Today's Haul From The 2025 Baystate Coin Show

All right, I went to this year's show specifically hoping to find either a Series 1914 $50 Federal Reserve Note (Red Seal) or a Series 1914 $100 Federal Reserve Note (Red Seal). And I didn't find either one. I did, however, manage to blow my entire budget anyway on a bunch of other notes...

First up is a Series 1886 $5 Silver Certificate (a.k.a "Morgan Back) that I bought as an upgrade to one I bought at the same show a few years back (and which the dealer took back in trade for the same I amount I bought it from him):




For reference, this is the one I traded in:




Next is a Series 1918 Federal Reserve Bank Note from New York. I already have a nice $1 and $2 FRBN from this series (both from Boston) and hope to eventually find a $10 and a $20 (from any bank):




Finally, I discovered a brand new (to me, at least) series to collect -- the Series 1902 National Currency Notes, which are available in both red and blue seals. I managed to snag both a red and blue seal $5 note, a red and blue seal $10 note, and just a blue seal $20. Note that, although this is referred to as the "Series 1902," the actual dates on the notes apparently reflect the date the banks in question were chartered. Also, keep in mind that I am purely a type note collector, so I do not plan to try collecting notes from every possible bank. On with the show: