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Canadian Notes => Show and Tell => Topic started by: Dean on December 18, 2020, 08:45:22 pm

Title: Banknotes with a story...post yours here too!
Post by: Dean on December 18, 2020, 08:45:22 pm
Hi,

I have always liked banknotes that tell a story or offer a snapshot into where it might have been.
Teller stamped notes offer this as do notes with handwriting on them.

Here is an example of a story book note; On May 23rd, 1950, somebody named Ralph and another person named Betty autographed this note.  Who were they? What were they thinking when they signed this note?  Are they still alive?

And yes, it’s an Osbourne Towers note! ???

Share your story book notes here!
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Post by: Dean on December 18, 2020, 08:47:07 pm
This note was acquired at face value from the bank...
I wonder who owned the red Chevette?
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Post by: Dean on December 21, 2020, 06:46:40 pm
I acquired this note today from a bank.
Somebody loved the Payolas...and got their autographs on this one dollar note!  ???
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Post by: Dean on January 08, 2021, 01:09:19 am
Here is a ratty old $2 note with someone’s initials on it...I wonder who Y.A. was?...
I like that the person wrote the date on the back.  The note provides a snapshot in time...
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Post by: Dean on January 08, 2021, 01:11:25 am
Somebody used this $1 note as a day planner... :D
I hope they didn’t forget to go to work on July 23rd 1988!
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Post by: Dean on January 08, 2021, 01:13:50 am
This note was signed “from Leon” on December 6th 1987.  It looks like it was glued to a page or in a frame.  I wonder why it was removed?
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Post by: Dean on January 08, 2021, 01:20:21 am
This is a short snorter from 1946-47 started by John H Tucker.
It is a tradition for people flying together or fighting together to sign a dollar bill as a bond of friendship.  Each person in the group has their note signed by everyone else and then carries it in their wallet.
The person then must, upon request from his friends at a social gathering, produce the note as proof of friendship.  If he fails to do so, then the forgetful one must buy a round of drinks for the group.
(A short snort is slang for a shot of spirits).
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Post by: Seth on January 09, 2021, 12:34:03 pm
When I was about six, I found the right half of five 1973 $1 notes in my dad's desk drawer. I asked him about it and he said his friend had the other half of each note. Their plan was if either of them became strapped for cash and needs the other half, then the other would give them over. I thought that was a crazy plan even at that young age!
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Post by: walktothewater on January 10, 2021, 04:50:06 pm
Here's a link to the Banknote Den which has many interesting articles (some with stories) about various world notes. 
http://banknoteden.com/articles.html (http://banknoteden.com/articles.html)
Here is an interesting article on the aboriginal art featured on the Canadian $20
http://banknoteden.com/TMFOM/Canada.html (http://banknoteden.com/TMFOM/Canada.html)
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Post by: Dean on January 13, 2021, 09:34:12 pm
God Save The Queen...
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Post by: Dean on January 13, 2021, 09:36:40 pm
This replacement note has been ruined by a teller's stamp (as most collectors would think).
But to me, it represents a neat snapshot in time...This note passed through the hands of a bank teller on August 12th, 1980.
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Post by: Dean on May 15, 2021, 02:52:10 pm
I often see banknotes that double as note paper...
Back in the day, a teller couldn’t find a piece of paper to write on, so he or she used a banknote!  Of course, this destroys all future numismatic value of said note...

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Post by: walktothewater on May 16, 2021, 08:44:00 am
Yes, I often see (even) today's polymer notes with #'s on them (not that they're as easy to write on as the rag/cloth banknotes.  They must have been somebody's addition/subtraction notepad.  Always makes me wonder what was bought/sold or discussed -with all those numbers on 'em.
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Post by: Dean on June 17, 2021, 07:36:19 am
Here are a couple of notes that lived hard lives.

The 1954 $1 is extensively worn but what makes it interesting is that it has a date written on it; 3-23-73 or March 23 1973 and it has a lot of wallet trauma.  Perhaps this note was somebody’s lucky dollar?  I also know that some people carry a dollar bill to represent their “last dollar” and it means that they will never be truly penniless.  There is also the tradition of giving a token amount of money with a new wallet.

The second 1954 $1 was used as note paper.  A teller must have counted out 78 notes in the pile and wrote it down.

The 1954 $2 has lived a very hard life; it is heavily soiled but I wonder how it survived being sent back…Maybe it too was somebody’s “lucky” money.
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Post by: shrek999 on June 17, 2021, 09:16:52 pm
No stories to tell and just wanted to say I enjoy your posts and all the finds
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Post by: Dean on June 25, 2021, 08:36:43 pm
This beaten up $1 came into my possession today in a group of notes.

The inscription “Laura +?” Is visible on the bottom margin.

I wonder who “Laura” was and who she was thinking about at the time.

Perhaps it was a young girl who scribbled on her lunch money in the cafeteria at school…
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Post by: Dean on September 02, 2021, 11:42:57 pm
This 1937 $20 has a dated teller stamp of January 6th 1956.  I wonder what was happening on that day?  And it is amazing to think that this note was in circulation after the 1954 modified notes were released!
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Post by: Dean on September 21, 2021, 07:30:43 pm
I purchased this 1900 shinplaster for my collection because somebody had written “New Years 1920” on the back of it.

I wonder why someone would have written on this note over 100 years ago…Perhaps it was given to someone on New Years day and they kept it as a souvenir.  Who knows?  If only these notes could talk…

Dean
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Post by: moneycow on September 22, 2021, 03:29:04 pm
I find handwriting extremely detracting to a notes appearance and I would never purchase one because of that...however you have given me pause to re-think my stance. Your note is certainly an acceptable exception to my rule.  Nice one.
Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Seth on September 26, 2021, 12:12:46 pm
I purchased this 1900 shinplaster for my collection because somebody had written “New Years 1920” on the back of it.

I wonder why someone would have written on this note over 100 years ago…Perhaps it was given to someone on New Years day and they kept it as a souvenir.  Who knows?  If only these notes could talk…

Dean

Nice. New Year's 1920 was a happy time. After WWI and the Spanish Flu pandemic, people were looking forward to a new decade. The War Measures Act that had been invoked for WWI was still in place and was set to expire at midnight. Here are a couple of ads from the December 31, 1919 Vancouver Province on what that shinplaster might have bought:
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Post by: Dean on September 28, 2021, 09:23:50 pm
Nice. New Year's 1920 was a happy time. After WWI and the Spanish Flu pandemic, people were looking forward to a new decade. The War Measures Act that had been invoked for WWI was still in place and was set to expire at midnight. Here are a couple of ads from the December 31, 1919 Vancouver Province on what that shinplaster might have bought:

Those are cool newspaper clippings!

New Year's 1920...Over 100 years ago.  My great Grandfather came to Canada in November 1918--just after the armistice--The 1900 dated shinplaster was in general circulation at that time!  It's amazing to look at it and how long it has survived.

I am just a custodian of history...
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Post by: Dean on October 20, 2021, 09:45:28 pm
I purchased this 1937 $5 note…it has the names of three member of the same family written in nice cursive writing around the margins on the back of the note.

Joseph Lemire, Noella Lemire and Alfred Lemire.

Judging by the Coyne-Towers signatures on the note, it was printed anywhere between 1950-1954.
It may have remained in circulation until the late 1950s or early 1960s…or even later…who knows?

The Lemire surname seems to be fairly common…I wonder who these people were?

This is why defaced notes are so fascinating to me.

Enjoy!
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Post by: Dean on October 25, 2021, 07:25:36 pm
I found an autographed journey $10 and its consecutively numbered partner note in the mutilated pile at one of my banks today!

I was really surprised to find it, and saddened that somebody probably deposited a collection which is why these notes got crinkled up…. 😫

But, I am happy to have saved from the shredder this note signed by former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Gordon Thiessen!

It will be a highlight of my collection.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on November 15, 2021, 05:24:48 pm
I got these roughed up $1 notes from one of my banks today.
They could be “friendship notes” that are torn in half, with each person keeping their half until reunited with their friend.

Or, they could be just plain old worn out notes that should have been returned for shredding.  In any case,  the one note clearly shows the damage that adhesive tape can cause to a note.

Maybe Seth has an opinion about these notes…

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on November 15, 2021, 08:21:00 pm
I purchased this amazing note for my collection and I was very excited to receive it today!

It is an impaired 1935 English $1 note that has a small stain and a small cut in the top margin.

However, it bears the inscription: “David Evans Mch 13, 1935”.

To history buffs, this note was autographed by this person only two days after the official opening of the Bank of Canada!. This note must have been one of the first Bank of Canada notes ever released into circulation…

This note is a jewel in my collection…I wonder who David Evans was?

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on January 25, 2022, 05:17:00 pm
January 26th 2022:
Another year, another shinplaster with interesting manuscript!

I purchased this 1900 Dominion shinplaster that has “Apple Hill Nov 11 1923” written on the back.

According to Google, Apple Hill is a small hamlet in the township of North Glengarry, Ontario.

It is neat to see a 1900 series shinplaster dated 1923; at the same time, the “new” 1923 shinplasters were being issued to replace the 1900 design.

