Paper Money - Vol. LX - No. 5 - Whole #335 - Sep/Oct 2021


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Table of Contents

The End of Silver Certificates--Peter Huntoon

William Fraser White--Charles Derby

Plate Letter Placement Glitches--Doug Murray and Peter Huntoon

Color Watermarks from Domtar--Roland Rollins

William D. Nutt--Nick Bruyer

Robert Dowd: Currency as Art--Rick Melamed

The Numismatic Side of the Siege of Mafeking--Steve Feller

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January 2022 Contact Us Today About Consigning to an Upcoming Paper Money Auction West Coast 800.458.4646 East Coast 800.566.2580 Consign@StacksBowers.com www.StacksBowers.com a_oM_om            W?????&??????????? ??? ^??????? ?????????>????d?????????????????K???????D????? 32%R[6DQ$QWRQLR7;SLHUUHIULFNH#EX\YLQWDJHPRQH\FRPZZZEX\YLQWDJHPRQH\FRP $QGPDQ\PRUH&6$8QLRQDQG2EVROHWH%DQN1RWHV IRU VDOH UDQJLQJ IURPWRILYHILJXUHV 341 The End of Silver Certificates?Peter Huntoon William Fraser White?Charles Derby Plate Letter Placement Glitches?Doug Murray & Peter Huntoon William D. Nutt?Nick Bruyer The Numismatic Side of the Siege of Mafeking?Steve Feller Color Watermarks from Domtar?Roland Rollins SPMCAwards Robert Dowd; Currency as Art?Rick Melamed 356 364 328 350 352 372 396 Paper Money * Sep/Oct 2021 * Whole No. 335 321 Contents, Advertisers, Hall of Fame Columns Advertisers SPMC Hall of Fame The SPMC Hall of Fame recognizes and honors those individuals who have made a lasting contribution to the society over the span of many years.? Charles Affleck Walter Allan Doug Ball Joseph Boling F.C.C. Boyd Michael Crabb Forrest Daniel Martin Delger William Donlon Roger Durand C. 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Knight PCGS Richard Whitmire Jim Ehrhardt Denly's DBR Currency 379 Fred Bart FCCB ANA Higgins Museum Bob Laub PCDA Heritage Auctions OBC 379 Fred Schwan Neil Shafer Paper Money * Sep/Oct 2021 * Whole No. 335 322 Officers & Appointees ELECTED OFFICERS PRESIDENT Robert Vandevender II rvpaperman@aol.com VICE-PRES/SEC'Y Robert Calderman gacoins@earthlink.net TREASURER Robert Moon robertmoon@aol.com BOARD OF GOVERNORS Mark Anderson mbamba@aol.com Robert Calderman gacoins@earthlink.net Gary Dobbins g.dobbins@sbcglobal.net Matt Drais stockpicker12@aol.com Mark Drengson markd@step1software.com Pierre Fricke aaaaaaaaaaaapierrefricke@buyvintagemoney.com Loren Gatch lgatch@uco.edu William Litt Billlitt@aol.com J. 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