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I guess some weekend when I have some spare time I'll look into those San Miguel. The $100 is the only FRN with a profile image of Franklin, and although these are still available, they are getting a bit harder to find without major problems (this one has one pinhole on the margin). And yes, the large size FRNs had some of the best designs the BEP has ever produced!

Hmm...you can probably see all of them in this thread! I should put them together someplace though, any suggestions?

I just got these two in the mail today to complete my large size FRN type set:

The Fedex man brought this one yesterday, finally a keeper after 3 coins that arrived loose and damaged. The marks in the photo are on the plastic lens, not on the coin.

Thanks for the kind words. The Fr. # is the Friedberg number, from the Friedbergs' book on currency. Every US note has one, and it's an easy way to identify the notes and whether it might be a rare variety. Signature combinations are less important on modern notes, since all the same series have the same signature combinations (i.e. all series 2003 $1 FRNs have Marin and Snow, etc.). On earlier issues, the signatures could change even though the series remained the same, such as the series 1899 $1 silver cert, which were actually issued into the teens I believe. Coin World's Paper Money Values has a neat resource for getting Friedberg numbers here: Coin World's Paper Money Values. This will not help much with the rarity of the notes, so for that I generally look at the PMG population reports or the Heritage auction archives. Hope this helps!

I got a 1956-D cent yesterday.

Well the black eagle is an FR. 228, which I think it pretty common but still an interesting signature combination. The 1880 Legal Tender is an FR. 30, also a pretty common one but any note that old is just plain cool! The 1917 is an FR. 36 and the 1923 is an FR. 40. The 1923 silver cert is an FR. 237, a very common signature combo. All told, an awesome set of $1 notes!

1910 cent.

I picked this one up at a local show today:

I picked this up at a local show today, the toning looks a lot nicer than my pictures!

I got a 1954 dime today at lunch.

I looked through a bunch of halves last week and although I found no silver, I did find a cruddy 1986-S proof and a 1917 British Large Penny.

Sold Art a 2005 Sac $ and he paid super fast! A real gentleman and a pleasure to do business with!

Well it wasn't the mailman, but the fedex guy brought this yesterday:

It's a common mistake really, but don't worry I'll take very good care of them!

The mailman was good to me yesterday:

Just remember those old school finishes were meant to circulate, but not this one! I hope the proof one looks nice too. As for the capsules, this one was the same, the top was loose when it arrived, but the coin was still in place, the only harm was the mess of little blue fibers from the velvet case getting in the capsule which detracted from the look of the coin (in fact I thought it was all scratched up until I cleaned out the fibers!). Now I can't wait to see what they did with Morgan's dollar reverse.

This is the new San Francisco Old Mint commemorative, so this is a legitimate half eagle (0.24187 oz. pure gold), same composition as from 1840-1929. The reverse is taken from the Longacre design in use when the earthquake struck in 1906. The silver dollar commem has the reverse of the Morgan dollar (last used in 1904). I am still waiting for the proof half eagle and the two silver dollars (scheduled on 12/15).

The mailman was good to me yesterday (picking up where the Fedex guy couldn't seem to accomplish):

I bought this one from Lost Dutchman a while back and sent it in to PMG with a free submission coupon I won, and I found out today it is being sent back to me graded 64 EPQ, which I think it pretty darn good!

Well George, I did the Portland ANA in 2004 in two days, but I was rather focused on what I was looking for. I'm sure if you narrow your focus you will have plenty of time. By the way, I checked out your "measly" collection, and the first thing I saw was a nice half eagle and eagle, then a proof walker, then a nearly complete set of Peace dollars...if that's measly, you must be aiming for an Eliasburg sort of collection!

The reverse of the $5 is just a very intricate design. The text on the right side tells basically that it is legal tender, and also the prison terms for counterfeiting. Deadpoint, I wouldn't be too discouraged, after all Baltimore will likely be a huge show compared to my local 15-dealer show, so you might have much better luck finding nice notes at good prices. The $1 series 1918 and the 1907 woodchopper are more expensive notes, so you may want to look at the series 1914 Federal Reserve notes as they are really plentiful and inexpensive. Dave, I love the reverse of the 20-peso! I haven't been to Mexico since 1992, but when I was down then in Cancun, it seemed like the Banco de Mexico was printing pesos faster than anyone could spend them (hmm... maybe that's what led to the currency crisis in 1994?). I saved a 2,000, a 5,000 and 10,000 peso notes from that trip, all crisp unc that I got from a bank I think when exchanging dollars.

Thanks guys! The $10 was an upgrade for the one I have that's taped. The $5 I needed for type as well as the $1. That one has a nice reverse, but the one I really want is the 1918 $2, but even if I found one today I probably wouldn't have had enough money for it! That one has a battleship on the back, one of the coolest designs for large size notes in my opinion.

I picked up these three at a local show today:

I picked this one up today at a local show, it was cheap!