It is also neat to think that someone signed this note on Remembrance Day 1923 perhaps in memory of a loved one lost in the Great War. 

If only these notes could talk…

Enjoy!

Dean
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Post by: Dean on March 16, 2022, 11:39:51 am
March 16th 2022.

I received these notes in a banknote pickup from one of my regular banks.

This 1937 $10 has a "paid" stamp on it.  I wonder what the note was used to pay?  $10 was a lot of money in the late 1940s-early 1950s (Judging by the signatures on the note).

Also included in this lot were three 1954 modified notes; they all have manuscript that indicates that these notes were given as birthday money to someone (presumably a kid) in January 1973.  One of the $2s is torn at the corner and I think it might have been glued into an album for some time. 

The fact that these notes ended up being deposited to the bank after being treasured keepsakes for so long is sad.  It just goes to show you that while your collection might mean the world to you, it's "just money" to 99% of people on the planet and after you pass away, your beneficiaries will probably do the same thing to your collection unless explicit instructions are left to have the collection appraised before selling.

Enjoy the pictures,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on April 09, 2022, 02:28:00 pm
A rough life...

I got this note in a bank note pickup today.  It has lived a rough life; it's more like tissue paper than banknote paper but in a way, I find that interesting. 

It was in the mutilated banknote pile, but why wasn't it culled decades ago?  From the Lawson-Bouey signatures, this is a very late 1954 $2 printed between March of 1973 when Lawson was appointed as Senior Deputy Governor and August of 1975, when the multicolour $2 was released.

To find this note in 2022 even in such bad shape could have been because the note was kept for sentimental purposes; there's no reason to keep it otherwise.

Does anybody else have any thoughts on this note?

Enjoy!

Dean
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Post by: Dean on June 04, 2022, 09:17:24 am
Date stamped 1954 devil’s face $1

I purchased this note as part of a lot of devil’s face $1s.  The seller told me that he did not like teller stamped notes.  It’s funny that the best condition note in the lot is the one with the stamp on it…Sept 9, 1954…toward the end of Graham Towers’ tenure as Governor of the Bank of Canada.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on June 21, 2022, 09:26:47 pm
I bought this note for my collection and it arrived in the mail today.

It’s a 1954 devil’s face $10, well worn and missing a couple of planchettes.  Normally, I would pass on a note like this but I saw that it had a teller stamp on it.

It reads: For deposit to the credit of the T. Eaton Co.

Now if only I could figure out who the stamped signature belongs to…

This note is a relic of a time when most transactions were done in cash and for big companies like Eaton’s, there must have been daily deposits of millions of dollars in cash.

Most collectors turn their backs on stamped notes or notes that have manuscript.  I think that they are cool because they capture an instant in the life of a banknote.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on November 12, 2022, 02:26:08 pm
I recently picked up this 1974 $2 from a bank.  It seems to have Inuit writing on the back, with the name Peter Paniloo written in English on the top border.

A simple Google search reveals that Peter Paniloo was the son of Joseph Idlout, one of the Inuit hunters portrayed on the back of the note! (Second from right).

I wonder who owned this note...Was Peter Paniloo the one who wrote his own name on the note or maybe one of his friends, relatives or acquaintances wrote on it?

https://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/2020/10/the-story-behind-the-engraving/

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Post by: Just Bank Notes on November 13, 2022, 04:14:34 pm
Your autographed $2 note is an interesting find.

About 20 years ago I bought a similar note signed by Peter Paniloo in Inukitut, the Inuit language.  It is in a plastic sleeve along with a story about the hunt that day in 1951 when the photo was taken.  Peter was 14 years old.  Everything is presented in a seal skin folder that looks similar to an old chequebook.

There were 1,000 of these sets made and mine is serial number 99.  Many more autographed notes by Peter Paniloo are out there!

Gordon Yorke engraved this vignette and I have his signature on another $2 note along with the die proof vignette that he did from the photograph.

JBN
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Post by: Dean on November 24, 2022, 08:50:02 pm
Hi, I purchased this shinplaster, along with three others.
It is cut out of register, but more interesting is that somebody (possibly two people) have written on the back.

On the bottom left, I can barely make out the following text:

C E Stills
Strathclair Man Can

Strathclair is a hamlet in Manitoba…

Along the top margin, there is a faded pencil inscription.  I can’t read it fully because the note is very worn and the writing is faded.

H E…(unintelligible script)  1921.

Can anybody assist me to read this?

I love the little bits of history preserved on these notes.  Too often, notes that have been written on are frowned upon, but I consider them to be historic documents.

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on January 16, 2023, 05:26:58 pm
I got this note from a friend in New Brunswick.  Somebody out there may know more about this stamp.

Dean
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Post by: docstrange on January 29, 2023, 10:20:50 am
Wow that's an interesting story, thanks for sharing
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Post by: Dean on January 29, 2023, 03:38:49 pm
Here’s a note that I acquired for my collection.

This 1954 $20 is not much to look at, and most people would have rejected it.  But I like the fact that it has a full date stamp on it:  Aug 28 1967.

I wonder what was going on at the bank on the day this note changed hands?

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on January 30, 2023, 05:59:15 pm
Jan 30th 2023:
I purchased this shinplaster for my collection.  It arrived in the mail today!

It has “Saskatoon Apr 8 1917” written on the back.

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on March 04, 2023, 11:56:08 am
March 3rd find:

I received this $1 note with the following message written on it. 

“J HUHIC 26-Jul-80”

Finding notes with dates, names and places written or stamped on them is really neat.

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on March 05, 2023, 11:51:41 am
Update re: March 3rd finds:

I took a look at the notes I brought home from the bank on Friday and I discovered that a second note had writing on the back of it.  The note is in poor condition and was destined for the shredder.

The text reads: “TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME!”

It’s almost as if the note was asking to be saved.

I’ll take good care of it in my collection.  😀

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on March 06, 2023, 08:07:25 pm
March 6th 2023:

This 1979 $5 that came in my finds today has what looks to be “DP186” written on the right front margin of the note.  The “1” (if it is in fact the number 1) looks very European…I recall people writing the number 1 in this fashion when I visited France.

Perhaps “DP186” is somebody’s shorthand for “deposit $186”?

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: whitenite on March 06, 2023, 09:40:34 pm
Going to my friendly RBC branch on Satruday March 4th and asking for paper banknotes and I got a bunch of them but this one is "truly Canadian" as it reminds me of rural living in Ontario.  This banknote had a typically "Canadian Grocery List" and if you are a "Baby Boomer", you can certainly relate to this one.  This one could have been written by Bob and Doug MacKenzie who are, your typical "Hosers" from Rural Ontario.  Enjoy this one as if you are from my generation, you can certainly relate to it.
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Post by: whitenite on March 06, 2023, 10:06:48 pm
Further to my post about a Canadian Hoser banknote with a typical grocery note from rural Canada, I also got an International bank stamp on a Journey $100 from the same bunch.  It appears that this Brown One spent some time in Italy, at least it enjoyed weather without any snow!  If anyone know this bank stamp please let us know!  Enjoy the picture!!
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Post by: Dean on March 15, 2023, 01:39:46 pm
March 15th:
In my finds today, there were two notes that had teller scribbles on them.
The $5 has a number 49 on it and the $10 looks like it has “mas” or something like that written on it.
Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on March 17, 2023, 05:58:47 pm
March 17th:

A “found” note and another with a message…

Imagine if you found $1 back in 1952…What would you spend it on?

Part 2:  What does the message say on this polymer $5?

Dean
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Post by: Dean on March 23, 2023, 07:10:04 pm
March 23rd find:

A 1954 $10 with a whole bunch of teller stamps!

If anybody can decipher these stamps, I’d appreciate some help.
I got this note today from the main branch of my bank.

The note has been “cancelled” and it looks like it was run through a cheque cancelling machine, judging by the black printed digits on the face of the note.  This note has many legible dates on it.  It is truly the most interesting stamped note I have in my collection to date.  It is a true time capsule and it will be a treasured addition to my collection.

Jan 10 1975 and Jan 13 1975 are stamped in red ink on the back of the note.  The other stamps are unclear…I think the green stamp says “Miami”?

Could this note have passed through the USA and then come home to Canada?

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on March 23, 2023, 07:20:39 pm
Some more finds from my main branch haul today…

These 1979 $5s would have been consigned to the shredder, but I saved them because two of them have the infamous pink Royal Bank of Canada cancellation stamp from the 1980s-1990s over them.  I’m having trouble reading the domicile of the stamps, but one note clearly spent a lot of time going in and out of the banks in Delta and Surrey, BC!  🤣


The second note has a clear cool full date stamp of 05 16 1993 on the back. The stamp has to be 1993 because the note is signed Crow/Bouey and this signature combo was around from 1984-1986 on the 1979 issue $5s. I’m having trouble reading the branch address though.

The third note is not really special…somebody just used it as scratch paper to do some addition!  🤣

Any help in deciphering these stamps would be greatly appreciated!

Happy hunting!

Dean
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Post by: Dean on March 23, 2023, 08:11:29 pm
March 23rd:  A candidate for “worst condition note”.

