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Canadian Notes => Dominion of Canada Notes => Topic started by: Bernard_Schaaf on April 23, 2006, 11:32:38 pm
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Dear Friends:
Does anyone know where I might be able to get images of the various issues of
Dominion of Canada high-value notes of 1872, 1911, 1925??? I did find a nice color image of
the front and back of the 1925 $1000 on the covers of my only Charlton book, the old 5th edition. Do any of the other Charlton editions portray any of these high-value notes? Any chance
I could obtain these images??? I understand that a pair of the 1911 notes was offered at an auction in 2002, but I have been unable to locate a catalogue which might have images of these.
I am also interested in trying to locate images of the various Bank Legal issues. although I understand that this is much more difficult and that only proofs or specimens are
available. Do any of the Charlton editions have Bank Legals on the covers???
I am always willing to pay any reasonable expense connected with obtaining such images, such as postage for the loan and PROMPT return of any book or catalogue which
might have these images. (I can provide references if requested.) IF the provider/lender demands it, then I will promise NOT to share his/her image with other persons outside my
own family. Thank you all for your help.
Newcomer (Bernard Schaaf, MD, Southern California)
On parle Francais
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Dear LeventeJakab:
I do thank you very much for leading me to the much-desired images of the 1911 and 1925 $500 notes. I have a nice image of the 1924 $1000 which I got from the front
and back covers of my copy of 5th Charlton (I have only the 5th and the 17th). I do still
need a nice image of a 1911 $1000----maybe someday, somewhere.....
I assume you are a collector, so I am asking your help concerning the colors. Re the
1911 $500: Charlton says the colors were obverse "black with green 8-) tint " and the reverse "green," whereas the image of an isssued and obviously circulated note shows its colors to be obverse and reverse both brown. Did it happen that Specimen notes (as depicted by Charlton) used one color scheme but notes for circulation had a different color scheme?? I have a small picture of a Proof note from a recent auction catalogue that shows the 1911 $500 Proof color to be blue (not green)!
Same question for the 1925 $500. Charlton says the colors were obverse "black with
brown tint" and reverse "brown," yet the image of the the issued note shows its predominant
color to be blue! Also, if Charlton is apparently "wrong" about the colors of the ISSUED $500's of 1911 and 1925, is he also wrong about the colors of the 1911 $1000 (said by him to
be "blue")??
You mention Bank Legals too. The only images I have seen of any of these are the
teensy-weensy black-and-white photos of specimen notes in Charlton. Are there any color
images available anywhere????
And one last inquiry: do you know where I might locate an image of one of the 1870 notes with the blue ST. JOHN overprint?? (Even a black-and-white would be okay.)
I used to be a collector (I even had a devil's head asterisk), but now I can collect
only images (including the Chartered Banks). Is there anything I can do for you to repay your courtesy?? I have some USA images that have never been published.
Once again: thank you for your help.
Bernard Schaaf MD aka "Newcomer"
Southern California (Yes, we do get a lot
of heat here in summertime, but at
least I never have to shovel it.)