stamp Collectors
Society, IBNS, CPMS, BRNA, TSNS, ANS, American
Revenue Association, Essay-Proof Society, SPMC,
ANA (Life Member), Mississippi Numismatic
Association, PMCM, and the Memphis Coin Club.
He has held the following offices:
Memphis Coin Club: Past President, Vice President
and Treasurer; Current Vice-President and Chairman
of the International Paper Money Show for four years.
Paper Money
ANA: Club Representative for the Memphis Coin
Club Paper Money Collectors of Michigan — Past Board
Member and Vice-President.
Mississippi Numismatic Association: Board Member.
SPMC: Member of the Board of Governors.
C. JOHN FERRERI
John's interests are centered in obsolete New
England currency. His travels in search of these
specimens have brought him in contact with literally
hundreds of collectors and fellow SPMC members in
New England and along the East Coast.
John is currently working on the Connecticut volume
in the Society's Wismer Update Project and has been a
faithful and longtime contributor of articles to Paper
Money.
For the past seven years John has been one of the
work-horses of the Society, serving as our Treasurer and
as a member of the Board of Governors.
Page 129
CHARLES KEMP
Charles Kemp is a lifelong resident of Wyandotte,
Michigan, where he was born in 1942. In 1962, he
received an Associate of Science degree from Henry
Ford Community College and following a two - year
stint in Germany with the U. S. Army, he returned to the
Detroit area and a career as an automotive die design
engineer.
Charles has collected U. S. obsolete notes for some 12
years and is also interested in colonial and Canadian
notes. Recently he has become interested in the field of
check collecting and now devotes most of his time to it.
He is also very interested in banking history and has a
large library of reference books. Over the years he has
researched and written many articles for publications
such as The Nuinistnatist, Paper Money, The Check
List and the Bank Note Reporter.
Charles has been a member of SPMC since 1973 and
also belongs to ANA, VNA, and is currently serving on
the Board of Governors of the Check Collectors Round
Table.
DAVID R. KOBLE
Born in Cumberland, Maryland in 1951, David is
currently living in Aurora, Colorado. He obtained his B.
S. in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State
University in 1974. He served for six years in the Air
Force, first as a Satellite Systems Analyst and later as
an Engineering Project Officer.
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Whole No. 99
David's numismatic interest began in 1959 with coins
and he discovered the fascination of paper money in the
early 1970's. He is currently pursuing that interest by
dealing full time in the major areas of paper, and
specializing in small size. In addition to SPMC, he is
also a member of ANA, ONA, TNA, and PMCM. His
non-numismatic hobbies include snow skiing, cycling
and writing custom computer software for his business
system.
David has been a contributor to the Currency Market
Review and hopes to do much more in the area of
research into the many mysteries of paper money.
STEPHEN R. TAYLOR
He has been a banker since 1947. Steve is a Vice-
President and Branch Administration Director for the
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Delaware's second
largest bank. He is active in a number of community
projects and has been campaign chairman for the Kent
County campaign drives for the United Way and
American Cancer Society. He was recently appointed
by Delaware's Governor DuPont to serve a fourth term
on the State Council on Banking, and is a member of the
Dover Rotary Club and a Board Member of the Dover
YMCA.
Steve became the first Delaware collector to win the
coveted Best-In-Show award at the ANA convention
last August in Houston, Texas, with a display of U. S.
paper money, his speciality. He has been an active
exhibitor for the past four and a half years and has wen
approximately 35 Best-In-Show awards at most major
shows on the East Coast.
Founder of the Kent County Coin Club of Dover which
now numbers over 160 members, Steve has held every
office in the club and currently acts as editor of their
monthly newsletter. He is President of the Milford,
Delaware Stamp and Coin Club, and a member of the
Board of Directors of the Virginia (VNA) and Middle
Atlantic (MANA) Numismatic Associations. A past
Vice-President of the Maryland Numismatic
Association, he holds memberships in 24 U. S. and
Canadian organizations including SPMC, PMCM,
ANA, CCNE, and CCCC. Steve is currently seeking a
spot on the ANA Board of Governors and serves as the
ANA District Representative for the State of Delaware.
He has been on the SPMC Board for the past three years
and is a current Governor of ANA.
JOHN WILSON
A resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, John has been a
Deputy Sheriff for the past ten years.
He and his wife Nancy have exhibited their U. S.
Large Size and Fractional Currency Notes at about 100
coin shows including the ANA. Between 1977 and 1980
they won the Julian Marks Award for best paper money
exhibit at the Central States Numismatic Society
shows. The 1980 award also included the B. Max Mehl
Best-in-Show Award. In 1979, at the ANA in St. Louis,
they won the SPMC Julian Blanchard Award. In
addition, John has missed exhibiting at only one
"Memphis Paper Money" show. He rarely misses local
club meetings and loves to exhibit and talk about his
favorite subject, North American Currency — Colonial
to Present. John has also presented programs at
regional meetings of the SPMC and IBNS as well as at
various coin clubs. In 1981, John and Nancy won the
Elston G. Bradfield .Award for the best article, "U. S.
Postage and Fractional Currency," which appeared in
the Central States Magazine, the Centinel.
John currently holds membership in the ANA, ANS,
IBNS, CSNS, PMCM, CCCC, GSNA, EPS, SCCS,
CCRT, CWTS, TAMS, SAN, NOW, RHS, MNS and
SSCC, being the past president of the MNS and SSCC.
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Paper Money Page 131
Interest
Bearing
Notes Wendell
Your Society will be involved in a number of events
and projects in the coming weeks. We hope that you will
find something of interest and participate. Due to the
large number of activities, I urge you to read over this
issue very carefully so that you won't miss anything.
