Obsolete - Kathairon Bank Adertising Note

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dcv Valued Member United States 142 Posts	Posted 05/27/2008 02:10 am I have this note in pretty good shape. I have researched it on the Internet and have found a few exmples of other variations of this note, but only one example of this particular note. It was in the Heritage Auction archives, if fairly horrible condition and sold for $115. I am more involved in coins than paper. I know that in coins, a particular coin in AU condition can sell for several times as much as the same coin in a poor grade. Is this true of currency too? I like the note and I will probably keep it. I just wonder what some of you think it might be worth or if you even have any idea. Edited by dcv 06/08/2008 1:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff

KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 05/27/2008 02:19 am It's possible you didn't include the full URL between the tags, so here it is: Is this a real note? It almost looks like Edward Gorey drew it. Edited by KurtS 05/27/2008 02:23 am Report this Post to the Staff
dcv Valued Member United States 142 Posts	Posted 05/27/2008 03:22 am I had never heard of Edward Gorey, but I just checked his work you and you just may be right! The only reason I know that it is a real (or a copy of a real) note is because of the identical one I saw on Heritage. Oddly enough, The Bank of Canada Online Museum pictured a couple other variations of the Kathairon note with similar but different graphics. This bill has been in the possession of my family since about 1965 when my mother inherited it. It was tucked in a box of Victorian trade cards so I have always thought it to be genuine. If it is a copy, It is a very old one. Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 05/27/2008 03:29 am Sorry...I'm not suggesting the note is a copy. Only that Gorey popularized this period of art so well that the style seems almost contemporary to a Gorey fan like me. Report this Post to the Staff
dcv Valued Member United States 142 Posts	Posted 05/27/2008 6:03 pm I never thought you were implying is was a copy, nor would I be offended if you were. For all I know it may be. I am just clueless in paper money issues and I have no idea what I have. I have heard people refer to it as scrip or advertising currency, but I know that this, and other types of advertising currency were, in their time, legal tender. I guess I would just like t stumble across someone who has a Kathairon or has at least heard of it. I do know that the Kathairon Hair Tonic bottles are a lot more familiar to bottle collectors than the notes are to note collectors. Report this Post to the Staff
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