Picked up these test notes issued by Thomas de la Rue. I thought that they were nice looking. If they were ever to completely revamp the design on US notes, I hope they would go along this route for the design... perhaps these would've made nice commemoratives - if the Fed Reserve ever went that route. The reverse of these test notes are the same as the front.

Thomas La Rue?

I love them but if they kept them more vintage-ish, a little less dark, I think they'd be awesome.

I cannot help thinking that these look more for the Canadian scene than the American for some reason.

those are awesome ... i cruised around ebay looking for other de la rue test notes and found this ebay auction which features a test note with an awesome design

The current issue of the IBNS Journal (47.1) contains an article on ATM test notes, if anyone is interested.

I just received a De La Rue Giori S.A. Test Note in the mail today. I ordered it because this post sparked my interest in test notes.




I also have a black & white version of the Beethoven test note, a proof obverse specimen of the Shakespeare test note, and a Gutenberg test note. I think I might be hooked on test notes now...

That's a very beautiful Beethoven note you have there. ... It's hard to pass them up sometimes.