I got this note in my haul today.  The more I looked at it, the more I thought about posting something about it, so here are my thoughts:

This note has lived a rough life and it looks as if it was framed at some point in its life or maybe put in the window.  It’s all faded on the front but it is a genuine note because somebody removed a planchette.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on March 31, 2023, 09:47:49 pm
March 31st mail call!

I received 3 notes today:

A 1954 $50 with the name Phillip V written in cursive on the top margin.  This note also has a stamp vertically placed on the back that reads “SACO B……… OLD ORCHARD”. I can’t make out what the other part says.

A 1967 $1 note, L/O prefix with the initials J.K. 1967 written in cursive on the left margin.

And…

A 1971 $10 VG prefix with the pink Royal Bank stamp of death from the 1980s.
I think the domicile says Ottawa Ontario but I’m not sure of the exact branch…

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on April 04, 2023, 12:35:21 am
April 3rd:
Google is your best friend...

I found this $20 note today with a partial teller stamp.
Normally, I'd throw it back into circulation because the stamp is incomplete however, there was a legible postal code and a partial address

--AY East
L6Z 1Y5

and a partial transit number --1172-004 on the bottom right of the stamp.

On the top left, there are the digits 21--
and part of a name TH...

I put the Postal Code into Google and it came up with the following information:

The Toronto Dominion Bank
150 Sandalwood Parkway East
Brampton Ontario
L6Z 1Y5

The transit number of this branch just happens to be 21172-004.

Pretty neat, eh?

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on April 05, 2023, 10:48:19 pm
April 5th mail call part 1:
I bought this 1923 shinplaster because somebody wrote the date “11/5/33” on the back of it.

I wonder what this particular date meant to the person who wrote it?

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on April 05, 2023, 10:58:57 pm
April 5th mail call, part 2:

Thank you to CPMF member “lamb” for these three 1971 $10s from the FD— series.
They are beautiful!

I am looking closely at the size of the “D”s in the second position in the prefix…is there a “big/little” variation here?

Interestingly, the FDA $10 that “lamb” sent to me is very close in number to the FDA $10 I found in circulation from the bank.

Take a look at those “D”s…

Also here is a photo comparing the notes I have from the FD— series of $10s.

And input is appreciated!

Dean
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Post by: Dean on April 24, 2023, 06:47:44 pm
April 24th 2023 I found some handwritten names on a 1954 $1 in my finds today…

On the top front margin is “Ray Philpott”
And on the back is Craig Bomes Nov. 6, 81”

It’s nice to know that 1954 dated notes were still circulating in the early ‘80s, but they must have been few and far between by that time.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on April 27, 2023, 08:14:02 pm
April 27th Main Branch defaced notes part 1:

I got a bunch of banknotes with teller stamps and writing on them today.

A 1969 $20 with a partial teller stamp from the Royal Bank of Canada…no other info.  I suspect that the bank branch was in Quebec because the French version of the name is on top of the English name.

A 1986 $2 with the name “Priya” (I think…) on the front in red pen ink.


Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on April 27, 2023, 08:42:21 pm
April 27th Main Branch defaced notes, part 2:

I got some 1979 $20s in this haul with the “pink band of death” from the 1980s.

Note #1 has what I think is a stamp from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Peterborough Ont?

Note #2 is much clearer…The Royal Bank of Canada Albert & Hazel Br.  Waterloo Ont.  with a date of 06 08 1982!
The transit number on note #2 is clearly visible…07712-003.  This transit number now belongs to an RBC branch located at 585 Weber St. N. in Waterloo.  They must have moved locations since 1982!

Note #3 is also clear…The Toronto Dominion Bank. Hopedale Mall, Oakville Ont. Transit number 21103-004 and a partially readable date of (198?)8 10 27.

Note #4 is also clearly legible…Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 13B Yorkdale Shopping Centre Toronto Ontario    transit number 03712 010 and a date of 04 05 82 (April 5th 1982 or May 4th 1982).

I think notes like this are great.  So much history in a teller stamp!

Enjoy!
Dean




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Post by: Dean on April 27, 2023, 08:43:21 pm
Here’s the photo of note #4.
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Post by: Snoman on April 30, 2023, 10:56:12 pm
Here is a note with a faint "Bobby Hull" signature. It came from a gentleman that said he got it signed when he met Bobby Hull after a Winnipeg Jets game in the mid 1970s.
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Post by: Dean on May 01, 2023, 02:46:45 pm
Here is a note with a faint "Bobby Hull" signature. It came from a gentleman that said he got it signed when he met Bobby Hull after a Winnipeg Jets game in the mid 1970s.

That is cool!
Too bad it's so faded...
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Post by: Dean on May 02, 2023, 10:15:35 pm
Guelph coin show pickups:

I went to Guelph last weekend and picked up some interesting notes:

A 1954 note with serial number 20…to match the journey $10 with #20 that I found at the bank a couple of weeks ago.  😀

A bulk lot of 1937 $1s with writing on them:
The first note has June 26 1946 .89 written on it in fountain ink.  Unfortunately, somebody put plastic tape on the short edges…Why would somebody do that?? 😡. The note has also been trimmed.

The second note is defaced with so much writing…It is also from 1946…
Some legible bits include:
“Vancouver Canada”. “USA Army” “Love your picture”. “Washington” Vancouver…”

And on the back…more messages…. “My love…”
Carol Brock Kansas City Missouri

The 3rd note: “Eddie….”  “Paul J. Ross”  “Hubert G. Stafford” “Edgar J. W….”

And three “lucky wallet notes” with lots of wear, indicative of being carried around for a very long time.

Enjoy!
Dean

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Post by: Dean on May 02, 2023, 10:19:55 pm
Guelph finds part 2:
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Post by: Dean on May 02, 2023, 10:21:29 pm
Guelph finds part 3:

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Post by: Dean on May 13, 2023, 06:26:41 pm
May 12th mail call:
A good trade!

I traded $2 for two $1 notes.  The first has markings with “WH Eth Dec 25 1973” and “10.00 in 1978” written in the right hand margin on the back.  Any help in deciphering this message is appreciated!

The second note was defaced recently…by the guy who traded with me!  He went to his credit union and had them stamp this circulated 1967 $1 with their transit number.  I did not ask him to do this; the person just thought I might enjoy another stamped note. 

He even offered to drive around and get bank stamps from other banks in his area, but I declined, explaining that it was vintage bank stamps that I was looking for and not contemporary ones.  Oh well, I guess after enough time passes, this stamped note will be vintage too!

It’s interesting that the first note was marked on Christmas day, 1973; just a few months before the multicolour $1s began to be issued.

The note was issued somewhere between 1971-1973 and it has the S/F prefix, signed by Bouey and Rasminsky.

Not bad for two bucks plus postage, eh?

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on May 19, 2023, 09:17:20 pm
May 19th:

I got this stamped note at the bank in my finds today.  You don’t often see oval teller stamps…
I wonder where it’s from?

All that is legible is the number 28.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on May 24, 2023, 05:39:54 pm
May 24th finds:

Upon closer inspection of the mountie $50s I got from a bank today, I noticed that two of them were stamped.

The first note has the infamous “pink stamp of death” from the 1980s-90s.
Barely legible, I believe it has the date 04 06 1985…April 6th or June 4th, 1985 and Bank of Nova Scotia, although the stamp is so blurry, I could be wrong.

The second note has a partial teller stamp with a transit number. 00323-002
When I looked it up, it revealed the location!

Scotiabank
37787 Cabot Trail,
Ingonish Beach
Nova Scotia
B0C 1L0

Pretty neat, eh?

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on May 26, 2023, 07:15:03 pm
May 26th finds:

Three cool notes that had interesting lives.

In my haul today, I had two 1973 $1s with yellowed paper. In my experience, this happens in two ways:

1.  The note was between pages of a book and the acid from the paper colours the banknote.

Or…

2.  Somebody had the note mounted in a display.

One of the $1s has tape on the margins and the paper is torn, indicating that the note was removed from a mount.  The other $1 note has no tape on it, but it has the same degree of yellowing.

Displaying “lucky dollars” is a common practice in restaurants and other businesses.

The $20 note has a message written in pencil on the front and again on the back.

It reads “1st salary” “Cris 03-15-93”.  So, some kid saved the first bit of money he ever earned from his first job on March 15th 1993.  Unfortunately, the note has a tear in the top left corner, but it doesn’t diminish the cool factor one bit!

This was written after the Birds $20s were issued, but multicolour $20s persisted in circulation for many years after the Birds series came out.

Enjoy!

Dean
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Post by: Dean on June 07, 2023, 07:02:26 pm
June 7th find:

Sometimes, you find notes that you completely forgot about.  This happened to me today when I rediscovered this Birds $2 note in my collection.

It has the infamous “pink stamp of death” from the 1980s…and it is remarkably clear after all these years.

I remember receiving this note from my mom in the 1980s…She kept it because she thought the stamp was cool.

Here is what I see:

03902 001
Bank of Montreal
Yonge & Queen
Toronto
Ontario

The date is a bit harder to read…If anybody can help me to figure it out, I’d really appreciate it!

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on August 16, 2023, 12:41:01 pm
August 16th finds:

I picked up two interesting $20 notes at the bank today.

