• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

ddr70

Member
  • Posts

    184
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    29

Reputation Activity

  1. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Fenntucky Mike in Reconvening the 252 club   
    Very nice! 
  2. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Fenntucky Mike in Rec'd at PMG, the wait begins.   
    Wow! That's disappointing. 
    Was the estimated turnaround 62 days when you submitted, what has customer service said?
  3. Like
    ddr70 got a reaction from Sheik Sheck in Brown Back Collage   
    You're missing the replacements... 
  4. Like
    ddr70 got a reaction from Revenant in One thing I do miss about the NGC side of things as we approach the award cut-offs   
    Try clicking on your set's name, then on the history tab.  The history will list by PMG number all the changes including the score changes.  You may be able to recreate your set from the previous year and record the notes competing at that time.  
  5. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Fenntucky Mike in Disney sets need more collectors   
    Yes, lowball!  
    That should be an easy one to add and not disrupt the current registry structure.
    Fr# is another good one.
  6. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Disney sets need more collectors   
    ddr70,
     
    I think what Revenant is trying to say is...We Rule NBN's!!
  7. Thanks
    ddr70 got a reaction from Fenntucky Mike in Reconvening the 252 club   
    Serial number and seals were printed simultaneously during normal production.  At the end the numbering head was lifted and a few sheets were printed with just the seals (no serial numbers).  These sheets were for any make up sheets  to replace damaged or otherwise unsuitable notes.  The serial numbers for make up sheets were done on separate 'paging' machines, one serial number at a time.  The operator basically eyeballed it and many times they were dead on.  We know this because one diagnostic for the paging machine is any C position note--the C is quite different from the C on the production numbering machines.  The Atlanta note is a replacement, it has just about perfect serial number positioning, but from the non-standard C's, it has to be a replacement.  The other diagnostic is the numbers looked rubber-stamped and tend to be mis-formed a little and sometimes there's ink splatter.
    Some production runs will have a tilt to the serial number, but the diagnostics I show above on the Pittsburgh note stay the same (Right SN 10 mm above seal and line thru center of seals goes thru left side of 4th numeral, 28 mm from bottom of left SN to bottom of right SN).  So you can see on the Pittsburgh note different tilts, right SN too close to seal and line goes through the right side (not left).  I measured 28 mm and 10 mm from a $10 in hand and found HE TREASUR is 10 mm and SECURED BY UNITED STATES BOND (Half of the D) is 28 mm.  So I just use the picture of the note and MS Paint to cut and rotate those elements as my calibrated 'yard-sticks'.  Doesn't matter the size of the Pic, if I cut those elements out of the pic, they represent 10 and 28 mm, respectively.  [NOTE:  you need different elements for $5s and $20s to use as your 'yard sticks']
    So, tilt is an indicator, but a lot of production run notes have a tilt.  The bottoms of the 0s just to the right of the 6 look incomplete and the Ds are less than perfect.  To say it looks rubber stamped, I need the note in hand to best make that call.  I think I see a tiny bit of splatter of ink, but you might see that much splatter on a normal production run note as well.  
    Happy to advise on your NBNs.  Let me know what you have.  Sheik or I can probably tell you what you've got.
    Below, Atlanta is a replacement, Merchantville has the normal Cs which bow inward at the tips.  The Atlanta note is in Sarasota with my Large Pittsburgh (252) note.  They want to come home so badly!


  8. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Reconvening the 252 club   
    Nice read! PMG has been slow! 49 notes? I'd be catatonic waiting that long for so many children to return home. I finally got this 252 back from the same vintage as your Aug. submission. I love the serial number. Also, I added a St. Louie FRBN to my collection for Ebay price of $59! Love that SN score. 
     


  9. Like
    ddr70 got a reaction from Revenant in Rec'd at PMG, the wait begins.   
    The Economy submission went from Rec'd to awaiting grading to grades posted in a few days and the package is close to home, but not yet delivered.  Maybe tomorrow.  I'll likely be scanning this weekend and updating sets.  The Bulk submission which arrived essentially the same day as the economy is still in the Received purgatory.  S no update on the Atlanta Replacement.
    The Connellsville, PA note graded VF 20, so 5 points better than I thought.  No EPQ.  But it has RADAR SN on the labellebal  ;0  Since sending my notes off for grading I picked up my 3rd $10 VB n The Commercial NB of Columbus, OH (2605).  It doesn't have Radar on the label, but check out the bank sheet number!

  10. Like
    ddr70 got a reaction from Fenntucky Mike in I feel I'm going to win (Oh S***! I'm going to win!)   
    Now I want a descending pairs SN :-)  
  11. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in The only $10 VB recorded   
    The wife and I drove in downtown Bryan, TX. Here is a photo of the FNB bank building. 

  12. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Same bank Prez at different banks   
    That is correct apparently. The Brown Back is from Heritage Archives that also has Lawrence Sander's signature. As with the date back, someone sketched in a "v" indicating he was the Vice President. But he was VP on the brown back and date back. I don't have the Kelley reference but I am curious over what time span he was VP to be able to be on a BB and DB. Also are sigs. from his Presidency at Pittsburgh's FNB.

  13. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Back plate numbers shouldn't be reused and t's should be crossed   
    The bp on the Hanover note is 9 if that helps. Is there any documentation anywhere re: the uncrossed t's on the Marietta notes? Or did you pick that out? Good point re: PMG. That's my luck as well, to grade 10,000 $1 notes  I have one or two graded $1 FRN's, I got one because it's the only 68 in my collection. Frankly, I don't see the point of amassing every recent Fr. FRN especially of the $1 ilk. I see some of the collections here and the sheer bulk scares me! They must have kilos and pounds of graded notes. I guess it must be fun for some, just not my cup of tea although I do like Mnuchin's signature. Quite unusual compared to most Treasury Secs. I try to avoid looking at the Bebee collection. Where one note is more valuable than my entire collection and there are hundreds more. It is quite phenomenal. I would guess there is easily 100 million dollars if they ever went to market. On another note, I thought there would be some bargains at auction after the pandemic correction but not really. I saw a few at the recent LK auction but I forgot to bid. Probably why there was so many bargains! People just forgot in between all the Zoom conferencing  
  14. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Back plate numbers shouldn't be reused and t's should be crossed   
    Once again, my compliments to your eyes. Ever thought about being a grader at PMG? I would recommend you. I would like to think I would have noticed the T's not being crossed on your Marietta note, but I can't say with 100% certainty. I always assumed that there were multiple back plates for an issue like the $10 NBN? I presume your evidence is proof of that fact? Or perhaps just the number of the back plate was re-etched? I expect you will find n answer soon and educate us. 
  15. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Revenant in Where has all the action gone, gone to flowers everyone.   
    The 2nd series of designs for the Zimbabwe 1st dollar, issued in the mid-1990s, used an image of some flowers that I think are supposed to be Flame Lilies - the national flower of the country.




  16. Thanks
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Where has all the action gone, gone to flowers everyone.   
    There are 5 large and 15 smalls reported from Sulphur Springs (Bad Air), this is the only SN Uno. 
    There are 21 large and 20 small reported from your Beautiful Air bank. I tried to find out why the town was named Sulphur Springs but nothing much, less why it's not spelled the American way. The town was named Bright Star when it was along the Pony Express. Why they changed it is not clear from Wikipedia. It's not near the oil cities of east Texas where one would expect the pungent smell of sulfur and the biggest employers are the ISD and Walmart (no surprise). Just the type of note I love. Thanks for posting your floral slant on the world. PS I love those BEP issued souvenir cards of the Fr-1179. I wonder how many were printed? 
     
  17. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Where has all the action gone, gone to flowers everyone.   
    I grabbed the very last note of the Pogue auction. I always wanted a SN 1 and from my home State to boot! 
     

  18. Like
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Pi Day has come and gone, but this post on National Bank Notes is here to stay!   
    Very nice sub-type set. I enjoyed reading and looking at your gallery. Keep up the great collecting work. 
  19. Thanks
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Same bank Prez at different banks   
    That is a fantastic set! Thanks for posting the link. I enjoy looking at other collectors nationals. Did you acquire just by visual inspection of the notes to see the 'v.' or 'vice'? Did you do prior research using a database? I would be curious how you were able to spot the notes. Also, I noticed you have a couple of serial number 1 notes. Very nice Catawissa note. I saw a few SN #1's at FUN but didn't pull the trigger. On another note, I noticed that Ch #252 had only C.C. Taylor as the cashier, also with a prominent signature but there was a series of notes that his signature was clearly not the same as other stamped or engraved versions. The attached file shows the commonly seen C.C. on the bottom photo and the mystery C.C. on the note with the regional 'E'. Another mystery!