Without any further ado, join me in taking a look at
what's coming up —
Memphis - SPMC will be hosting a breakfast buffet on
Saturday, June 19 at 7:30 AM in conjunction with the
International Paper Money Show. The cost is $7.50 per
person and ADVANCE RESERVATIONS are
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED! Send your reservation
requests, accompanied by a check made payable to
SPMC, to Mike Crabb, SPMC Breakfast, P. 0. Box
17871, Memphis, TN. 38117. Since the guarantee to the
restaurant may have to be given to the hotel BEFORE
the start of the show, your cooperation in getting all
such requests to Mike by no later than June 11th is
requested. Tickets will be held for you at the SPMC
information table as in past years.
We will also have a membership meeting at 12:30 PM
on Saturday in Memphis. In addition to a program, we
will bring you up to date on the Society's status and field
any questions which you might have.
1982 Souvenir Card - Memphis will also find SPMC
issuing its fourth souvenir card. This year's card is
extremely attractive, being done in red and black on a
die sunk portion of the card, The note design,
incorporating a unique two-color central vignette, is
certainly one of the most beautiful done to date.
Elsewhere in this issue you will find a picture of the card
as well as ordering and pricing information. I
encourage you to participate in this program as it is the
key to our efforts to keep dues as low as possible for as
long as possible. We will continue our policy of
destroying any remaining cards on December 31st of
the issue year. The market's valuation of our previous
cards supports the validity of this practice.
New Book - As this is being written in late March, it
appears that we will have another Wismer Project
obsolete note state catalog ready for sale at Memphis.
The latest edition is Dean Oakes' excellent book on the
state of Iowa. It contains a wealth of information on the
financial history of the state as well as a listing of the
notes themselves. Full details regarding ordering and
pricing information will appear in the next issue of
Paper Money as well as the numismatic press.
Elections - You will also find in this issue your 1981
Board of Governors election ballot. It should be returned
in its special envelope by no later than August 6, 1982,
Elsewhere in this issue you will find information
regarding the candidates. Please exercise your voting
right!
ANA - As of the end of March, we have not yet
received official confirmation of our time slot
assignments from ANA. Since ANA is later this year
than last year, we will be able to give you full details in
the next issue of the magazine and still give you ample
advance notice of about three weeks.
SPMC Slide Programs - The sets of slides for the first
two programs on obsolete fractional scrip notes and U.
S. $1 and $2 types have been completed. The scripts are
still being "massaged", with a target completion date of
mid-June. We'll announce all of the details to you in the
next issue of Paper Money. Other programs will be
prepared and released as finances permit.
Well, that about covers everything. Be sure to check
out the Coming Events Page to see what else is going on.
Be sure to stop by and see us in Memphis and Boston!
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Whole No. 99
1982 SOUVENIR CARDS
.('--)(/// : /(4((f•--//07/////
Established 1858
After the Civil War, the Southern States had asevere shortage of circulating medium. Many municipalities issued
notes to supply their local areas with it means of conducting commerce. The City of Baton Rouge issued the above
note for this purpose. "Baton Rouge - translated to English means "Red Stick". During the Creek Star 1812-14. some
Creek Indians placed sticks painted red in the ground to indicate they wanted war. The center vignette "Red Stick"
was engraved by Luigi Del noce in 1866. The vignette at the right, engraved by Davis, shows a view of the
Louisiana Capital.
SOCIETY OF PAPER MONEY COLLECTORS INC.
,,amcuz.-7N INTERNATIONAL PAPER MONEY CONVENTION
MENIPIIIS, TENNESSEE-JUNE 18-20, 1982
INTAGLIO PRINTED IN RED & BLACK
ONLY 10,000 CARDS PRINTED
SELLING PRICES FOR 1982 SOUVENIR CARDS
Single Card
Multiple Cards
At the 1982 show in Memphis
$4.00
$4.00
Mint by mail from Anderson, S. C. $5.00
$4.50
Postal First Day Cancel by mail
$6.50
$5.50
ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS
All cards are mailed in heavy cardboard mailers by first class mail.
To order MINT C ARDS, send your order with a check payable to SPMC to:
SPMC 1982 Souvenir Card Single cards are $5.50 each
P.O.Box858
Anderson, S. C. 29622 Multiple cards are $4.50 each
To order First-Day-Of-Issue postally cancelled cards (20(r stamp), send your order with a check
payable to SPMC to:
SPMC 1982 Souvenir Card- FDC Single FDC cards are $6.50 each
P.O. Box 366
Hinsdale, Illinois 60521 Multiple FDC cards are $5.50 each
IMPORTANT: ALL FIRST DAY OF ISSUE ORDERS MUST BE RECEIVED IN HINSDALE,
ILLINOIS NO LATER THAN JUNE 14, 1982.
SECRETARY'S
ROBERT AZPIAZU, JR., Secretary
EPOItT
P. 0. Box 1433
Hialeah, FL 33011
Paper Money
Page 133
NO. NEW MEMBERS
6280 Scott H. Vogel, P. 0. Box 100, Henderson, MD. 21640
6281 Jeffrey Sferra, P. 0. Box 23772, San Diego, CA 92123,
C, Gold Certificates.
6282 E. L. Von Stein, 489 Danbury Rd., Wilton, Ct. 06897, C,
Small size currency.
6283 Russell E. Duttweiler, 3220 So. Cove Ct., Maineville,
Oh. 45039, C, Russia, German Notgeld.
6284 Thomas Lingenfelter, Box 389, Lansdale, Pa. 19446, C
& D, Colonial.