The birds $20 has “Celestica” written in the top right corner.  I know that this is a technology company, but why would someone write this name on a banknote?

The 1979 $20 is much more interesting.  On the front, a teller had written the numbers 26 and 13.  The numbers appear to be written in the same ink so it can be assumed that they were written by the same person at around the same time.

On the back, there is much more information.  On the top margin, written in blue ink are the words “dip” and “liquore” (sic).

This $20 appears to be someone’s shopping list.  I know that “dip” is another term for chewing tobacco.

We’re not finished yet!  This 1979 $20 is the gift that keeps on giving!  Vertically printed on the front of the note is the infamous “pink stamp of death” from the 1980s/90s.

The stamp is very faint and all I can make out is the institution number 003 which is the Bank of Nova Scotia.

If there are any collectors who are also forensic document examiners, I would appreciate your help!  There are ways to view ink under different wavelengths of light to make them legible.

It’s amazing how much information and how much history can be present on one bank note!

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on August 17, 2023, 09:04:51 am
August 17th:

I took a closer look at the 1954 $100s I found yesterday.  One of them had the year 1973 written on the Queen’s cheek and the number 2 on the back.

This note is signed Beattie/Coyne and would have been printed between 1955-1961.  It’s cool that this note persisted in circulation until 2023, and it was already old in 1973.

It goes to show that high denomination notes lasted a lot longer, presumably because not many people used them.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: rxcory on August 17, 2023, 12:05:43 pm
We’re not finished yet!  This 1979 $20 is the gift that keeps on giving!  Vertically printed on the front of the note is the infamous “pink stamp of death” from the 1980s/90s.

The stamp is very faint and all I can make out is the institution number 003 which is the Bank of Nova Scotia.
"Dip" could also just be dip(s) for chips.

Also, could you fill a newbie in on what the "pink stamp of death" is?

Thanks!
- Cory
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Post by: Dean on August 17, 2023, 05:26:31 pm
"Dip" could also just be dip(s) for chips.

Also, could you fill a newbie in on what the "pink stamp of death" is?

Thanks!
- Cory

Hi Cory,

Sure, “Dip” could be simple dip for chips, but I made an assumption that it was chewing tobacco because the other item is liquor. 🤣

What I call the “pink stamp of death” is a type of teller cancellation stamp that looks to be machine applied.  It was in wide use during the 1980s and 1990s by all of the chartered banks.

See the examples here:

Dean

PS:  If you (or anybody else) has notes with the pink stamp, any teller stamp or any notes with hand written items on them, please send me a PM if you are willing to sell them.
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Post by: Dean on August 17, 2023, 06:09:28 pm
August 17th finds:

A phone number…

I saw this phone number written on the back margin of one of the $1 notes I found today.  It was written before the days of 10-digit dialling.

A quick internet search (using the 416 area code) brings up an investment company!

Of course, this number could have been from any area code anywhere in the country so who knows?  Maybe some lucky person got someone’s number at a party… Let’s hope it worked out!🤣🤣🤣

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on August 17, 2023, 07:28:11 pm
August 17th: Mail call…

If finding a boatload of paper money today wasn’t enough, my mail held another surprise for me.

I bought these defaced notes:

A 1973 $1 that has a stamp on both sides in big, bold, red ink “Save the world, not money” and “innocent victims” stamped on the back.  Any feedback on this note is appreciated.  It’s obviously a protest note of some sort…

A 1954 $2 with a purple bank stamp from June 1 197…8?  The last digit is hard to make out.  It’s nice to know that this $2 survived well into the issue of the 1974 multicoloured $2s.

The seller included two other notes at face value…Another 1973 $1 with a partial teller stamp.  At first glance, there isn’t much of anything…until you look closely and see the remnants of “002” which is the institution number of the Bank of Nova Scotia!

Finally, there is another 1954 $2 with the number 48 scrawled on it in pencil.  This was a common practice by tellers who had to manually count bank notes in the old days.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on August 17, 2023, 07:30:36 pm
August 17th:
More pictures from the last post.
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Post by: Dean on August 17, 2023, 08:22:51 pm
August 17th:

Another defaced note!

On closer inspection of the $1 notes I found today, there was this one with the name “Liana Aichwalder” written in black marker on the back of the note.

Wow…today’s haul is the gift that keeps on giving…

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: rxcory on August 17, 2023, 11:48:57 pm
PS:  If you (or anybody else) has notes with the pink stamp, any teller stamp or any notes with hand written items on them, please send me a PM if you are willing to sell them.
Thanks for that info Dean. I haven't encountered a pink stamp yet, but will be on the lookout.
I did, however, come across an otherwise unc BC-63c with a prominent black teller stamp on the front.
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Post by: Dean on August 19, 2023, 10:08:13 pm
Thanks for that info Dean. I haven't encountered a pink stamp yet, but will be on the lookout.
I did, however, come across an otherwise unc BC-63c with a prominent black teller stamp on the front.

Hi Cory,

I believe your $10 note passed through this bank: The digits are incomplete so this is my best guess…

Royal Bank of Canada
Kingsway & Joyce Branch
3318 Kingsway
Vancouver, BC
V5R 5K7

Transit number 06840-003

If you would like to sell/trade this note, please send me a PM

Thanks!
Dean


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Post by: Dean on August 21, 2023, 08:42:38 pm
August 21st:

What does this say?

This 1973 $1 has Asian characters (Japanese or Chinese?) written in the bottom right corner on the back of the note.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Dean
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Post by: rxcory on August 21, 2023, 09:24:43 pm
That's Japanese, and it appears to be a souvenir or memento of sorts. It says:(山林)S55.5 17

The kanji characters appear to be someone's last name, 山林 = Yamabayashi (literally 'mountain forest'). This is followed by the date written in the traditional Japanese style, where the year is marked by the reign of the emperor instead of by the western (Gregorian) calendar. The Showa era marked Emperor Hirohito's reign, from 1926-1989, and accordingly the 55th year of Showa is 1980.

So evidently someone named Yamabayashi had that $1 note in hand on May 17, 1980, and decided to make a record of that fact. It could be that they meant to take it home with them as a souvenir, or simply leave it behind as evidence of their travels.
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Post by: rxcory on August 21, 2023, 09:36:53 pm
Incidentally, May 17, 1980 was exactly one day before the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in Washington state. Did the volcanic ash make it as far as BC or Alberta? It definitely blanketed the Portland, Oregon metro area, where I'm from.
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Post by: Dean on August 21, 2023, 10:03:06 pm
That's Japanese, and it appears to be a souvenir or memento of sorts. It says:(山林)S55.5 17

The kanji characters appear to be someone's last name, 山林 = Yamabayashi (literally 'mountain forest'). This is followed by the date written in the traditional Japanese style, where the year is marked by the reign of the emperor instead of by the western (Gregorian) calendar. The Showa era marked Emperor Hirohito's reign, from 1926-1989, and accordingly the 55th year of Showa is 1980.

So evidently someone named Yamabayashi had that $1 note in hand on May 17, 1980, and decided to make a record of that fact. It could be that they meant to take it home with them as a souvenir, or simply leave it behind as evidence of their travels.

Hi Cory,

That is cool…and being of Japanese heritage, an appropriate addition to my collection of defaced notes.  It’s a shame that I never learned how to read or write in Japanese so thanks for your translation services!  It’s also neat that this note was in circulation at the time of the eruption.

I was aware of the Japanese calendar system because I like searching through Japanese coins when I visit Japan.  Maybe it was the “s” character used instead of the formal characters for “Showa” and the way that the person wrote the number 5 that threw me off.

Here’s a photo of the front of the note.  It’s a 2 letter prefix so it makes sense that it was around in 1980.

Dean
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Post by: rxcory on August 22, 2023, 12:12:41 am
That's really neat about your heritage and nice that you now have that note in your collection. I lived in Japan in the mid 90's, and it profoundly changed my life for the better.

My tendency has always been to get rid of imperfect notes and try to get the nicest, most uncirculated and perfect examples I can find. Your notes with pink bank stamps, and this note that probably briefly belonged to a Japanese tourist have taught me to hold on to some of these things, because there's a story there if you're willing and able to find it. Thanks, friend.

- Cory
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Post by: Dean on August 22, 2023, 02:42:57 pm
August 22nd finds:

Today, I obtained these two $50 notes from the main branch of my bank.

The birds $50 has a small circular stamp on it with a butterfly and the initials “WTTB”.  I’m not sure what this stamp is, but the circular shape reminds me of Japanese hanko stamps that are used when signing for parcels and other documents in Japan.

The journey $50 has the remnants of a teller stamp with a legible transit number, 02402-004.

A quick search shows that this stamp belongs to this bank:

The Toronto Dominion Bank
Clarke Road Branch
1920 Dundas Street
London, Ontario
N5V 3P1

Enjoy!
Dean

PS:  I’ve been finding more defaced notes in the high denominations…This section of my collection is getting costly!   :D
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Post by: ShareBear on August 23, 2023, 07:34:11 pm
The small hand stamps are used by Currency Exchanges in Asia and South America to mark banknotes as genuine.  It is a quick and easy way for them to tell if all of the security features have been verified on the note.