  20. Thanks
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Ch # 6301   
    Took almost 8 months but I finally found the missing piece for $180 in Lyn Knight's recent auction. 
  21. Thanks
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Seasons Greetings with an appropriate National   
    After a cursory population study in T&P I found with the exception of CH#9, it is possible to put together a single digit charter collection. Most of the 1-9 charters are fairly common although Ch #6 (Syracuse) has only 23 large notes extant (I have been waiting to use that word "extant" for a while). However, there are no reported notes, neither large or small, for the FNB of Dayton (Ch#9). On another note, here is one picked up from Lyn Knight ungraded, after coming back from the grade man. 

  22. Like
    ddr70 got a reaction from Sheik Sheck in Ch # 6301   
    This is for Ch. 6301 which issued series 1902 Red Seals (RS), Date Backs (DB) and Plain Backs (PB) as well as Ty 1 and 2 Small Nationals.  Using Heritage's archives, I've found all RS and DB have A.W. Mellon as President.  W.S. Mitchell was Cashier for all RS and most DBs, but was succeeded by BW Lewis near the end of the DB issues (one example on a $10 DB where BW Lewis signed with AW Mellon, SN 248880 given a $10DB range of SN 1-249000).  In 1921, A.W. Mellon resigned to take the post of U.S. Treasury Secretary.  You'll find both A.W. and R.B. on notes with the regional sort letter, but only R.B. on notes without the geographical sort letter, as geographical sort letters were dropped in 1924. After Aug. 22, 1925, the treasury SN was replaced with a second instance of the bank SN and as expected only Lewis and R.B. Mellon appear as bank officers.
    I've found only one example, a $5 PB, where R.B. Mellon signed the note and a line is engraved on the plate for placement of bank officers' signatures and the plate was a D.  All others have engraved signatures of Lewis and R.B. Mellon and no lines.  Research to date has signatures engraved on $5 PBs starting with Plate A3 and continuing through O4 as the 'highest' plate I've observed.  Early plain back $10s and $20s are found with the signature line and the highest plate 'numbers' observed were DD and J, respectively.  Two PB $10s with TT front plate and a $20 with an N front plate were the highest found.  A bit more research is needed to determine highest plate 'number' for the Mellon NB (someone with track and price could help out here).  So that makes for interesting variants:  a) with engraved signatures and b) older notes without engraved signatures.
    Aldrich-Vreeland Act was enacted in 1908 which allowed banks to back their notes with 'other securities'.  The act expired in 1915, so the backing of notes using other securities than treasury bonds was no longer allowed.    It would appear that in the case of Ch. 6301, Date Backs were issued up until the expiration of Aldrich-Vreeland and new plates and use of Plain Backs began.  All plates used for PBs have 'backed by US bonds deposited with the treasury' as do all red seals; red seal issues must have ended by 1908 with date back picking up the 'other securities' backing language.
    Mellon's charter date, June 3, 1902, appears on all large size notes even though notes were printed in 1925 after the treasury SN was discontinued.  I assume the Mellon NB renewed their charter at the 20 year mark, but even though dozens of plates were engraved, Lyons and Roberts and June 3, 1902 continued to be used.  The Act of July 1, 1922 extended lifetimes of all national banks for 99 years, thereby ending the need for a new series; the Mellon NB must not have had an order for notes for those problematic 28 days in June.  I'm happy to report I'm no longer confused by Ch. 6301!
    In case you are wondering, what are the SN ranges for 6301, here they are:
    $5 RS SN 1-116200; $5 DB SN 1-374995; $5 PB SN 374996-1000000; A1-A363739
    3x$10-$20 RS SN 1-109670; $10 DB 1-249000; $10 PB SN 249001-696905
    $50-$100 RS 1-3070; DB 1-7600
  23. Thanks
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Found at Coin Shop   
    Once again, my compliments to your keen eye. The strip appears on all small FRBNs. As you can see, it is designed to block out the word "President." Whether that was a mistake in the plates, I don't know but it is certainly interesting. Perhaps the engraver mistakenly put "President" instead of "Governor" ?? I don't know but it is certainly interesting. It remind me of the black strip seen on Fr-1225's. Let us know if you find out why!


  24. Confused
    ddr70 reacted to Sheik Sheck in Found at Coin Shop   
    The New York FRBN's shown above have "Deputy Governor" on the left of the note but observe the Dallas FRBN I posted. It still says "Cashier" Was Harris the Deputy Governor of the Dallas Fed or a cashier!!!!!???? You have opened a Pandora's Box!!
  25. Haha
    ddr70 reacted to CaptBrian in Dollars to Donuts   
    I bet it does.  Gonna try in ASAP
    THANX in advance