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Bedrock of the Community
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One of the Big 7 of our founding fathers. Can you imagine a lunch with him.
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Bedrock of the Community
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He is definitely one of the most interesting historical figures I've had the pleasure to read about. A lunch with him would be fascinating.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Trying to think of what my first question would be.
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03/15/2017 6:54 pm
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Trying to think of what my first question would be. "How did you address the orgy invitations?" Edited by CelticKnot
03/16/2017 02:09 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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 Well done. |
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In an earlier post I said: Quote:
I always liked Ben. I don't see enough of him. Well, when I opened my mailbox today, guess who was in there? My old, and infrequently seen, friend, Ben.  |
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This note was printed when I was in high school. Believe me I didn't see many of them back then.
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Pillar of the Community
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I acquired this note before getting the United States Department of the Treasury Invitation. The new "large portrait" design change was significant. The portrait was enlarged and shifted left of center leaving room for the newly added watermark. The changes also included a two letter prefix to the serial number and the Federal Reserve Letter was removed from the black Fed Seal along with other minor changes. The note pictured below is an example of what the invitees would have been shown at the unveiling of the new currency design. The Chicago $100 star note was printed in early 1998. That cool $100 that YB posted was an example of the old design that was used for many, many years.  Edited by SteveInTampa
03/17/2017 5:22 pm
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This note was printed when I was in high school. Believe me I didn't see many of them back then. Coinfrog, me too. Ike was still President when I was in HS. I doubt if I ever saw a Ben until I was in my middle 20s. SteveinTampa, that is a very interesting piece of history. Thanks for showing it. |
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Stever - Cool, never seen anything like that before. You'd think they could have picked a better specimen!
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Stever - Cool, never seen anything like that before. You'd think they could have picked a better specimen! Thanks. Sorry about the confusion. The note displayed with the invitation is one from my collection and not a specimen used at the unveiling. |
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Tylosaurus in another thread, asked about the future of currency collecting. I can say for myself it is quite active and interesting. I got this $20 series 1928 gold certificate yesterday. The last one with a gold seal actually issued. A little over 66 million issued and there are lots of them available on ebay. I have a $10 of the same type and would love to get a $50, but I will have to save up a lot to one in decent shape.  |
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Nice example, looks VF or perhaps better. I am always amazed how many GC's survived despite the mandated 1933 recall, which was not rescinded for more than 30 years. Basically, every GC we see today was under cover and in private hands during that entire span. Even after these were legalized (though no longer convertible to gold) for ownership in 1964, I never found one in circulation.
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03/18/2017 5:29 pm
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These were part of the BEP display at the ANA Worlds Fair of Money in Anaheim last year.  |
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