I have attached a couple of stamps on notes that I picked up in Peru back in 2006.  Counterfeits are very common.  Every banknote is checked.  Even the coins were checked.  All of the Scotia Bank ATMs dispensed only new notes and damaged notes were refused.

 
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Post by: Dean on August 23, 2023, 10:37:59 pm
The small hand stamps are used by Currency Exchanges in Asia and South America to mark banknotes as genuine.  It is a quick and easy way for them to tell if all of the security features have been verified on the note.


Hi ShareBear,
Wow, that’s fascinating! I wonder where my birds $50 note was when it got verified and stamped?

Thanks for the information!

Dean
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Post by: BWJM on August 23, 2023, 10:52:51 pm
The small hand stamps are used by Currency Exchanges in Asia and South America to mark banknotes as genuine.  It is a quick and easy way for them to tell if all of the security features have been verified on the note.

Sounds like a very lazy way of verifying the authenticity of a banknote.  The stamps can be easily faked.  Verify banknote authenticity by checking the security features, not a simple ink marking that anyone could apply.
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Post by: ShareBear on August 24, 2023, 10:07:10 pm
The exchange places stamp their own notes when the get them from the bank.  They know who stamps what and so that they can tell where the note came from.

These were on 10 soles notes which is the smallest paper denomination 4 soles = 1 dollar at that time.

They are going for quick and easy.  Everyone checked the paper and the watermark.  This was more of a tracking feature.

Peru has one of the highest quality counterfeits in South America at that time.  The counterfeiters are not going to ruin their notes by adding fake currency exchange stamps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RoZrtBijRY

Dean, it would be almost impossible to narrow down where your stamp comes from.  Almost every mom and pop currency exchange place marked their notes.

I have attached a couple of more stamps on banknotes.

The one from Ceylon is a legit bank branch.  Not sure why they stamped the note perhaps it was requested by a customer.

 
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Post by: Dean on August 30, 2023, 04:20:09 pm
August 30th:

One of the 1973 $1s I found today has this tiny handwritten message by the coat of arms.  I think it reads “Drew 100”.

Could it be a reference to “drawing” money from a bank account?  In accounting, this means to take money from a business account for personal use.  (Thanks to the internet for that definition!)

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on August 31, 2023, 06:19:12 pm
August 31st:

This $50 in my finds today shows the telltale signs of being used as a teller’s notepad (several times).

It has numbers written in several places and a set of initials on the margin.  This was common in the old days when notes had to be counted and verified by hand.

The second $50 with interesting markings found today has what looks like a licence plate number written on the back.  Maybe it was left as a down payment on a car back in the day?

This note is similar to a 1954 $50 I found a few years ago with vehicle information written on it.  Search back through this thread to find my post on the 1954 $50.


Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 01, 2023, 05:33:48 pm
September 1st:

I was looking at one of the 1954 $20s I found yesterday and there is a faint teller stamp on the front of the note.

I can’t see the whole thing, but it appears to say “…(ret)urned with original M…” and then another line underneath with unintelligible wording.

I also received this $1 from Whitenite:  It has a date stamp of Nov 15 ‘85.

Enjoy!
Dean

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Post by: Dean on September 07, 2023, 05:29:49 pm
September 7th mail call:

I bought this beaten up 1937 $1 for the message written on the back margin (upside down on the note),

“Dad to Eva Christmas 1953”.

This note must have been a Christmas gift; $1 was a lot of money for a kid to receive in 1953!

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 09, 2023, 06:08:46 pm
September 9th:

Coin show pickup!

I bought this 1870 shinplaster at a coin show today.

It reads: “To Eveline from her papa March 29 1900.”

I think notes like this are really cool.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 14, 2023, 06:00:50 pm
September 14th find:

Yet another high value note…used as a down payment on a car.

I got this 1975 $100 from a bank today.  It has “648 CNC LIC. NO” written on it.  This must be the licence plate of the person who put $100 down on a car back in the day.

I believe that the six character plates with numbers first then letters date from the mid 1980s (assuming that it’s an Ontario plate).

If anyone knows more about licence plates, feel free to chime in!

Pretty neat!

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 23, 2023, 06:34:53 pm
September 23rd finds from the Guelph Coin Show…Part 1

1900 series shinplasters!

One of the shinplasters has the name “Richard Siggelko” written on the back left margin.

The second shinplaster has a message written in ink across the front:
“This is the last…”

And the last line, all I can make out is “…Yours.”
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Post by: Dean on September 23, 2023, 06:45:22 pm
September 23rd finds from the Guelph Coin Show, Part 2:

A nice teller stamp!

This cool 1972 $5 might have been tossed away because of the stamp, but I like it for how much information it shares with us almost 49 years later!

The stamp reads:

The Bank of Nova Scotia
Sep 30 1974
Denison & Don Mills
Markham Ont.
2nd Teller
84772

A fast internet search for this transit number gives this information:

Bank of Nova Scotia
Markham Commercial Banking Centre
7321 Woodbine Avenue
Markham Ontario
L3R 3V7

Pretty neat, eh?

Dean


PS:  Can anybody tell me what 2nd teller means?

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Post by: Dean on September 23, 2023, 06:54:00 pm
September 23rd finds from the Guelph Coin Show, Part 3:

These worn out $1s may be undesirable to many, but they have stories to tell!

The first note looks like it was used as an ink blotter for a teller stamp.  Sadly, there is no legible information in the multiple overlaid stamps on the Queen’s face but it’s still a neat bill!

The second $1 note has “3C” written twice on the face and once on the back.  I’m not sure what it stands for.

The third $1 note has “Jan Goad” written in cursive on the left front margin.

Enjoy!

Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 23, 2023, 07:02:21 pm
September 23rd finds from the Guelph Coin Show, Part 4:

Now for some $2s!

Also found in the dealer’s junk pile were these two $2 notes.  99% of collectors would leave these behind and not think twice.

I think they’re neat though and here’s why.

The 1986 $2 has “D. Cullis” and something else written on the front of the note.

The 1954 note is in really bad shape, but it was probably somebody’s “lucky money” because the person must have had it folded up in a wallet for a very long time!

The other birds $2 has a message written by a woman named Veronica…I’ll let this note speak for itself!
I covered up the phone number, just in case it is still in use!

Even the worst notes may have stories to tell…

Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 23, 2023, 07:30:51 pm
September 23rd finds from the Guelph Coin Show, Part 5:
Saving the best for last!

I picked out these 1973 $1s from the dealer’s junk pile and they had a common theme.

A woman named Claire M. Wall signed two of these notes.  All of the notes have signatures and are dated 1981 or 1983 and have “CW” written in the corner…Presumably by Claire M. Wall herself.

Here are the specific details:

1981 dated signatures:
“Claire M. Wall”
“Harvey Earle”
“Ray Penney”
“Susanna Williams”
“Archie”

1983 dated signatures:
“Claire M. Wall”
“Loretta Osborne”
“Nita Butler”
“Joyce Dyke”
“Kathleen Harvey”

It looks as though this was a collection dump and the owner of these bills was or is Claire M. Wall and she used $1 notes to gather autographs from her friends or co-workers.

Now, normally this would be the end of the story but there’s more!

On the front of one of the $1 notes is a “pink stamp of death” and it reveals quite a lot of information about where and when this collection was amassed.

The pink stamp reads:

80523-002
The Bank of Nova Scotia
Baie Verte Nfld.
17 03 83 (March 17th 1983)

The date is corroborated by the hand written date 1983 on the front of this note, signed by Loretta Osborne.

A quick internet search reveals this address:

The Bank of Nova Scotia
Baie Verte
Highway 410, P.O. Box 70
Baie Verte, NL
A0K 1B0

So much information on just one note!

Simply amazing…

I hope you enjoyed this as much as I have!

Dean


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Post by: rxcory on September 25, 2023, 05:03:54 am
Why is there no "like" button on this forum? Thanks for sharing Dean, always interesting!
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Post by: Dean on September 25, 2023, 04:55:57 pm
September 25th mail call!

I purchased this devil’s face $20 for the teller stamp.

Bank of Montreal
Aug 30 1982
01401-001

A quick search reveals that this the Jean-Talon & Querbes branch of BMO.

520 rue Jean-Talon Ouest
Montreal, Qc
H3N 1R5

I’m shocked that a note printed in the mid 50s could have survived to 1982 to be handed in to a bank.  How it managed to escape destruction in 1982 is miraculous.

Pretty neat, eh?

Enjoy!

Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 26, 2023, 07:12:05 pm
September 26th finds:

More high denomination notes with interesting markings…

The first of two birds $100s I picked up today has a partial stamp in red at the right back margin.
I can make out the word “FOR” then a partial “TO, O” and then “5T”.

I can only guess that the the second line is supposed to read “TORONTO, ONTARIO” but I am most likely wrong.

The second $100 note has handwriting, but I’m not sure what language it is.

I’ve included two photos of the handwriting, turned 180 degrees.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 27, 2023, 06:40:24 pm
September 27th find:

Another stamped high denomination note!

I picked up this birds $100 today from one of my banks.
It has the transit number 63966-002 in a partial stamp on Borden’s face.

