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I have been looking at this word now for about an hour and doing a lot of Google searches. I question whether this word is "salty" even though it seems logical to be so.  Notice that there is another letter in that brown smudge that looks like a second "L". Did the person just spell salty wrong? Look closely and you will see it plain as day. I think this is a key word to figuring out about this note just as the long/lat that takes it to the area close to the Marshall Islands. This is an area that we well know saw a LOT of action post WWII what with Operation Crossroads and such. |
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That smudge appears to be an ink burp from a fountain pen. That usually happens right when the pen runs out of ink. For the style of pen this writer would have been using, he would have had to lift the pen, pull out the little lever on the side of the pen, and release more ink to the nib, and push the lever back down. The "y" and the cross of the "t" were written afterwards.
I'm not entirely convinced with the suggestion that the coordinates have something to do with Pacific Island battles. That particular designation also corresponds to the International Date line. Theoretically, if you crossed that point diagonally, moving southwest, you would go from summer today, into winter tomorrow, or vice versa. That would have been a big deal to a bunch of young guys back then.
Now, a flight path from Hawaii to the Phillipines, to a base, for example, would account for 2 flight crews, and come very near that spot.
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The "y" and the cross of the "t" were written afterwards. I made that connection too since the "T" and "Y" are of a darker ink and it looks as though the "T" was spliced on to the tail of the other letter and it leans more to the right also indicating it was an afterthought. I first thought it could have been added at a later time, but you ink burp might be a more logical thought. |
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Okay, I am probably going to sound like a complete idiot here, but I am seeing something completely different from either of you..... I see the Sal.... but the next letter looks more like an "e" or an "i" to me..... after that, maybe an "h", an "r" or an "n"..... the "y" gives me trouble as well, but then, I have never attempted to discern handwriting before..... looks like a doctor may have been practicing writing prescriptions (in attempts to be as illegible as possible).
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The 'burp' is actually the base fluid the ink solid was dissolved in. To make the cross on the "t", and the "y", the writer started with the cross on the t, moving from left to right, smudged the burp slightly, and formed the y.
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I had thought about the anti-meridian being the international date line, but had honestly forgot that the equator separates seasons as well, that of course would be a huge thing for any generation. My operation crossroad's reference was me thinking that it could have been something post WWII, but the fact that the note is a Hawaii Silver Cert leads me to believe it would be something at least close to that time period. But of course we will probably never know  |
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I doubt we will know for sure... But, it's great fun to try to figure it all out!  I'd definitely rather be doing this than trying to decipher what a certain drunken French surveyor was babbling about in New Orleans 192 years ago, or packing for my upcoming move... (Mind you, a good part of the day will be spent packing) |
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I enjoy trying to read this bill also I have done everything to read it so far. I am going to be taking it into a specialist here sometime this month.
Again thank you everyone.
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Things like this are just so cool, to me. I mean, the history associated with something like this, just blows my mind.
I can't really help with any of the signatures, but I just wanted to say what a way cool note that is. If it could talk, boy the stories it could tell!
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That is why I collect coins mainly and old paper money. My questions the coins and paper money WHO TOUCHED YOU, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, and WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN.
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B.S./M.S. Forensic Anthro, B.A. Classical History, B.A. Linguistics, Ph. D. in Literature, and professional certification in Forensic Document Examination. Just curious what school did you get your Ph. D. from? |
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Xinfantry4id - I'm with you. Which is why I cannot get excited about NCLT, which you probably call NIFC - what is the point of that - only to separate the gullible from their money. We see a lot of "Short Snorters" written on Australian notes, and each one has a story to tell.
Peter in Oz
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Nick,
New College, in San Francisco. My other degrees were from UNM, and SFSU.
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