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Art and engraving on Interest Bearing Notes Banknote Value/series Vignette Vignette information [nb 5] $10 One-year 5% (1864) Peace: $50 Two-year 5% (1864) Caduceus (eng) Alfred Jones (art) John W. Casilear $100 Two-year 5% (1864) Farmer and Mechanic: In the Turret: $1,000 One-year 5% (1863) Justice: $1,000 Two-year 5% (1863) Guerriere and ...
Those are serial numbers, and some are more rare than others. If you happen to have paper money with a unique or interesting serial number, it may be worth much more than face value. In fact ...
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals, and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists , are often characterized as students or collectors of coins , but the discipline also includes the broader study of money and other means of payment used to resolve debts and exchange goods .
US Treasury Department Specimen books, also known as BEP presentation albums, were published by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) from the mid-1860s through the 1910s. Prepared upon request of the United States Secretary of the Treasury , albums were generally presented to Cabinet members , select Members of Congress , diplomats and ...
It is believed that people have been collecting paper money for as long as it has been in use. [citation needed] Notable early collectors include Maberly Phillips (1838-1923), Henry Strakosch (1871-1943), [1] Fred Catling 1873-1947), Arnold Keller (1897-1972) and Albert Pick (1922-2015). [2]
Penguin books in Australia recently had to reprint 7,000 copies of a now-collectible book because one of the recipes called for "salt and freshly ground black people." 9 misprints that are worth a ...
James Stephen George Boggs (January 16, 1955 – January 22, 2017) was an American artist, best known for his hand-drawn depictions of banknotes.Due to his pre-Bitcoin philosophical questions about the value of fiat currency, [2] his early interest in creating his own currency, [3] and his contributions to an "encrypted online currency" as early as 2000, [4] Boggs was described by Artnet as ...
A Guide Book Of United States Paper Money: Complete Source for History, Grading, and Prices by Arthur L. Friedberg (Compiler), Ira S. Friedberg (Compiler), and Q. David Bowers. ISBN 0-7948-1786-6 FRBSF currency exhibit Archived 2006-01-26 at the Wayback Machine