A quick internet search reveals the following information:

The Bank of Nova Scotia
Ontario Cash Processing Centre
44 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5H 1H1

A note that passed through the main Toronto branch of Scotiabank!

Man, this section of my collection is getting pretty darn expensive!   :D

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 29, 2023, 08:03:45 pm
September 29th finds:

I specifically chose these notes from the mutilated pile at the main branch today.

A polymer $5 with whereswilly.com written on the back.
When I entered the note in the whereswilly database, it turned up the following information:

20 Feb 2023 1:18am
Montreal, Quebec
Alain Lerequin 15e annee avec willy bye bye


I guess this note was the las one entered by this user before he “retired” from whereswilly.

I also took two journey $20s from the pile for the teller stamps.

Note #1: Has the remnants of “KEN…” and “5” in the bottom of the square stamp and “…ANK” (presumably BANK” and another “5” in the top right corner.

Note #2: has part of a square stamp with “Cash Logistics” at the bottom.

Note #3: a 1979 $20 with a partial stamp with the institution number 002, which is the Bank of Nova Scotia.

None of the $20s has a domicile.

Still, these are pretty cool face value finds!

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 29, 2023, 08:52:21 pm
September 29th:

I picked up these neat defaced notes at the Toronto Coin Expo today.

This 1937 Osbourne signed $2 has a date stamp of Oct 14 1938.

This pair of circulated 1973 $1s were used as blotters for a red teller stamp…I found a similar $1 in Guelph last weekend.

There was a 1973 note with a purple stamp containing the following information:
03662-010
and some incomplete lettering…

A search reveals this transit number to belong to

The Laurentian Bank of Canada (Now CIBC)
Eastgate Square Banking Centre
75 Centennial Parkway North
Stoney Creek, Ontario
L8E 5B2

Then, there was another 1973 $1 that was used as scratch paper for adding a sum…

And finally, a 1979 $20 with two stamps—a red stamp and a blue one.  Unfortunately, only the blue stamp has enough information to decode.

04312-010
and some lettering that looks like “JAN” for what I think is “January”.
Laurentian Bank of Canada (CIBC)
Yonge &Steeles Banking Centre
7027 Yonge St.
Thornhill, Ontario
M5J 2X4

It’s very cool to find two notes stamped by the same bank (but different branches of that bank).

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on September 30, 2023, 07:40:33 pm
September 30th finds:

Toronto Coin Show pickups and face value treasure!

I got some notes from dealer’s junk bin…but to me, they are neat!

A 1954 $1 with some sort of account number written in the top back margin.”3644…”

Another 1954 $1 with severe wallet trauma on the left back half of the note.  I found it’s $2 equivalent in Guelph last week…

And,
A 1967 $1 with the name Stephen Barlow written on the Centennial star…

From the face value finds, there was one 1971 $10 with the pink stamp of death on it.

And a 1954 $2 with a series of small diamonds cut into it as if someone was trying to make a paper snowflake out of it or something.

Enjoy!
Dean

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Post by: Dean on October 06, 2023, 08:53:09 pm
October 6th find:

One of the journey $100s I found today had a partial teller stamp on it.

The transit number is 01420-010

A quick search reveals this information:

CIBC—The Laurentian Bank of Canada
Westwood Plateau Banking Centre
1410 Parkway Blvd. Unit E
Coquitlam, B.C.
V3E 3J7

Pretty cool, eh?  Another high denomination note for the books...Why can't these cool teller stamps be on lower denominations?   :D

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on October 10, 2023, 07:49:10 pm
October 9th mail call:

A mysterious teller stamp…

I received this 1973 $1 in the mail today.  I bought it for the partial teller stamp but I cannot decipher it.

I tried to search for the transit number with no luck.

Even the name is partially obscured by a second overstamp.  I believe it says “Edmonton” and “83219-026”, but I could be wrong.

Please help me to decode this note!

Dean
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Post by: Dean on October 11, 2023, 08:07:37 pm
October 11th find:

One of the notes I picked up from the bank today was a ratty old birds $5.  I kept it because it has a partial stamp that reads “your business”.

Could the stamp have read “Thank you for your business”? Or maybe it was a bank slogan in the 1990s…something like “Use (insert bank name here) for your business”.  Who knows?

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on October 12, 2023, 06:59:12 pm
October 12th mail call:

I received this 1954 $100 in the mail today.

I bought it for the date stamp Feb 26 1969.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on October 17, 2023, 10:57:13 pm
October 17th mail call:

More defaced notes!

I bought this lot of defaced 1954 $2 banknotes:

The first note is interesting because it has the date 5-13-1973 on it.  The prefix is D/G and signed Bouey/Rasminsky.  This signature combination was printed from January 1972 to February 1973.

The second note has the following message on it: “Rylan. Love Kim Mar 26 87”.
It’s surprising that this note, C/G prefix, Bouey/Rasminsky, was also printed between 1972-1973 and autographed in 1987, only a few months after the birds series $2s were released.


The seller threw in for free this German hyperinflation note that had a full letter written on it from the tail end of World War II.

Wednesday, March 28th 1945

Dear Bert:
I picked this up in the town of Cleve Germany.  I’ll bet you never had a letter written on this much money before. 

I have been on guard and it’s too late to write a letter.  Consider yourself written too (sic).

All my love and kisses.

Yours as always,

Byron

(The town of Kleve in Germany is near the Dutch border.)
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Post by: Dean on October 18, 2023, 11:39:33 pm
October 18th mail call:

I bought this lot of 1954 $1s for close to face value solely for one note with the Lord’s Prayer written out on the back.

The seller also threw in this 1979 $20 at face value because it has the name “Myrita” written on the front margin.

Pretty neat, eh?

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on October 20, 2023, 10:22:43 pm
October 20th finds:

More high denomination defaced notes…

These three $100 notes from my bank haul today had writing and stamps on them so they will be kept in my collection, of course.  😀

The first $100 note is a journey series spender, nothing to write home about, except for the faint bank stamp on the back:

The Toronto Dominion Bank
12842-004

This information reveals the location of the branch as:
1470 Don Mills Road
North York, Ontario
M3B 2X9

The other two notes are actually pretty nice 1954 $100s but they have writing on the back.

One note has what I think is the name “David” scrawled in messy cursive hand writing on the back and the other note has the figure 6200.00 written on the back.

Enjoy!
Dean

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Post by: Dean on October 21, 2023, 12:26:11 pm
October 21st:

Another one for the album…

I took a second look at some of the 1954 notes I had and I noticed that someone had written “Oct” on the back margin of one of the notes, presumably meaning “October”.

I’ll add this to my album of defaced notes…At least it’s not another $100 bill!   :D

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on October 25, 2023, 07:10:56 pm
October 25th:

I bought this note because of its multiple teller stamps.

On the front, it has been run through a cheque cancelling machine and it has the digits 32 26 3071 printed upside down and  a bunch of machine digits in the bottom left corner.

The back of the note is much more interesting; it has several stamps including one for Citizens Bank, out of the USA.

Also included are the digits 75-185  CH4110 and a date stamp of Dec 22 72.

This note is very similar to a 1954 $10 that I found a few months ago.

In any case, it will be safely stored in my collection!

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on October 25, 2023, 07:52:40 pm
October 25th:

After taking a closer look at the circulated bank note lot I obtained today, I discovered that one of the 1967 $1s was autographed by none other than Maurice “Rocket” Richard!

There was also a 1954 $2 with the initials “”DJ” written in pink cursive on the front.

These notes will be added to my collection!

Pretty neat, eh?

Enjoy,
Dean
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Post by: Dean on October 27, 2023, 12:25:25 am
October 26th mail call:

I bought this 1954 $20 because of the writing on the back.

“Bob & Faie Leefe for deposit only”

At least I think that’s what the writing says…

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on October 27, 2023, 11:49:34 pm
October 27th find:

This journey $100 has a partial teller stamp that reads

05342
RO…

A search of this transit number reveals the following information:

The Royal Bank of Canada
Bloor & Dovercourt Branch
972 Bloor St. W.
Toronto, Ontario
M6H 1L6

Another $100 note to add to my collection…the large denomination keepers are killing me!🤣

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on November 10, 2023, 07:26:58 pm
November 10th mail call:

I bought this 1969 $20 for the partial bank stamp from the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.  No other information other than a large number 3 is visible.

I suspect that the number 3 refers to the wicket number at the branch.  There’s also an overlapping stamp with what I think reads the partial abbreviation ONT…for Ontario.

The seller was going to return this note to the bank to be shredded and I snagged it for face value.

Enjoy!
Dean

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Post by: Dean on November 11, 2023, 04:50:05 pm
November 11th 2023:

Today, this shinplaster in my collection of defaced notes marks 100 years to the day someone wrote on it on Remembrance Day, 1923.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Breanna72 on November 14, 2023, 11:35:39 am
I rarely get $1 notes and just noticed the three digit front page number on this 1973 as 233.  I've never seen a 3 digit FPN and am wondering if someone could explain.  I know they made a lot of them but I'm sure there's something to learn here for a novice.  Thanks anyone!
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Post by: Bob on November 14, 2023, 10:11:56 pm
FPN and BPN are Face Plate Number/Back Plate Number, and later on, Face Position Number and Back Position Number.  At the time your $1 was produced, the actual plate numbers appeared on the notes, indicating that 233 or more face plates were prepared for printing those multicoloured issue $1s.  In more recent times, the plate number no longer appears, and in its place, a position number occurs which is related to the position of that particular note in a sheet of notes.
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Post by: Dean on November 15, 2023, 10:09:57 pm
November 15th mail call:

I received these two defaced birds $2s from cbeaulieu.

