Dog Vignettes

DanCong · December 1, 2015 8:18AM

I did not want to hijack the other thread, so I created a new one. I know this was a popular vignette.

Not sure if there already is a thread on this, but we always stand to see a few more pictures

Here is an American Banknote proof of a dog vignette and a stock certificate with that famous dog.

Steve_in_Tampa · December 1, 2015 5:42PM

TheGrandRapidian · December 1, 2015 9:37PM

I have all the notes from this issue except a nice quality $5 which is a stunning note. Here is the $1 dog

MAM0912 · December 1, 2015 11:43PM

A variation of the dog with key and chest

numbersman · December 1, 2015 11:48PM

A bit tough to see but the hound's face is in the lower central vignette.

TheRock · December 2, 2015 12:01AM

Here are a few.

Check this one out. It's the only one I know of where it's a puppy and "Not" a grown adult dog but I may be wrong.

cinch · December 2, 2015 1:38AM

Love the vignette on that Bank of Michigan note!

Detail:

CurrenSee · February 9, 2016 12:52PM

DanCong · February 12, 2016 6:29AM

MR CurrenSee - you get the you suck award for winning that after I forgot to bid on it. That is a great example and a fantastic price

bonkrood · February 12, 2016 10:25AM

Tookybandit · February 12, 2016 10:38AM

I think this is a dog underneath the table.

Tookybandit · February 12, 2016 11:23AM

I just realized I have this doggy too!

techwriter · February 13, 2016 3:39AM

Not the "famous" dog but a few dogs.

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gsalex · February 13, 2016 3:40AM

What a great thread! Really like the images posted so far. I happened to be thumbing through the American Bank Note Paper Money Collection of intaglio reprints and was surprised to find five obsoletes that showed dogs!

gsalex · February 13, 2016 3:45AM

The dog on the Commercial Bank note reminded me of another vignette, so I dug through my railroad stocks and found a couple more.

DanCong · February 13, 2016 5:56AM

from an elk's lodge note

gsalex · February 16, 2016 2:34PM

How did I forget this one? I wish the stock wasn't written on, but it's still a striking vignette. I removed the visual distractions on the close-up.

TigerTrader · February 16, 2016 10:25PM

Originally posted by: DanCong

from an elk's lodge note

I have never seen these before... Those are some pretty awesome backs!

DanCong · March 21, 2016 9:10AM

Recent eBay wins, first an American Banknote vignette cut

The seller lists the items this was used on as:

El Banco De Trujillo, Peru, 50 Centavos, Face

El Banco De Trujillo, Peru, 5 Soles, Face

El Banco De Espana, Spain, 1000 Oesetas, Back

American Legion Of Honor, Benefit, 1881

Warrant Of The City Of Memphis, Tennessee, $2

Trader's Bank, St. Louis, Missouri, Check

none of which I currently have, but would be nice to find

and a nice train stock certificate, with a dog vignette at bottom

gsalex · March 23, 2016 3:22AM

Dan, I recognized the first vignette from the American Bank Note Archive Series, Vol 1 (1987). The "Animal Kingdom" panel also features a dog portrait at the bottom, which we've seen in earlier posts.

This got me wondering about dogs featured on other panels in the ABN series. I have all six portfolios so I went digging. There are actually a great many, but I'll only post the most prominent dogs here. They also appear in a number of banknote vignettes as members of rural families and companions to frontiersmen.

ABN repeated the Animal Kingdom theme in most of the portfolios. In 1988, this panel included "Dog and Treasury," engraved in 1874 by James Smillie for ABN. It appears on a 50 peso note from El Banco Mexicano in Chihuahua.

On the 1989 panel, you'll find "Hound's Head," engraved in 1866 by Henry Beckwith, also for ABN. It appears on the back of a 5 peso Argentina note from El Banco Provincial de Santa Fe in 1874, and in 1872 on the back of a 10 soles note from El Banco National del Peru in Lima.

The nicest thematic panel of the series, though, is from 1992, entitled "Man's Best Friend." It features eight engravings specifically of dogs. Many of these appear on stocks, bonds and banknotes. Rather than typing it all out, I'll post the information sheet that accompanies the panel.

I can post close-ups of these, if you like. The most interesting one is in the center, an action scene of a dog rescuing a toddler from drowning in the creek -- it's titled "Saved."

Andres · March 23, 2016 9:18AM

but nothing beats the real one

Tookybandit · March 23, 2016 9:46AM

What a cutie

DanCong · March 23, 2016 12:16PM

thanks for posting the sheet and the reference to where they were used. I'll have to look for those. These cuts I have gotten are probably from the archive sale, but I am not sure of the age.

gsalex · April 13, 2016 3:00PM

Dan, I found one more for your thread. From another railroad stock certificate. This little Scottie was perched above the T.

Dog Vignettes

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