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 I only have a couple bills in my collection; this is one. Seems like a Very Fine example. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Cool. Looks like a "wallet piece" . Folded in half, and folded again. Stashed in a wallet as emergency cash. Having a $5 tucked away back then is equivalent to squirreling away a $100 today. The view of the back, with one panel being a shade darker than the other two, likely came from the leather wallet. Everyone likes Woodchoppers.
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Yeah, I love the look and feel of this bill. It's like Norman Rockwell's grandfather designed it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice! There's also a horizontal crease.
This must have been a very difficult note to counterfeit back in the day.
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The horizontal crease must have happened during a trip to the gentleman's club. ;-)
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Pillar of the Community
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Now now, this is a family friendly forum here  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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One wonders what one of those might have been like in the day. I have a mental image of "Can-Can" for some reason.
Any guesses as to what this would grade as?
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Very nice!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Guessing VF-20 or so given the reverse. Tell us how you came to own it!  to the Paper Money Forum! |
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Tell us how you came to own it! I bought this bill from a coin dealer I frequented many years ago. Since I was just a poor paperboy at the time, I probably paid 10-20 bucks for it. That was my "splurge" range. |
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I happen to have a vignette proof of the woodchopper. This is actually titled "The Pioneer".  |
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I like that proof. Don't know much about them, though. How many were made, and how much does an example cost these days?
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Very nice note. And very nice vignette Greg! |
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I like that proof. Don't know much about them, though. How many were made, and how much does an example cost these days? Hard to say how many were printed. In the late 1800s, these vignettes were available for sale to libraries, politicians and art organizations. The BEP also bound them into specimen books as gifts for dignitaries. Individual BEP portraits and vignettes tend to sell for $15 to $30 now, but those found on currency bring more, sometimes up to $100. I've seen the woodchopper sell for $60 recently. These pop up in Heritage auctions fairly regularly. |
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