The first note is stamped by Mac’s Convenience Store
1036 Autumnwood Drive
Winnipeg, Manitoba. No. 3076

A quick search of the address reveals that the store is still there, only rebranded as a Circle K.

The second note speaks for itself… ;D

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Breanna72 on November 15, 2023, 10:56:30 pm
With a quick google, there is more information on the web regarding the use of the stamp "lesbian money" or "gay money" as a form of protest/rebellion/political statement. I wonder if your "LM" stamped note has more of a story than you know!??
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Post by: Breanna72 on November 15, 2023, 11:22:01 pm
Regarding FPN/BPNs Thanks for the response.  It is very interesting and not something I've seen on-line, or noticed in the CGPM!  Wondering if there was a definitive year that they made this change, or was it perhaps phased out/in over time?
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Post by: BWJM on November 16, 2023, 12:32:45 am
Regarding FPN/BPNs Thanks for the response.  It is very interesting and not something I've seen on-line, or noticed in the CGPM!  Wondering if there was a definitive year that they made this change, or was it perhaps phased out/in over time?
The change from plate numbers to position numbers occurred roughly in the early 1980s although no specific date has been determined, and it may have occurred at slightly different times for different denominations and printers.
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Post by: Hunter on November 16, 2023, 07:36:45 pm
When the printing technique changed from steel engraved to lithograph, new technology & equipment was used and wouldn’t it make sense that a new marking process was also introduced at that time using position numbers?

If that’s the case then the changeovers for the tiny numbers have already been determined EAK, AFF, etc…
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Post by: BWJM on November 16, 2023, 10:34:32 pm
When the printing technique changed from steel engraved to lithograph, new technology & equipment was used and wouldn’t it make sense that a new marking process was also introduced at that time using position numbers?

If that’s the case then the changeovers for the tiny numbers have already been determined EAK, AFF, etc…

I don't know if the two changeovers were aligned like that.  Possible but I haven't researched it.
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Post by: Hunter on November 17, 2023, 12:20:58 am
I haven't researched it.

If not you, then who?
It’s been forty years get cracking!  ::) 
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Post by: Dean on November 17, 2023, 08:33:30 pm
November 17th find:

A $1000 note…from Fairview Mall?

I got this $1000 from one of my banks today.  The teller said that she saved it for me specifically because I had asked her to keep any $1000 notes that came in.

The note is not in collectable condition.  There is writing on the face, a tear repaired by tape, and some missing planchettes.  But what’s really interesting is that someone (or several people) wrote what appear to be account numbers on the back margins of the note.  Could these numbers be charge account numbers for a store in Fairview Mall?


5500060-8532

R.F. Edwards
E1 878 65834 70128

Fairview Mall - 31563.76


Fairview Mall is located on Sheppard Ave and Don Mills Rd. in North York, now part of Toronto.  The mall opened in 1970.



Enjoy!
Dean

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Post by: Dean on November 17, 2023, 08:44:59 pm
November 17th mail call:

I bought these two 1954 notes and they arrived today.

The $20 has the date Apr 6 1959 stamped between the serial numbers.

And the $5 has “900.00” in old fashioned cursive number script written on the front.

Enjoy!

Dean
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Post by: Dean on November 19, 2023, 11:02:03 am
November 18th finds, part 1:

Sometimes the most interesting notes are those that have “been around the block” a few times.

There were a number of interesting notes in the lot I picked up yesterday.

This group of three $1s are typical of notes being used as scratch paper, with various quantities written on them.

The next two notes were cherished possessions, probably taking up residence in someone’s wallet for a very long time.  The notes are worn, but also very smooth, indicating that they have been pressed.  You can see that some of the dyes from the leather wallets has transferred to the paper.

And this note has a faint teller stamp on it…

38062-010

A Google search reveals this information:

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Laurentian Bank of Canada)
Parkdale & Melvin Banking Centre
251 Parkdale Ave N.
Hamilton, Ontario
L8H 5X6

There’s so much information on these old notes…

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on November 19, 2023, 11:10:59 am
November 18th finds, part 2:

This note is autographed by someone to his friend:

“To my buddy Fred
Dany”

This 2-letter prefix note has been altered (badly) to an asterisk replacement note.  🤣🤣🤣
It’s obvious that whomever altered this note knew something of replacement notes and what to look for at the time, but their efforts won’t fool anyone! 

This last note has been printed inconspicuously with the words “Boston Sucks” on opposite sides of the face of this note.

The letters are very clean.  Was it printed using a stencil or a stamp?  Maybe it was done with a laser printer?
In any case, it’s an amusing note.🤣

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on November 25, 2023, 01:43:23 pm
November 24th finds:

$20s with a story…

I found a few $20s yesterday with bank teller stamps on them.  Here are the details:

Note #1:
Has the transit number 05222 and part of “The Toronto Dominion Bank”
A quick search reveals that this branch is:
TD Bank
500 Glencairn Ave
Toronto, Ontario
M6B 1Z1

Note #2:
Has very little information, but judging by the font of the stamp, I think it is also from The Toronto Dominion Bank and it was stamped somewhere in Toronto, from the partial “TO…” visible in the bottom left.

Note #3:
Has a faint red stamp with the institution number 002, which is The Bank of Nova Scotia and a partial transit number 814…

When I looked up the Scotiabank master list of transit numbers, I think this note came from this branch:
81489-002
9927 100 St.
Morinville AB
T8R 1R4

Note #4:
Has a partial stamp “BRIN…TD.”
I think it stands for Brink’s Ltd, an armoured car company used to deliver notes and coins to the banks.

Enjoy!
Dean




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Post by: Dean on December 01, 2023, 11:11:50 pm
December 1st find:

This 1954 $10 has the number 8302 stamped in black ink on the back.
What’s interesting is that the stamped numbers appear to have the same font as the red serial numbers on 1935, 1937 and 1954 issue notes.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on December 03, 2023, 04:04:40 pm
December 3rd find:

One of the US $2s I picked up today had an inscription on it.

It says:

“To Trevor, from Grandpa Roy”.

I often wonder why notes like this are not kept; it’s such a personal message.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on December 03, 2023, 04:41:33 pm
December 3rd finds, Part 1:

I picked these notes out of dealer’s junk piles today.

The 1974 $2 has been in the sun for too long.  There’s hardly any design left!

The 1973 $1 has a red teller stamp, but no useful information is contained.

Another 1973 $1 has the figure 910– written in the top left, presumably for $910?

And this birds $2 appears to have offset ink from a 1973 $1; presumably from being stored next to one for an extended period of time.

Finally, this birds $2 has a partial bank stamp on it that reads …”23 1996” for the 23rd day of some month in 1996…the year the $2 note was discontinued.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on December 03, 2023, 04:52:31 pm
December 3rd finds, part 2:

This 1979 $5 has the “pink stamp of death” on it.  It is very hard to read, but I can see faint details.

01112-003
The Royal Bank of Canada
Peterborough Independent Business Centre
401 George St. North
Peterborough, Ontario
K9J 6Y8

It also has a very blurry date of 02/09/1988…I think…

This 1954 $20 has a red stamp, but unlike the 1979 $5, this stamp is crystal clear.

It reads
Yonge & Cummer
01682
Willowdale, Ont.

A Google search shows a TD branch at Yonge & Drewery/Cummer, but it is not associated with the number stamped on this note.

This 1973 $1 has a stamp for the Black Diamond Riders motorcycle club, dated 1978.



Enjoy!
Dean





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Post by: Dean on December 03, 2023, 05:16:12 pm
December 3rd finds, part 3:

I bought this 1937 short snorter today:

On the front are several signatures, but only one is legible.  It reads “J.A. Griffin”.


On the back, there are some signatures in fountain ink.

One reads “Grant Swanson Feb. 20/51”.

The other signatures are hard to read..but they arecalso dated February of 1951, during the Korean War era.

Enjoy!

Dean
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Post by: Dean on December 03, 2023, 05:19:26 pm
December 3rd finds, part 4:

I also picked up this 1954 $1 today.

It has smudged ink on the red serial numbers…

Has anybody ever seen this before?

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Cbeaulieu on December 03, 2023, 08:18:15 pm
Hi,
It's a great found,never see a ink smudge like this.
It's really nice to show us what you found because someone somewhere see this and remember if he seem something like that in the past,maybe I hope?
The most important things I wish more collectors would like to share their discovery with us in the futur like Dean.
Claude
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Post by: Dean on December 19, 2023, 09:01:31 pm
December 19th:

I was looking through some of the notes I found the other day and I saw a bit of offset ink on one of the journey $10s.


What do you think?  Keeper or spender?

