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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That note is awesome! And a $5 to boot, they seeme to be circulated more,harder to get in nice grades..My hometown bank,that I collect, issued some 10/20 red seal sheets, however there is not one that is known, I'm still looking!!!...those look to be stamped signatures, hard to tell from your pics'......One nice,rare note! Keep it safe!!!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Indeed, NBNs were not hand-signed by this point (1902-1908).
The NBN universe is almost beyond comprehension when it comes to valuation; local interest completely rules except for higher-grade type notes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Correct the Plainbacks were issued in far greater numbers than the Datebacks. Congrats on your purchase  Yours does look to have stamped signatures. However the statement that all NBN's were not hand signed by this point is incorrect. It really depended on what the bank officers decided to do. Some opted to hand sign notes, others used stamped signature or for large banks where the first two would be impractical, they could have their signatures printed. Here's an earlier Red Seal $5 same bank with "live" signatures http://currency.ha.com/itm/national...tion-071515#-MV Edited by MeadowviewCollector
06/17/2016 7:23 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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MVC - you are absolutely correct on this and I apologize for my mis-statement. I have examples myself. Apparently Mssrs. Cook and Brayton finally threw in the towel. Great research on your part.  Edited by Coinfrog
06/18/2016 5:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No need to apologize.
The two probably thought it a novel idea to personally sign the notes in the beginning. Eventually, they likely realized that hand signing each note was too time consuming and switched to stamped signatures.
-MV
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Interestingly, the Heritage write-ups referenced above by Steve and yourself mention that Brayton was an uncle of the notorious Lizzie Borden.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Coincidentally, there is another $5 1902 Red Seal on ebay currently but from a different Fall River, MA bank (The Metacomet NB). It's in a PCGS 64PQ holder and worth looking at to see how lenient the graders are on NBNSs when it comes to the margins. ( ebay 121601766631) Edited by Coinfrog
06/19/2016 5:22 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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12851 Posts |
Wow. A truly impressive note.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
It's kinda my favorite note right now, and I keep it propped up on my desk to look at along with its Blue Seal cousin.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sweet! After reading the title of your post, I was expecting to see something like this:
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12851 Posts |
Well, me too, really. But what a treat instead.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Thanks all. At the rate I'm going, my large-size type set should take no more than 150 years.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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ha... If yours is going to take 150 years, mine will take, oh, somewhere close to infinity.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Coinfrog, NICE notes indeed!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Thanks! As an afterthought, check the serial number on that Blue Seal $5 just above - 995,161! No wonder hand signatures gave way to stamping!
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