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I agree, that $5 is an exceptional piece. Very nice acquisition!

Nice note mackwork!

I purchased similar note for my collection today, has a few more folds than your but still a nice addition!

Nice vignette , is that a humble Columbus soaking up the praise of his crew after the discovery of America ?

I just got this off ebay last night.

Thanks. At least at the moment I am trying to only buy higher grade stuff with good paper quality to start off my collection. From watching prices on various auctions I think I did pretty well on this one. I wouldn't mind picking up some lesser quality notes for framing between 2 panes of glass as display pieces. Anyway I think I am off to a good start.

Not the greatest pictures of mine.....

1899 Black Eagle $1 silver certificate:





Traders Bank of Richmond, VA - circa 1860. Vignette of slave picking cotton at left. Portrait of bank president at center. Young woman reclines by spinning wheel at right. The reverse on these is blank.

Traders Bank notes are actually restrikes. Shortly before the civil war the bank ordered these to be printed for them by the American Bank Note Company. The plates were made and ordered, but with the civil war started ABNC (in the north) decided it could not supply the notes to a southern bank, and they were never printed. In the 1960s or 70s the plate was sold by the ABNC. The buyer had an old time printer make prints from the original plate with a screw press. These restrikes are easily available at a low price ($5 for my $20 note). I thought the history was interesting and worth $5 to have one.

Last week's acquisitions.....




My favorite design. Someone in the past had tried to disguise some of the folds with a pen, thus the apparent rating, but it's barely noticeable, plus it made the lower price a bit easier to justify to myself!