Dean
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Post by: shrek999 on December 21, 2023, 08:48:18 am
I would keep it, you never know who might be interested.
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Post by: Dean on December 22, 2023, 01:10:52 am
December 21st finds:

I picked up three journey $50s today.
Each of them have partial bank stamps on them.

Note #1 has a black square stamp with the partial digit “1” and “10” on opposite corners.  I’m not sure which bank used this kind of stamp.

Note #2 has just enough information to determine that it is institution #004 or The Toronto Dominion Bank.

Note #3 has a faint date stamp that I think reads “May 26. 2010” and institution #030 which is The Canadian Western Bank.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on December 28, 2023, 06:00:09 pm
December 28th find:
Did I find a companion note?

Today, I picked this birds $50 out of the mutilated pile at one of my banks.

It’s neat because it has the date 03/01/93 and the name “Helen”.  It also says “1st salary” and “1st Un…” something unintelligible in cursive writing.

What’s even more intriguing is that I found a 1979 $20 earlier in 2023 at the same bank that had a similar inscription, except it was for somebody named “Cris”

I’m willing to bet that these two notes belonged to siblings who lived in the area in 1993 and both kept their “first salary” from their jobs as a souvenir.  Since both of these notes were handed in to the same bank branch, I also believe that the people who are named on these notes still live in the area.

Take a look at the “S” in “salary”.  It appears to have been written by the same person.

This has to be my coolest find of 2023…and I’ve found a lot of stuff!

Enjoy!
Dean

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Post by: Dean on December 28, 2023, 06:29:53 pm
December 28th mail call:

If today’s finds weren’t enough, I got this $100 in the mail today.

Somebody wrote “Bills Visa” on the front.

It could have been intended to pay “Bill’s Visa” and the person who wrote it forgot the apostrophe.  Or, the $100 could have been earmarked to pay that month’s Bills AND Visa.

Grammar does matter! :D

Writing directly on money as an organizational method such an old school thing to do.  I can see in my mind’s eye this person withdrawing cash from the bank, bringing it home, laying out the monthly bills on the kitchen table and physically putting money beside each invoice before returning to the bank to have the teller pay each invoice…by hand, and having the teller complete every individual transaction with a date stamp on each invoice as “proof” that the bills were paid (after the teller had updated the person’s passbook).🤣🤣🤣🤣

How times have changed…

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on January 02, 2024, 05:13:51 pm
January 2nd 2024 finds:

I picked up this 1954 $100 and birds 50 from one of my banks today.
The $100 has those curiously rounded edges.  About a month ago, I found some $1s and $2s with the same rounded corners.  The only reason I can imagine why someone would do this is to fit the notes into some sort of keepsake album.  The note also has “#17981” inscribed in cursive numbers between the serial numbers.

I have included a photo of the $100 note along with the $1s and $2s all with rounded corners.  What are the odds that these notes were once in the same collection?  My hypothesis is that the notes were part of an estate dispersal; I found all of the rounded corner notes in the same area of Toronto, but at two completely different banks.

The birds $50 is another “car note” because there’s a licence plate number written on it.  AKDY 959.
If I recall, the 4 letter “A” series of Ontario plates were issued in the mid to late 1990s.  Wouldn’t it be cool if someone at the Ministry of Transportation could look up this plate number for me?🤣

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on January 16, 2024, 08:48:39 pm
January 16th find:

Today, I picked up this journey $50 from one of my banks.

It has the transit number 68262-002

Scotiabank
Doon Village Centre
601 Doon Village Road
Kitchener Ontario
N2P 1T6

There’s also a partial teller stamp 6396…
ONT CA…
00…
R1…

Enjoy!
Dean

PS:  Why do teller stamps always have to be on $50 and $100 bills?  🤣
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Post by: Dean on February 01, 2024, 10:05:08 pm
February 1st mail call:

I bought this 1979 $20 for the teller stamp.
Though it is incomplete, the transit number is clearly visible.

60152-002
The Bank of Nova Scotia

A quick search reveals that this branch is located at:

19 Molson Park Drive
Barrie, Ontario
L4M 9H5

Pretty cool, eh?

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on February 02, 2024, 08:14:59 pm
February 2nd finds:

Interesting $100s…

Three of the 1975 $100s I got from the bank today had interesting things written on them.

The first note has what I think is a commercial vehicle plate number written on it.  In Ontario, trucks have different plates than passenger cars.  The format is 2 letters followed by 5 numbers: AA * 12345 with the asterisk actually a small crown on the plates.

Interestingly, up until the 1990s, Ontario still had embossed enamel painted licence plates.  In those days, the commercial vehicle plates had two letters and one number separated by an embossed crown and then three more digits: AA1*123.

The second $100 note was earmarked for “Billy”.

The third $100 has the wobbly cursive sums written on the back, like so many other $100s in the mutilated pile.Unfortunately, the writing just had to be on the AJX replacement note!   :'( 

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: whitenite on February 08, 2024, 08:20:18 pm
In helping Dean's search for banknotes with a story, I managed to find these notes on eBay which reflects the Canadian personality in many ways.  There is a Devil's Face $1 banknote where somebody on June 25, 1955 had to pay off a debt probably due to a bet.  In June, it would not be a bet on Hockey but maybe CFL football or a non-sporting bet.  Enjoy the text as it was drafted in 1950's sanitized English.

There is another Devil's Face $1 banknote with the date June 20, 1955 but I could be wrong as I am red-green colorblind.  I also found a 1867-1967 banknote where the person was celebrating the Centennial with the date of January 14, 1967.  I was 9 years old then and I cannot remember when these banknotes were released to the public but I saw plenty of them when I was a paperboy for the Toronto Star.

I also picked up a 1991 Bird Twenty with the inscription of "I bless this" on the body of the loon which could mean anything.  It is up to your interpretation to figure this one out.

Anyways, enjoy the pictures and now I can sell these banknotes to Dean for big money!!!

Best regards, Whitenite
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Post by: Dean on February 19, 2024, 02:36:51 pm
February 19th mail call update:

I bought this circulated $2 along with two other notes simply because it had a message written on it.

“To Onita From Aunt Mick”

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on February 19, 2024, 02:48:19 pm
February 19th:  Oshawa Coin A Rama finds, part 1:

I went to this show and found several treasures!

This $2 note has the “pink stamp of death”.  It reads:

The Royal Bank of Canada
4002 17 Ave SE
Calgary, ALTA 003 00777
And vertically, “81 03 0…”

So I gather that this note passed through the branch in March of 1981.

The branch of RBC is no longer at this address.  When entered into Google, the address is now occupied by the Nile Supermarket.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on February 19, 2024, 02:54:48 pm
February 19th Oshawa Coin A Rama finds, part 2:

These two 1954 $20s were found in dealers’ junk piles.

The first note is stamped Oct 6 1965 and the second note is stamped Oct 7 1959…Almost exactly 6 years apart!

The 1937 $10 is ragged, but someone named “E Towsend” signed the note in the top margin.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on February 19, 2024, 03:05:54 pm
February 19th Oshawa Coin A Rama finds, part 3:

This group of notes was interesting because of the written messages or autographs.

The 1937 $1 is dated Jan 11 1947 and it is signed by
Sam Feigen
Steve Swotal and
Jane Maiod?

The Japanese fractional notes were particularly interesting:

The first note is signed on the back:

Yogasuka (sic), Japan 9/11/45
50- Sin (sic)
One thing is for sure…This soldier couldn’t spell and it shows the tendency of Western military personnel to corrupt the spelling and pronunciation of foreign place names because the actual place is called Yokosuka which is the site of a large US naval base.

The second note is a “sweetheart note”, possibly written by an Allied soldier to a Japanese girlfriend?

It reads: “I love you, Sweetheart” on the back and
“Love Charlie” on the front.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on February 25, 2024, 10:10:41 am
February 24th TOREX pickups:

I went to TOREX yesterday and I found these two 1954 devil’s face $20s in a dealer’s inventory.

The first note is stamped JUL -5 1956.

The second note is partially stamped “…12 1957”.
If the date format was month/day/year, then it was stamped on the 12th day of a month in 1957.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: Dean on March 01, 2024, 12:08:15 am
February 29th find:

I picked up this journey $10 from the bank today.  It has the name “Maxwell Darsby” written on it.

Enjoy!
Dean
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Post by: coinboy on March 03, 2024, 01:19:24 pm
Here's 3 interesting notes, all autographed by the same 4 people, 3 consecutive years same location, a long time ago.
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Post by: coinboy on March 03, 2024, 01:24:32 pm
Here's 3 interesting notes, all autographed by the same 4 people, 3 consecutive years same location, a long time ago.
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Post by: coinboy on March 03, 2024, 05:42:14 pm
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Post by: Dean on March 18, 2024, 08:41:33 pm
March 18th find:

I picked up a worn birds $20 today because it had a legible partial bank teller stamp on it.

It reads:

04362-003

A quick search reveals that this transit number belongs to

The Royal Bank of Canada
602 Queen St.
Sault Ste Marie, Ont.
P6A 2A4

Pretty neat, eh!

Enjoy!
Dean

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Post by: Dean on March 28, 2024, 07:37:54 pm
March 28th find:

This birds $100 has a message written on it.  I have no idea what it says…

Enjoy!
Dean