6285 John S. Ohm, 4129 Sentous Ave., Apt. 192, W. Covina,
Ca. 91792, C, Confederate & Broken Bank Notes.
6286 Robert P. King Jr., 56 Woodbury St., Keene, N.H.
03431, C, Small Size 1928-66A.
6287 Richard Bradley, P. 0. Box 34851, Bethesda MD.20817
C & D, U. S. Small & Large, Obsoletes.
6288 John F. Strayer, Jr., 316 Ameritrust Bldg., Canton,
Ohio 44702
6289 Del F. Homer, Jr., 3522 Peartree Ct. No. 24, Silver
Springs, MD. 20906, C, Silver Certificates 1928-1957B.
6290 Essie Kashani, P. 0. Box 8374, Rowland Heights, Ca.
91748, D, MPC.
6291 Robert P. Withington, Jr., 18 Addoms Street, Platts-
burgh, N.Y. 12901, C, General Interest.
6292 Albert Hurry, 5008409 Ave., Milan, Ill. 61264, C & D,
Illinois Nationals.
\\N. 6293 Richard Hodapp, 2364 Pattison, Cheyenne, Wy. 82009,
C, Fractional Currency.
6294 Charles Warunek, 20324 Cedar, St. Clair Shrs, Mi.
48080, C, US & Worldwide.
6295 Robert Wilhite, 5534 Cactus Forest, Houston, Tx 77088
C, Souvenir Cards.
6296 Cory Scott, 5850 Allentown Way, Camp Springs, Md .
20748, C, Souvenir Cards.
6297 Jerry Pawlowski, 5818 So. 20th St., Milwaukee, Wi.
53221, C, US Small Size.
6298 Franklin Mint Corp., Information Research Services,
Franklin Center, Pa. 19091
6299 R. M. Smythe & Co., 352 Grand Bldgs., Trafalgar
Square, London WC2N 5HB England, C & D.
6300 Ray Anthony, Box 1801, Big Bear Lake, Ca. 92315
6301 Mike Gibson, 2014 Danley Ct., Flower Mound, Texas
75028, C.
6302 John Fraser, Box 20415, Tallahasse, Fl. 32304, C & D,
Florida Notes Bonds pre-1875.
6303 David Heidenreich, Box 434, Genoa City, Wi. 53128, C,
World Bank Notes.
6304 Lawrence Kinyon, 321 So. 5th #201, Ames, Iowa 50010,
C, Worldwide, Thailand & Indonesia.
6305 James F. Sheehan, Apt. Holly Court East, Pitman,
N.J. 08071, C, Small Size Notes.
6306 Jamie Randol, P. 0. Box 143, Yonkers, N.Y. 10708, C.
6307 Eugene P. Bortz, 344 North Good Hope, Greenville, Pa.
16125, C, Bank Notes, Errors.
6308 Paul Simon, P. 0. Box 305, Fairview, N.J. 07022, C,
Souvenir Cards.
6309 Donald F. Budde Jr., P. 0. Box 27541, Memphis, Tenn.
38127, C, General World & Indonesia.
Change of Address
6014 Robert S. Kincaid, 506 South Maple, Hastings, Ne.
68901.
3767 Christian Blom, 2504 N. Quantico St., Arlington, Va.
22207.
4836 Lawrence A. Smulczenski, P. 0. Box 7693, Austin, Tx.
78712.
3590 Vern Morse, P. 0. Box 2344, Bullhead City, Az.
5672 Frank W. Baldwin, Box 1086, Buffalo, Wy 82834
Correction - Spelling of Name
5842 John M. Snoderly, 3814 Ensign Dr., Chamblee, Ga.
30341.
Deceased
3715 Paul H. Johansen, 3730 Harwick Place, Charlotte,
N.C. 28211
880 Francis C. Keith, 60 South Jenny Lane, Indianapolis,
Ind. 46201.
528 Ralph Goldstone, 581 Boylston St., Boston, Mass 02116
Resignations
5304 Dr. L. Miles Raisig, Route 5 Box 19, Laurinburg, N.C.
28352
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NOTE: In the Jan./Feb. issue of Paper Money Gerald
Goldenberg was erroneously listed as having been
"reinstated." Mr. Goldenberg never lost his good
standing and we apologize for the mistake.
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especially the better notes. Also want older checks with nice
vignettes. Please contact Bob Pyne, 1610 Bennett Road,
Orlando, FL 32803 (99)
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MISSOURI NATIONALS WANTED: collecting north of
the Missouri River, large and small. Have a few duplicates.
Forrest meadows, Route #1, Bethany, MO 64424. (99) 1010111111111, diiii1111011
Paper Money will accept classified advertising from members only on a
basis of 54 per word, with a minimum charge of $1.00. The primary
purpose of the ads is to assist members in exchanging, buying, selling,
or locating specialized material and disposing of duplicates. Copy must
be non-commercial in nature. Copy must be legibly printed or typed,
accompanied by prepayment made payable to the Society of Paper
Money Collectors, and reach the Editor, Barbara R. Mueller, 225 S.
Fischer Ave., Jefferson, WI 53549 by the first of the month preceding the
month of issue (i.e. Dec. 1, 1981 for Jan. 1982 issue). Word count: Name
and address will count as five words. All other words and abbreviations,
figure combinations and initials count as separate. No check copies. 10%
discount for four or more insertions of the same copy. Sample ad and
word count.
WANTED: CONFEDERATE FACSIMILES by Upham for cash or
trade for FRN block letters, $1 SC, U.S. obsolete. John W. Member, 000
Last St., New York, N.Y. 10015.
