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Years ago I heard of a part time dealer acquaintance who purchased a piece of plate money, well outside of his area of expertise I think, at a show simply because he always wanted to own one. While c… (View Post)

In the pre-Federal currency days, all of the notes on a particular printed sheet carried the same serial number. In order to distinguish the individual notes the position of each note on the sheet in… (View Post)

D +1. The situation changed over time, but at most points after the late 1890s, as a practical matter you probably would have been able to "change" (not technically a redemption) your SC fo… (View Post)

The 1969 10 Lirot BU and proofs were struck at the US San Francisco mint except for those with a small K (for Kretschmer) under the helmet which were made at Jerusalem. Israel used a number of mints … (View Post)

I think that this is generally true unless one specializes in an area/bank and has a competitor doing the same. For instance, for small sized notes on the MO side of the STL area I have pursued one o… (View Post)