Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2023 i Banknote Reporter

PAPER MONEY MARKET An amazing number of notes in the Central States auctions. Some notes higher, some notes lower. It seems that Uncirculated notes were hot, but lower grades were just warm with some notes losing value. There was a nice assortment of California Gold notes, but Grades 12 and 10 were down a bit with a San Francisco $5 on Charter 1741 in PMG10 only fetching $2,400, while an Oakland $10 in PMG12 net brought $22,800. $500 and $1,000 Small Size lost ground in grades below uncirculated but rose for Gem notes. Theseserieshadbeenred hot from top to bottom for the last year and a half. Large size notes were strong throughout higher grades, but only fair in lower grades with ups and downs. The scarce Large Size notes were…

Stack’s Bowers August 2023 Global Showcase Auction is shaping up to be an exciting sale, with many treasures set to be offered. One highlight from the sale is a Fr. 118* 1901 $10 Legal Tender Star Note graded Very Fine 20 by PMG. This is an incredible offering for any large size type collector or replacement collector. Track and Price reports just three stars in their census for this Napier – McClung signed variety. This note is a new discovery and has yet to be added to their census. Sometimes called the Buffalo Bill, or more commonly just a Bison note, the central vignette is of Pablo the Bison, who was sold from a ranch in Montana to the National Zoological Park in 1897. Pablo was sketched by Charles Knight,…

We are reaching into the stratospheric Series of 1878 silver certificate denominations with this spectacular $500, It appears that three are reported in private hands. What is so nice about the proofs that I have been using to illustrate the series is that they were prepared with the red under printed tint. As a reminder, these notes were authorized by the Bland-Allison Silver Purchase Act of 1878 and issued against deposits of the silver dollars with the Treasury that were coined under the authority of that act so people didn’t have to lug the coins around. The Series of 1878 silver certificates were not granted legal tender status by the Brand-Allison Act, it being thought superfluous because the notes were redeemable in silver dollars, which were legal tender. However, because…

The Bank of Canada Museum is inviting children to visit a new exhibition that is inspired by questions they have about money. Money in 10 Questions: Kids Edition is a playbased experience that helps children understand money and how to handle it. The exhibit opened to the public on May 25 and includes special activities for families. “We believe an early introduction to financial literacy is essential to a child’s education," says Stacy Wakeford, Director of the Bank of Canada Museum. “Even at a young age, kids can understand economic subjects like compound interest or the value of labour. They are curious and have unique perspectives. Their questions provide insight into how the world works and can spark some great conversations.” In 2020, the Museum asked kids what they wanted…

Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG) will offer on-site grading of bank notes at its Munich office from Sept. 13-16, 2023, and at the MIF Paper Money Fair in the Netherlands from Sept. 19-24, 2023. With on-site grading, PMG provides its full expert and impartial authentication, grading and encapsulation services on location with an extremely fast turnaround time. The September on-site grading events follow PMG’s extremely popular on-site grading in Germany and the Netherlands in April. The event at the MIF also builds upon the partnership between PMG and the MIF that began in June 2022, when PMG was named the exclusive Official Grading Service of the MIF Paper Money Fair. How to submit for Munich on-site grading 1. NGC GmbH paid Collector members and Authorized Dealers are eligible to submit for…

Joseph Bolin, being one of the world’s foremost authorities on counterfeits, has a very sharp eye for detail. He passed along this Urbana, Ohio, 1929 national with the comment that the type used in the bank name was not consistent; specifically, CHAMPAIGN differs from the other words and is a bit bolder. This title block was printed from a Barnhart Brothers & Spindler logotype overprinting plate. The images on those plates were made from film taken of layout work prepared by linotype operators. Once the layout was composed; a print was made from it and a film shot of the print. Repetitive items on the negatives often were recycled. The bank name in this title block is set in the traditional American font used for most 1929 title blocks. The…

An ultra-rare $2 Legal Tender stands out among the dozens of notes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG) in a sale presented by Goldberg Auctioneers. The PMG-certified bank note may complete the Small-size Legal Tender series for one determined collector. Bidding is already underway for The Pre-Long Beach Auction, which will be held June 18-21, 2023. The top rarity in the sale is a 1928B $2 Legal Tender Note graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 89), with an estimate of $100,000 and up. This Smallsize Legal Tender is the key to the series due to its rarity: The PMG Population Report contains only six examples of the 1503* Friedberg catalog number. The auction house states that only 10 examples are known, with this example earning the second-finest grade…

The Society of Paper Money Collectors has just posted four huge EXCEL data sets that you can download and manipulate. They provide a big picture overview of the note-issuing national banks and the national bank notes that those banks issued. See: https://www.spmc.org/nb-nbn-summary-data The information in these tables is exactly what I wish I had at my fingertips when I got into the national bank note game in 1964. 1 – Summary Bank Data (1863-1935, all charters 1-14348) 15,891 entries Organization date if available Charter date Opening date (1901-1909) Closing date with fate if before 1936 Last outstanding circulation Summary corporate history 2 - Bank presidents, cashiers, total bank resources, taxable circulations by year (1863-1935) 337,619 entries 3 - National bank notes issued by bank title (1863-1935) 81, 261 entries Exact…

An exciting pair of Singapore notes with fancy serial numbers were among over 500 notes featured in a Crown Currency auction that is entirely certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG). With notes from nearly 150 countries, Live Auction 18 was held June 13, 2023. The auction included several notes with fancy serial numbers, including a pair of Singapore ND (2020) 2 Dollar notes, each with a Repeater Serial Number and each graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 396). Repeater numbers are ones in which a sequence of numbers is repeated in the serial number. In these two notes, the serial numbers differ only in one of their prefix characters: 7BL256256 and 7BM256256.…

Bank note collectors and enthusiasts have a unique opportunity to acquire rare specimens from the Imperial Bank of Persia in the upcoming World Currency Sale 43 of World Banknote Auctions. These classic rarities, known for their impressive size, original design, and historical significance, are highly sought after by collectors worldwide. The auction presents a chance to own a piece of Iran’s financial history and add a valuable item to one’s bank note collection. IMPERIAL BANK OF PERSIA AND ITS IMPORTANCE Established in 1889 by Baron Julius de Reuter, the Imperial Bank of Persia played a crucial role in Iran’s financial history. The institution was at its core a British company focused on profits. With a royal charter granted in Great Britain, the bank was established to support Iran’s economic development…