(22 words: $1: SC: U.S.: FRN counted as one word each)
COLONIAL-CONTINENTAL WANTED — only signa-
tures related to Constitution, Articles, Stamp Act, Declaration
(Newman p. 22). Buy or trade my Southern States, fractional.
Bob Lesnick, 15 Clinton Ct., Monroe, NY 10950. (101)
WANT TO BUY Hoopeston, Illinois National Currency,
charter numbers 2808, 9425, 13744. Write to Mike Fink, 504 E.
McCracken, Hoopeston, IL 60942. (99)
TENNESSEE NATIONALS WANTED for my personal
collection. Especially need first and second charters. Largest
prices paid. Jasper Payne, Box 3093, Knoxville, TN 37917.
(113)
MICHIGAN NATIONALS WANTED for personal
collection. Large and small sizes. Also old Michigan bank post
cards. Write describing material and asking prices. All letters
answered. Richard Hatherley, P. 0. Box 48, Brighton, MI 48116
(101)
WANTED: WOOSTER, OHIO notes, obsolete or Nationals.
Would appreciate description. Will answer all letters. Price and
Xerox appreciated. Ralph Leisy, 616 Westridge Dr., Wooster.
OH 44691 (100)
CHICAGO NATIONALS WANTED by collector. Need
large and small size. Price and Xerox appreciated. Thank you.
Tim Kysivat, 302 N. Stone Ave., LaGrange Park, IL 60525.
(101)
WANTED: SYCAMORE, DEKALB & Malta, Illinois
Nationals. Large and small size needed. Also Sycamore, Ohio
& DeKalb, Texas. Bob Rozycki, Sycamore Coin Gallery, 358 W.
State, Sycamore, IL 60178 (107)
WANT STOCK CERTIFICATES, bonds, sheets, proofs,
obsolete coal items, Jenny Lind. Frank Sprinkle, 304 Barbee
Blvd., Yaupon Beach, Southport, NC 28461 (103)
WANTED: VIRGINIA OBSOLETE notes all types, Bank,
city, county, National, :,trip. Describe notes. Corbett B. Davis,
2604 Westhampton S. W., Roanoke, VA 24015 (105)
MICHIGAN CURRENCY WANTED: Nationals, obsoletes,
scrip, depression, advertising, etc. Have other states available
including nice selection of western checks & drafts. Also stock
certificates, mostly one of a kind. Falater. 118 N. Howell,
Hillsdale, MI 49242. (99)
WANTED: COOK, MUSSER State Bank Trust Company,
Muscatine, Iowa — information, notes, checks. Also old checks
from West Virginia. Dwight Musser, Box 305, Ridge Manor, FL
33525 (103)
I COLLECT ARIZONA and Nevada stock certificates. 602-
885-9685. Jim Reynolds, Box 12324, Tucson, AZ 85732-2324.
(101)
WANTED: AUTOGRAPHS, STOCKS, bonds, checks,
financial paper, broken banknotes. Mark Vardakis, Box 327,
Coventry, RI 02816 (ph. 401-884-5868). (105)
WANTED: CU $1.00 FRN with serial #05041981 or 09221978.
James E. Lund, Route 7, Box 726, Alexandria, MN 56308
(100)
WANTED: ILLINOIS NATIONALS — Carmi, Crossville,
Enfield, Grayville, Norris City, Fairfield, Albion, Omaha, New
Haven. Price and Xerox appreciated. Pete Fulkerson, 59
Montgomery Circle, Carmi, IL 62821 (618) 382-8443 (102)
WANTED: ARKANSAS OBSOLETE notes and scrip, will
buy or trade. If you don't want to sell send me Xerox copies.
Need them for my SPMC book. Matt Rothert, 656 Graham St.,
Camden, AR 71701 (100)
WANT BETTER MINNESOTA Nationals for my collection.
Send description and price. Gary Kruesel, Box 7061, Rochester,
MN 55903 (99)
$2.00 STARS, 1976: Want new packs from all Districts. Call
me last. Will better other offers. 612-721-6832. John T. Martin,
Box 7058, Minneapolis, MN 55407. (103)
WANTED: SIGNATURES ON Nationals: Thomas A.
Sperry, Pres., Cranford, N. J. Bank; Bernhard Beinecke, Pres.,
Hanover Bank, N. Y. Describe and price. Dorothy Bartle,
Curator, The Newark Museum, 49 Washington St., Newark, N.
Y. 07101. Box 540.
ILLINOIS NATIONALS WANTED: Alton, Berwyn,
Champaign, Chicago Heights, Collinsville, DeKalb, Des
Plaines, Dolton, Downers Grove, Harvey, Hinsdale, Rock
Island, Saint Charles, Waukegan, Wheaton, Wilmette, Wood
River. Joe Apelman, Box 283, Covington, LA 70434 (102)
WANTED: WAUSEON, OHIO notes #7091. Also interested
in other northwestern Ohio notes. Lowell Yoder, Box 100,
Holland, OH 43528 (110)
WANTED: TEXAS LARGE Size Nationals in average
circulated condition to gems, when priced right. No laundered
or doctored notes, and no late date signatures. Chas. R.
Craddock, 618 West Parker, Houston, TX 77091 (104)
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WANTED: QUALITY FACSIMILES. Colonial,
Continental, Confederate, Uphams, broken banks. What have
you? B. Etgen, 3600 Whitney Ave., Sacramento, CA ;95821
(100)
I AM ACTIVELY buying Rhode Island colonial, obsolete,
and scrip for my personal collection. Please describe and price.
