The Charlton catalogue (page 309) states that Specimen notes of the 1922 issue of La Banque Nationale are "readily available .... particularly the $10 denomination". This statement is confirmed by the frequent appearance of these Specimen notes on eBay. I recently purchased one of the $10 Specimen notes on eBay for the Buy-it-Now price of $179.00 plus taxes and shipping. I particularly like the Jacques Cartier vignette on the $10 denomination, which, incidentally, was also employed on the Canadian 3 Cent postage stamp issued in 1934.
These Banque Nationale Specimen notes seem to trade in the $200-$400 range (depending on the denomination) and they strike me as being good value for money, especially since the issued notes are essentially unobtainable or even extinct. Does anyone know roughly how many Specimen notes of the different denominations of the 1922 issue were in the hoard that appeared a few years ago?
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" Buy the very best notes that you can afford and keep them for at least 10 years. " (Richard D. Lockwood, private communication, 1978).