Heading Down In The Mines

It's easy to see the appeal. I would think currency collectors would cross over to those.

Love those vignettes.

Very nice selection!

That old air hammer drill is also seen on the NFLD $2 banknote...

Very interesting.

Here are a couple Mexican match-ups...

Here's a fun one from Ahmeek Mining, with a beaver vignette!

This thread needs a bump and fortunately a really nice mining stock arrived today. This is a 1919 cert for the Verde Combination Copper Company; their mines were close to Jerome, AZ. The stock certificate was produced by Republic Bank Note, a predecessor of U.S. Banknote Corp.

This is quite a detailed vignette when you study it, from the dog and donkey to the piece of bread the miner is holding. They even added some depth by extending his foot beyond the frame. And another reason I picked it up was because it shares the same vignette as an early souvenir card issued at the 1966 SIPEX show.

I rediscovered some wonderful reprints yesterday in the "Opening of the West" series. This was a 1978 series of 10 booklets on various subjects of the early West, from lumberjacks and railroads to buffalo hunters and the Indian nations. It was a collaboration between American Bank Note Co, which supplied original engravings, and Time/Life Books, which compiled the historical text.

There were a number of stocks and banknotes reprinted for the series from the original plates and noted on the backs. Some of the originals are quite rare, so I'm grateful these were made available to collectors.