All conditions considered. Roland Rivet, Box 242, Ashton, RI
02864-0242 (108)
AKRON, OHIO NATIONALS, scrip, obsoletes and checks
wanted. Also, Barberton and Cuyahoga Falls Nationals.
David Halaiko, 2425 Myersville Rd., Akron, OH 44312
(103)
I COLLECT CALIFORNIA, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii and
all other Western stocks, bonds, checks, drafts. Please sell to
me! Ken Prag, Box 531PM, Burlingame, CA 94010 (phone 415-
566-6400). (119)
PRESENT ECONOMY FORCES partial sale of personal
currency collection. Seventy lots including affordable
Nationals. 1914 FRN's, choice obsoletes from Missouri, Wash.,
D.C., Louisiana, South Carolina, souvenir cards, star notes,
more. Satisfaction guaranteed. Send for free list and bid low for
a change! SPMC members only. Kim Stallings, 46-02 74th St.,
Apt. 1-B, Elmhurst, NY 11373 (100)
VACAVILLE, CALIFORNIA NATIONAL needed. Write
or call with description and price. Tom Gettman, 232
Georgetown, Vacaville, CA 95699 (707-446-4902)
MISSOURI CURRENCY WANTED: large size Nationals,
obsolete notes and bank checks from St. Louise, Maplewood,
Clayton, Manchester, Luxemburg, Carondelet and St. Charles.
Ronald Horstman, Route 2, Gerald, MO 630337 (106)
BUYING NATIONALS AND type notes. Particularly need
Nationals from northern and central California for my
personal collection. A few notes for sale as well. Send for a free
price list. William Litt, 656 Junipero Serra Blvd., Stanford, CA
94305 (104)
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PAPER MONEY needs manuscripts on all phases of U. S. and world paper currency on any level above
that of the neophyte, in any length. Articles which contain new information and/or an original
approach to the specialty will be given priority. All are judged on the basis of accuracy of fact, validity of
judgment and usefulness to the reader and the future collector/student. Accepted manuscripts are
published under the magazine's copyright and are received with the understanding that they are not
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and in pencil, not pen.
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interests, awards and achievements.
Illustrations
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illustration. However, black and white unscreened photographs in slightly reduced, same size or
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will appear to minimize double screening. Those sizes must meet Treasury Department regulations.
Illustrations should be identified on the back with a reference number which corresponds to the same
number on the sheet of captions. They should be suitably protected for mailing.
Actual notes and other collectibles should not be sent to the editor without prior arrangement. Authors
are strongly encouraged to have the necessary photographs made under their control. If there is no other
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PAPER SPECIALS
OBSOLETE CURRENCY
$1.City Bk. New Haven, Conn. USUD CU C365 $12.50
$5. Same $ 9.50
$20. Same. Shows Yale Univ. $16.00
$50. Same. Different Scene at Yale $24.50
$5. Commercial Exch. Bk. Ind. 797-61858 CU.
$2.State Bk. Inc. Brookville, 84-61819 R6 VGF $48.00
$5. State of La. Baby Bond CR29 CU $ 3.00
$10. Bk. of Salto., Md. B126 XF 1832 $27.50
$5. Ches. &Ohio Canal, Md. C213 VG $ 4.00
$20. Same. C244 AU $ 8.50
$20. Hagerstown Bk. Md. H75 CU $ 9.50
$1. Susquehanna Bk. Pt. Deposit, Md. GD. $18.00
$10. Susquehanna Bridge & Bk. Unlisted VG $12.50
$5-10. Valley Bk. Md. VG-FEach $ 4.50
204 Mt. Pleasant Apothecary Store, Mass. M508CU $ 8.50
$1. City of Omaha, Neb. C121 Fine $416.00
$1. State Bk New Brunswick, NJ Fine $5.00 XF/AU $ 9.50
$10. Manufacturers Exch. Co. Office in N.Y.
Bristol, Conn. 1814 Very Fine Unlisted $ 9.00
$3. State of N. C. CR125 AU $ 6.00
$5. Franklin Silk Co. Ohio F695 CU $ 8.50
$5. Farmers & Exch. Bk. SC F80 VG $ 3.25
$5. Merchants Bk. SC, Cheraw M130 Fine $ 6.00
$5. Bk. of State of SC, Charleston. Wash. & Franklin
F/VF 1862 $ 6.75
$5. State Bk. of SC. 5508 VG $ 3.25
$10.SameS514 VG $ 3.75
$1. Exchange Bk. Va. E602 XF Pinholes, Richmond $24,00
$5. Same. Similar E610 XF Pinholes. Alexandria $28.50
$20. Same. Similar E661 XF Pinholes, Norfolk $24.00
$5. Va. Treasury Note. GR13 AU $ 5.50
DEPRESSION SCRIP
$10. City of Atlanta, Nov. 1936 CU
$1-5-10 City of Hamtramck, Mich. Series D, 1934.
PC, CU. $4. Each $11.00Set
$1-3, County of Atlantic, NJ. 1933 PC, AU
$1. Township bof Hamilton, NJ. 1936 PC, CU
$1. City of Long Branch, NJ. 1934 PC, AU
25-50-1. City of Pleasantville, NJ, CU $4. Ea. Set
CHECKS, MISC.
Carlisle Deposit Bk. Pa. Cashiers Ck. Amer. Bk. Note Co.
Washington and Eagle. XF 1871 $ 4.00
Columbia & Xenia RR Co. 1927 Train on end,
attractive rust color. PC, AU
$ 2.00
Washington City Canal Lottery Ticker. Probably
1790's XK
$ 8.75
Treasurer of the State of Pa. 1860's. American Bk.
