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New Member
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Hey all, normally I'd assume that something like this is a repro but I found it in a book from the late 1890's so thought I'd ask. My knowledge on paper is nearly zero.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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May be "money" used in a college class on finance.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm going to guess it's a reproduction. A note with the identical serial number sold last year. But it was in Fine condition, and yours looks much nicer.  |
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I assume it's a "training note" - the text around the red seal says the note is "uncurrent except in practical department" - so I think it possible that all of these notes were originally printed with identical serial numbers.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Most excellent news, Super Dude - congratulations!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Excellent!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice result! Referring back to Steve's earlier comment about it having a duplicate serial number; I know nothing about College Currency but does this mean the other note is a reproduction, or for these types of issues are the serial numbers not necessarily unique?
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I managed to find a few more pics for reference since then. I can't speak for all College Notes but this one has the same serial number on every one of them that I've seen. The signatures are always a bit different though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good question. Every $5 National College Bank, New Haven Ct. has serial number 3854 and they're all dated November 15 1873. Here's another.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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OK, thanks Super Dude and Steve!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Odds are that the signatures were affixed by the college students themselves.
A "College of Business" in the 1870s or 1880s would be training students in the science and technology of running a business or bank - i.e. bookkeeping and the like - ill-prepared for higher positions, but better than the apprenticeship model used previously.
Everything old is new again ... for-profit schools are not an invention of the 2000s.
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