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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No pinhole cancel!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4692 Posts |
Well, I hit "upload image" and nothing happens.
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Moderator
 United States
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Clicking upload image brings up another window. Be sure you allow popup windows for CCF.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Moderator
United States
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 nice bill. You could probably use the image optimizer to help trim away the blank space at the top of your image. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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That is very cool. Those were mainly intended for money transfers between banks, correct?
It would be fun (and somewhat terrifying) to go to a mortgage closing with a few of those.
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Pillar of the Community
Korea, Republic Of
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Amazing note and mind-boggling high denomination!
I believe these are not legal tender now, right?
Edited by Matteproof
06/13/2014 11:12 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They are not legal tender. All surviving notes were thrown out the window of the treasury department during a fire in 1933 or 1934. The people on the street scooped them up, thinking that they hit the jackpot during the great depression. Many survivors have water and/or burn marks due to the fire. The number estimated to have survived varies, but is under 100 examples. Most have pin-hole cancels, this one does not and is rare in that regards. Quite a remarkable history.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks for the history, jimbucks. That is indeed a remarkable history.
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New Member
United States
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Jim, I know most of these were canceled. Just asking, I know some notes were repaired to cover the holes. But PMG did not mention this; so it's one of the rarer ones.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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From my research, the ones without pinhole cancels, such as this one -- but it does have a red cancel mark on the obverse -- were from receiving banks in Canada. This particular one was back cancelled from the Bank of Montreal. Interesting.  |
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