Note Co. Beautifully Engraved, XF, CC
$ 9.95
WANTED TO BUY
Obsolete and National Currency from All States. Please send your
want lists.
ARMAND SHANK, JR.
BOX 233
LUTHERVILLE, MD. 21093
$ 3.75
$ 4.75
$ 3.00
$ 3.00
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1976,416 pages! $ 22.00
UNC.CONTINENTALCURRENCY:
2.May 10,1775 $7, Choice Crisp, UNC $185
3.Nov.29,1775 $3, Gem Crisp, UNC $225
4.Nov.29,1775 $8, Choice Crisp Unc. $175.
5.Feb.I7,1776 $1/2, "Fugio", ChoiceCrisp Unc., dark water
stain on top left corner
6.Feb. 17, 1776
$6,CrispUnc.
7.Feb. 17,1776
$7, Choice Crisp Unc
8. May 9,1776
$5, Choice Crisp Unc. minor aging
9.May 9,1776
$6, Choice Crisp Unc.
10.May 9,1776
$7, Choice Crisp Unc., bright
11. July 22, 1776
$7, Crisp U nc., some aging
12.July 22,1776
17, Choice Crisp Unc.
13.July 22, 1776
$7, Gem Crisp Unc.
14.Nov. 2, 1776
$5, Gem Crisp Unc. superb
15.Nov. 2, 1776
$7,Choice Crisp Unc. near Gem
16.Feb. 26,1777
$7, Crisp Unc.
17. Feb. 26, 1777
$8, Gem Crisp U nc., nice!
18.May 20,1777
$3, Crisp Unc., aged & pinholes
19.May 20,1777
$30, Choice Crisp Unc.
20.Sept. 26, 1778
$30, Gem Crisp Unc., bright
21.Sept. 26,1778
$50, Choice Crisp Unc.
22.Sept. 26, 1778
$60,CrispUnc.
23.Jan. 14,1779
$20,Choice Crisp Unc.
24.Jan.14, 1779
$30,CrispUnc., toned
25.Jan. 14,1779
$45, Gem Crisp Unc., nice
26.Jan. 14,1779
$70, Choice Crisp Unc., RARE
UNCIRCULATED COLONIAL CURRENCY:
CONNECTICUT:
27. June 7, 1776 2s, Gem Crisp Unc., cut cancel $150
28. June 19, 1886 6 pence, Choice crisp Unc., Not Cancelled $185.
29. Oct. 11, 1777 4 pence, Choice Crisp Om:, blue paper, cut cancel, nice! $100
30. Oct. 11, 1777 COMPLETE SET OF FIVE NOTES, 2d, 3d, 4d,
5d, 7d, all Gem Crisp Unc., cut cancel, all for
only $650.
31. March 1, 1780 20s, Gem Crisp Unc., hole cancel $ 65.
32. March 1, 1780 40s, Crisp Unc., small light stain, cut cancel $ 75.
33. June 1, 1780 20s, Gem Crisp Unc., cut cancel, bright $135.
34. July 1, 1780 2s6d, Crisp Unc., some aging, cut cancel $ 75.
35.1799, Hartford &
New Haven
Turnpike 4 pence, Choice Crisp Unc., some aging, RARE $250.
36. 1799, Hartford
& New Haven
Turnpike 6 pence 3 mills Choice Crisp Unc., some aging, RARE .$250.
37. 1799, Hartford
& New Haven
Turnpike 12 cents 5 mills, Choice Crisp Unc., some aging, RARE $250.
38. 1799, Hartford
& New Haven
Turnpike 25 cents, Choice Crisp Unc., some aging, RARE $250
DELAWARE:
39. Jan. 1, 1776
6s, Choice Crisp Unc. corner lightly aged $125.
40. Jan. 1, 1776
10s, Choice Crisp Unc $150.
41. Jan. 1, 1776
20s, Gem Crisp Unc., nice! $200,
MASSACHUSETTS:
42. May 5, 1780 $2, Choice Crisp Unc., hole cancel $ 75.
43. May 5, 1780 $3, Choice Crisp Unc., hole cancel $ 75.
44. May 5, 1780 $8, Gem Crisp Unc., hole cancel $115.
NEW JERSEY:
45. June 22, 1756 1 shilling, Crisp Unc., some age spots $225.
46. Dec. 31, 1763 3 shillings, Choice Crisp Unc $150.
47. Dec. 31, 1763 6 shillings, Gem Crisp Unc, $185.
48. Dec. 31, 1763 12 shillings, Crisp Unc. $ 95.
49. Mar. 25, 1776 12 shillings, Choice Crisp Inc $110.
50. Jan 9, 1781 1 shilling, Gem Crisp Unc., borders cut close as found on entire
issue, RARE $425.
51. Jan. 9, 1781 1 shilling 6 pence, Choice Crisp Unc., as above, some
aging $295
52. Jan 9, 1781 1 shilling 6 pence, Gem Crisp Unc., RARE $425.
NEW YORK
53. Aug. 25, 1774 "Waterworks", Crisp Unc., cornt_c hinge spots $145.
54. Mar. 5, 1776 $1!3, near Gem Crisp Unc., Minor Light Spots $295.
$195.
$165.
$185.
$165.
$185.
$195.
$120.
$165.
$225.
$245.
$195.
$165.
$250.
$125.
275.
$225.
$175.
$150.
$185.
$135.
$245.
