Paper Money - Vol. LXII - No. 6 - Whole #348 - Nov/Dec 2023

official journal of The Society of Paper Money Collectors Neil Shafer 1933-2023 America?s Oldest and Most Accomplished Rare Coin Auctioneer 1550 Scenic Ave., Suite 150, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 ? 949.253.0916 470 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022 ? 212.582.2580 ? NYC@stacksbowers.com 84 State St. (at 22 Merchants Row), Boston, MA 02109 ? 617.843.8343 ? Boston@StacksBowers.com 1735 Market St. (18th & JFK Blvd.), Philadelphia, PA 19103 ? 267.609.1804 ? Philly@StacksBowers.com Info@StacksBowers.com ? StacksBowers.com California ? New York ? Boston ? Philadelphia ? New Hampshire ? Oklahoma ? Virginia Hong Kong ? Paris ? Vancouver SBG PM Nov2023 HLs 231101 LEGENDARY COLLECTIONS | LEGENDARY RESULTS | A LEGENDARY AUCTION FIRM Featured Highlights from the STACK?S BOWERS GALLERIES November 2023 U.S. Currency Showcase Auction Auction: November 14-17, 2023 ? Costa Mesa, CA Expo Lot Viewing: November 7-10, 2023 ? Baltimore, MD Contact Us for More Information Today! West Coast: 800.458.4646 ? East Coast: 800.566.2580 ? Info@StacksBowers.com Fr. 658. Tucson, Arizona. $20 1902 Plain Back. The Tucson NB. Charter #11159. PMG Very Fine 25. Fr. 2221-G. 1934 $5000 Federal Reserve Note. Chicago. PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45. Fr. 268. 1896 $5 Silver Certificate. PCGS Banknote Superb Gem Uncirculated 68 PPQ. Fr. 2231-C. 1934 $10,000 Federal Reserve Note. Philadelphia. PMG Choice Extremely Fine 45. CC-9. Continental Currency. May 10, 1775. $20. PMG Choice About Uncirculated 58 EPQH. CC-21. Continental Currency. February 17, 1776. $1/2. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. Fr. 248. 1896 $2 Silver Certificate. PCGS Banknote Superb Gem Uncirculated 67 PPQ. Fr. 121m. 1901 $10 Legal Tender Mule Note. PCGS Banknote Superb Gem Uncirculated 67 PPQ. Plattsburgh, New York. Iron Bank. Haxby 2230-UNL1aP. 18xx $1. Proof. PMG Uncirculated 62. From the Caine Collection. a_oM_om            W?????&??????????? ??? ^??????? ?????????>????d?????????????????K???????D????? 32%R[6DQ$QWRQLR7;SLHUUHIULFNH#EX\YLQWDJHPRQH\FRPZZZEX\YLQWDJHPRQH\FRP $QGPDQ\PRUH&6$8QLRQDQG2EVROHWH%DQN1RWHV IRU VDOH UDQJLQJ IURPWRILYHILJXUHV 391 2% Consols of 1930--Peter Huntoon 399 Taxing non-Federal Currency Out of Existence--Peter Huntoon 404 How the 1914 San Francisco #1 Red Seals were Sold--Allen Mincho 405 Daniel Webster Valentine--Benny Bolin & Jerry Fochtman 411 Paper Money of the Sefton Internment Camp--Steve Feller 418 The White House & Treasury Talk Autographs--Lee Lofthus 422 The SPMC National Bank Lookup Website 427 The Story of Normans Bridge, AL--Bill Gunther & Charles Derby 432 Gutter Fold Errors on Fractional Currency--Richard Merlau & Rick Melamed 439 Oakland, CA Series 1883-94 Postal Note History--Bob Laub 441 The "Real" Rhett Butler--Tony Chibbaro SPMC.org * Paper Money * Nov/Dec 2023 * Whole No. 348 386 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 Hank Bieciuk Joseph Boling F.C.C. Boyd Michael Crabb Forrest Daniel Martin Delger William Donlon Roger Durand C. John Ferreri Milt Friedberg Robert Friedberg Len Glazer Nathan Gold Nathan Goldstein James Haxby John Herzog Gene Hessler John Hickman William Higgins Ruth Hill Peter Huntoon Glenn Jackson Don Kelly Lyn Knight Chet Krause Allen Mincho Clifford Mishler Barbara Mueller Judith Murphy Dean Oakes Chuck O?Donnell Roy Pennell Albert Pick Fred Reed Matt Rothert John Rowe III Herb & Martha Schingoethe Hugh Shull Glenn Smedley Raphael Thian Daniel Valentine Louis Van Belkum George Wait D.C. Wismer From Your President Editor Sez New Members Uncoupled Quartermaster Small Notes Chump Change Cherry Picker Corner Obsolete Corner Columns Robert Vandevender 388 Benny Bolin 389 Frank Clark 390 Joe Boling & Fred Schwan 445 Michael McNeil 449 Jamie Yakes 451 Loren Gatch 452 Robert Calderman 453 Robert Gill 455 Stacks Bowers Galleries IFC Pierre Fricke 386 PCGS-C 398 Fred Bart 415 FCCB 416 Higgins Museum 416 World BankNote Auctions 417 Lyn Knight 421 Bob Laub 440 Chemicograph Book 448 Greysheet 448 ANA 457 DBR Currency 457 Tom Denly 457 PCDA 458 Heritage Auctions OBC Fred Schwan Neil Shafer SPMC.org * Paper Money * Nov/Dec 2023 * Whole No. 348 387 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 APPOINTEES PUBLISHER-EDITOR Benny Bolin smcbb@sbcglobal.net ADVERTISING MANAGER Wendell Wolka purduenut@aol.com Megan Reginnitter mreginnitter@iowafirm.com LIBRARIAN Jeff Brueggeman MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Frank Clark frank_clark@yahoo.com IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Shawn Hewitt WISMER BOOk PROJECT COORDINATOR Pierre Fricke From Your President Robert Vandevender II 2IILFHUV $SSRLQWHHV (/(&7('2)),&(56 35(6,'(17?6KDZQ+HZLWW VKDZQ#VKDZQKHZLWWFRP 9,&(35(6,'(17? 5 EHUW9DQGHYHQGHU,, UYSDSHUPDQ#DROFRP 6(&5(7$5