Currency T22 & T31

[JOHN42768]

A couple of new additions to my small collection for your opinion / enjoyment

 

[Bur Oak]

Always liked the Southern Bank Note Company notes. Since these are among the few intaglio printed CSA notes, they represent some of the finest and most attractive notes in the series.

 

[Bur Oak]

Not the best images, but here are the other two SBNC notes.

T15

T19

 

[Pollaco]

Concerning the T19 in the post just before this one. There seems to be but 1 cancellation "hole". Weren't 2 holes normally cut into the note when it was cancelled?

 

[Bur Oak]

Concerning the T19 in the post just before this one. There seems to be but 1 cancellation "hole". Weren't 2 holes normally cut into the note when it was cancelled?

No. With the large Hole Out Cancels, one hole was standard. One such hole was evidently considered sufficient to adequately deface the note. The Cut Out Cancels at the bottoms of notes, as on the T15 above, were always in pairs, as the intent was to remove (at least part of) the signatures.

 

[bobinwmass]

Beautiful notes! I often wish I'd never the sold the collection I put together years ago. I got up to 66 of the 72 types, many in extra fine to uncirculated condition. I often bought directly from Grover Criswell during the 1980's and early 90's, before selling them to fund my house. I did well on them, but can't believe how much more the nicer quality notes are now commanding. I enjoyed seeing these.

 

[JOHN42768]

I wish i had bought these in the '80-'90's

 

[Bur Oak]

Beautiful notes! I often wish I'd never the sold the collection I put together years ago. I got up to 66 of the 72 types, many in extra fine to uncirculated condition. I often bought directly from Grover Criswell during the 1980's and early 90's, before selling them to fund my house. I did well on them, but can't believe how much more the nicer quality notes are now commanding. I enjoyed seeing these.

66 of 72! I'm assuming the 64 note "short set" plus two others. Just out of curiosity, what were the other two you had?

 

[bobinwmass]

66 of 72! I'm assuming the 64 note "short set" plus two others. Just out of curiosity, what were the other two you had?

I wish I had kept photos and descriptions of everything like I do now, but it was an era before digital record keeping. I only had one note from the first series and remember it had a train, think it was likely T-5. Not great condition, but was happy to find it. Can't remember what the other one was I was missing. While I would look for the best condition I could find, some of the scarcer ones from the subsequent series were well used, dirty, and with many creases because I could just never come up with a better example. But I did love the notes with the green and orange overprints.

 

[Bur Oak]

I wish I had kept photos and descriptions of everything like I do now, but it was an era before digital record keeping. I only had one note from the first series and remember it had a train, think it was likely T-5. Not great condition, but was happy to find it. Can't remember what the other one was I was missing. While I would look for the best condition I could find, some of the scarcer ones from the subsequent series were well used, dirty, and with many creases because I could just never come up with a better example. But I did love the notes with the green and orange overprints.

The T-5 was a train note, as was the scarcer T-3 Montgomery. The T-5 is considered part of the 64 note "short set." Those not included are the T-1 through T-4, the T-27 and T-35, as well as the bogus ("enigmatic") notes formerly called T-47 and T-48. You said you had 66 type notes, and I was curious, if it included a couple from the "big six" or the other two, which ones were you able to acquire? Those are pretty tough.

Things were definitely different back then, before everyone had a computer and a scanner or digital camera. Collecting was more of a challenge, as one had to rely on what a dealer or shop might have had in inventory, or what might be found at a show. Now, with computers and the Internet, one has ready access to many dealer websites as well as online auctions like eBay, Heritage and others. Coming up with a "better example" is a bit easier, though it sometimes opens up competition for those choice notes. Over the years, wider access has enabled me to put together a collection I'm pretty proud of. Not the best in the world, but not insignificant, especially for someone with limited resources.

 

[bobinwmass]

The T-5 was a train note, as was the scarcer T-3 Montgomery. The T-5 is considered part of the 64 note "short set." Those not included are the T-1 through T-4, the T-27 and T-35, as well as the bogus ("enigmatic") notes formerly called T-47 and T-48. You said you had 66 type notes, and I was curious, if it included a couple from the "big six" or the other two, which ones were you able to acquire? Those are pretty tough.

Things were definitely different back then, before everyone had a computer and a scanner or digital camera. Collecting was more of a challenge, as one had to rely on what a dealer or shop might have had in inventory, or what might be found at a show. Now, with computers and the Internet, one has ready access to many dealer websites as well as online auctions like eBay, Heritage and others. Coming up with a "better example" is a bit easier, though it sometimes opens up competition for those choice notes. Over the years, wider access has enabled me to put together a collection I'm pretty proud of. Not the best in the world, but reasonably significant, especially for someone with limited resources.

Looking through a list of the note types, I believe I did have a T27. It was the worst looking note in my collection, dirty, limp as a rag, and missing a corner. After 30 years, I can't recall the others exactly. Criswell was often rather expensive to purchase from, but he did often have items that others didn't have, and if you're looking to fill holes in a collection, you often don't have many options.

 

[Bur Oak]

Looking through a list of the note types, I believe I did have a T27. It was the worst looking note in my collection, dirty, limp as a rag, and missing a corner. After 30 years, I can't recall the others exactly. Criswell was often rather expensive to purchase from, but he did often have items that others didn't have, and if you're looking to fill holes in a collection, you often don't have many options.

I believe most surviving T-27s are in rough shape. As one of, if not THE rarest CSA type note, even a rag would be a prize. Fricke lists them as "very rare" in conditions as high (high?) as Fine. Even low grade and impaired, they are close to mid four figures today.

 

[Bur Oak]

Concerning the T19 in the post just before this one. There seems to be but 1 cancellation "hole". Weren't 2 holes normally cut into the note when it was cancelled?

No. With the large Hole Out Cancels, one hole was standard. One such hole was evidently considered sufficient to adequately deface the note. The Cut Out Cancels at the bottoms of notes, as on the T15 above, were always in pairs, as the intent was to remove (at least part of) the signatures.

I need to correct myself.

I evidently never paid adequate attention to all the notes I've seen with large hole out cancels. The only ones I've owned were rare notes with single holes. However, since Polloco's question, I've noticed a number of notes on eBay with pairs of large hole cancels, and realized I was responsible for some misinformation.

Obviously, both single and paired holes were used.