$395
JEWISH SIGNER:
81. Benjamin Levy, on Continental, Nov. 2, 1776, $2, Very Good+ $175.
82. Benjamin Levy, on Continental, Nov. 2, 1776, $30, Very Fine+ $295.
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GREATEST OFFERING OF CRISP UNC. NOTES
NORTH CAROLINA:
55. Dec. 1771 2s6d Gem Crisp Unc. super! $450.
56. Dec. 1771 10 shillings, Gem Crisp Unc., jumbo borders $475.
57. Dec. 1771 30 shillings, Choice Crisp Unc., reverse signed $395.
58. Dec. 1771 One Pound, Gem Crisp Unc., jumbo borders $475.
59. Dec. 1771 Strip Of Three Notes, 2s6d, 1L, 10s, Gem Crisp
Unc $1,350.
60. Apr. 2, 1776 $6, Squirrel, Choice Crisp Unc., minor light aging
at top. Very RARE in this condition. Last offered
in 1976, for the specialist $950 .
61. Aug. 8, 1778 $2, Crisp Unc., somewhat aged, scarce note! $495 .
PENNSYLVANIA:
62. Oct. 1, 1773 2 shillings, Choice Crisp Unc., nice! $135.
6:1. Oct. 1, 1773 50 shillings, Choice Crisp Unc., $135.
64. Oct. 25, 1775 2s6d, Choice Crisp Unc
65. Oct. 25, 1775 15 shillings, Gem Crisp Unc
66. Apr. 25, 1776 4 pence, Choice Crisp Unc., top border close $ 75.
67. Apr. 10, 1777 9 pence, Choice Crisp Unc., light hinge spot on rev $$$215800501.
68. Apr. 10, 1777 18 pence, Choice Crisp Unc., jumbo borders
69. Apr. 10, 1777 20s, Crisp Unc., borders close, Red & Black issue
$$15905..
SOUTH CAROLINA:
70. Apr. 10, 1778 2s6d, Gem Crisp Unc., jumbo borders, one pinhole $400.
71. Feb. 8, 1779 $90, Crisp Unc., nice borders, an almost impossible high grade
for this note. Hercules Wrestling A Lion", Not a Gem note but
a good buy at
72. Continental Blue Detector Sheet of Eight Notes, May 20, 1777, $2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 30. A complete pane waiting to be framed and hung in your
office. This scarce sheet shows some aging but is quite
presentable
74. Washington City Canal Lottery, circa: 1792, Choice Crisp Unc $ 70.
73. Providence Great Bridge Lottery, Oct. 30, 1790, Choice Crisp $995. $ 95. 5
RARE COLONIAL LOTTERY TICKETS:
75. Penna., Canal Lottery, Jan. I, 1796, Gem Crisp Unc., a rare item $225.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNED NOTES
76.John Hart, on NJ. Feb. 20, 1776, 15s, Extremely Fine, bold dark brown signature
on a scarce issue date
n$i3ce2s5t.
77.John Hart, on NJ. March 25, 1776, 6s, F/VF, old mounting marks on rev$235.
78.Francis Hopkinson, on PA. March 20, 1771, 20s, Almost Unc., this is the
Hopkinson we've ever seen!!! Bold dark signature. RARE
$980. John Morton, on PA. April 3, 1772, 2s6d, Very Good, nice signature . 212500531.
79.John Morton, on PA. April 3, 1772, 2s6d, G/VG, sewn
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EAGLE & PHOEN IX MFG. CO.
I 1 098), any note.
F; ills & Livingston. any note,
Farmers Bank of Chattahoochee,
any note.
Greenwood & Grimes, any note.
T.M. Hogan. any note.
Insurance Bank, any note.
Livery Stables, any note.
M anufacturers & Mechanics Bank.
02.00. $3.00, S 10.00.
Mobile & Girard H.H., any note.
NI USCOGFIE NI FG. CO. (18931. any
mitt?.
Palace Mills. almost all notes.
Phoenix Bank. any note.
Planters & Mechanics Bank, any nine.
Western Bank of Ga.. (13RANCH).
any note,
COOL. SPRINGS
W III, I S ALLEN (store), any note.
CORDELE
Crisp County Cotton association
(1915). any note.
COVINGTON
Richard Camp, any note.
CUTHBERT
Banking House of John McGunn,
any note.
DAHLONEGAH
Bank of Darien (BRANCH), any note.
Cherokee Bank, any note.
Pigeon Roost NI fining Co any note.
DALTON
Bank of Whitfield. any fractional:
"M A NOUN"! E S:1.00 & 05 Ill.
Cherokee Insurance & Banking. any
Fractional: 52.00, 05.00, 0,10.00..
City Council of Dalton, any note,
especially signed.
Planters Insurance 'trust & Loan Co..
any note. ESPECIALLY SIGNED,
Planters & NI echanics Hank, any
FRACTIONAL.
DARIEN
Bank of Darien, any note.
DECATUR
Scrip, Various issuers. want any note.
DUBLIN
Laurens County, any note.
EATONTON
Bank of t he State of Ga. (Branch).
$50.00. 0100.00.
ELBER'I'ON
Elbert County. any note.
FORSYTHE
County of NI onroe, any note.
NI onroe 11.11. & Banking Co.. I Branch),
any note.
Scrip payable at AGENCY OF THE
Monroe R.R. Bank, any note.
FORT GAINES
Fort Gaines. any note.
FORT VALLEY
Agency Planters Bank (Script, any
note.
GAINESVILLE
City of Gainesville, any note.
GEORGETOWN
John N. Webb. any note.
G BEEN BOROU GO
D.I3. Lanford, any note.
BANK OF THE sTATE OF GA.
(BHA NCH I (RARE) Pay high, any
note.
BANK OF GREENSBOROUG H.
any note.
GREENVILLE
County of NI erriw ether, any note.
GRIFFIN
City Council 01 G riffin, any note.
County of Spaulding, any note.
Exchange Bank, any note.
Interior Bank. any note. Also CON -
TE POR A HY COUNTERFEITS.
Monroe 11.11. & Banking Co.
(Branch). any note.
HAMILTON
Harris County I II Am 11:1'0N NOT ON
NOTES). any note.
HARTWELL
I tart County. am, note.
HAWK INSV ILLE
Agency Planters Bank (Scrip), any
not,
Bank ■,t I lawkinsville, any note.
Pulaski County, any note.
JACKSON
Butts County, any note.
JONESBORO
Clayton County, any note.
JEFFERSONTON
(Scrip), any note.
LA FAYETTE
Western & Atlantic H.R., any note.
LA GRANGE
LaGrange Bank, any note, — DON -r
WANT "RECONSTRUCTIONS -
LC NI PK IN
Stewart County, any note,
MACON
Bank of Macon, any note, especially-
notes payable at Branch in
Bank of Middle Georgia. any note.
BANK OF THE STATE OF GA.
IBRANCHI. (RARE) PAY HIGH,
any note.
BILL OF EXCHANGE (issued from
Charleston, S.C.) any note, especial-
ly signed.
Central H.R. & Banking Co. (Branch).
any note.
City Council of Macon, any note.
City of Macon. any note.
Commercial Bank. any note.
D. Dempsey, any note.
Exchange Bank It $931, any note.
Insurance Bank, any note.
Macon & Brunswick R.R.. x3 00 &
higher.
NIacon & Western K.R any note.
Manufacturers Bank. any Fractional:
010.00.920.00. 050.00, 3I (ROM
The following is my want list of Georgia obsolete currency. I will pay competitive and lair prices for any Georgia notes. I
will buy virtually any Georgia note, so if you have anything Georgia please write, or send for offer, subject of course to your
approval. I also sell duplicates. I am working on a book listing Georgia obsolete currency, and will appreciate any help, d
you have unusual or rare Georgia notes.
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telephone (404) 633-6470
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1963-A (12) 32.75 (12) 35.75 EACH 7 50
1963-B (5) 16.75 (4) 16.75 (Sorry no matching numbers)
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Personally Autographed by Georgia Neese
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1863 $1 Bank of Desoto Cr. New ...35.00
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CANAL BANK, LA Sheet (2): $500.00;
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FLORENCE BANK, OMAHA Sheet (4):
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Add $3 for 1st Class Ins'd. Charge
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The Set (3) Crisp New 600.00
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The last two serial nos. match on all 12 D
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1981 $1.00 F.R. SET
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BUY all three 14.95
MIS-MATCHED ERRORS
1957-B Silver Certificate. The Serial Nos.
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1977-A $5 Federal Reserve. The Serial Nos.
Start with L445 & L455. Crisp New 85.0(1
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BOOKS
THE DESCRIPTIVE REGISTER OF GENUINE BANK NOTES by Gwynne & Day 1862.
168 pp Cloth bound. 1977 reprint by Pennell Publishing Co. $15.00 postpaid.
This book contains descriptions of over 10,000 genuine bank notes from 31 states and terri-
tories plus 24 Canadian banks. It also identifies notes known to have been counterfeited. The
names and locations of over 800 closed banks are included in the supplements. It is believed
that this book was the basis of the famous Wismer Lists published by the ANA 50 years ago. A
must for collectors and researchers of obsolete notes. We bound 10 copies in genuine leather
and interleaved them with plain pages (for your own notes) and offer them subject to prior sale
for $60.00 each.
HODGES' AMERICAN BANK NOTE SAFE-GUARD by Edward M. Hodges 1865. 350 pp
Cloth bound. 1977 reprint by Pennell Publishing Co. $19.50 postpaid.
"HodgeS' " as this book is known, contains descriptions of over 10,000 genuine notes from 30
states, 19 Canadian banks, and the United States notes issued prior to 1865. This 1865 edition
was copyrighted in 1864 and at this time the United States was at war with the Confederate
States. As a result the listing for six Southern states was not included because they were not a
part of the United States. Louisiana was included as in 1864 it was occupied by Union troops
under the infamous General Butler. West Virginia was added to this edition as it seceded from
Virginia and join the Union in 1863. We have added a section from the 1863 edition
(copyrighted in 1862) containing the six states deleted from the 1865 edition making this
reprint the most comprehensive Hodges' ever printed. The format used consists of three rows
of ten notes listed in rectangles on each page. To quote from E.M. Hodges "The SAFEGUARD
is almost indispensable." Collectors will agree with him. We bound 10 copies in genuine leather
and interleaved them with plain paper (for your own notes) and offer them subject to prior sale
for $75.00 each.
THE BANK OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA by Dr. F. Mauldin Lesesne 1970. 221
pp Hand bound. University of South Carolina Press $14.95 postpaid.
The South had many colorful banks prior to the Civil War, but few could compare with the
Bank of the State of South Carolina. From its charter in 1812 until 1881 when its history ended,
it was colorful, controversial, and redeemed its issued notes. The "faith and credit" of the State
of South Carolina was pledged to back this bank. Dr. Lesesne's account of this bank is
interesting reading to both collector of paper money and historical students. Few banks have
such detailed accounts of their life as the Bank of the State of South Carolina. The book is
annotated and has a wonderful bibliography. If you only read one bank history, and should
read this one as it will interest both South Carolinians and non-Carolinians alike. It is just an
excellent story of a very important bank.
PENNELL PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Anderson, South Carolina 29622
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