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Dean
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« Reply #210 on: February 04, 2026, 10:16:53 pm »

@ Whitenite:  The artistic $5 note is amazing...Do you want to sell it?

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« Reply #211 on: February 05, 2026, 12:27:59 pm »

Hi Dean,

Here is the gameplan for your next purchase!

I am first to get graded it by BCS and then by an Art Gallery House in Toronto/Ottawa/Montreal to determine the worth of the banknote and the worth of being a piece of art.  It could be like a Bansky!!!

Then we will talk!!

Thanks for the interest and I will posting another item later today to get you going!!

Best regards, Whitenite
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« Reply #212 on: February 05, 2026, 07:16:20 pm »

Yesterday, I received in my change from a Grocery Store in the Ottawa Valley an interesting $10 banknote. Just like Dean's previous posts of listing groceries, people still do write on banknotes even in the age of cell phones and other digital devices.

It appears from my speculation that an Invoice #243 was paid for two brake light bulbs on November 21, 2023 with this banknote.  I have no idea where this banknote came from.

Living on a farm with lots of machinery where repairs can be expensive, I am trying to figure out how two brakelight lamp bulbs could be so inexpensive.  Every time, I go to repair shop, Canadian Tire or the local farm equipment dealer, nothing costs less than $50 including brand new light bulbs for tractors which are LED.  No doubt, for people living in the city, car repairs can be expensive as well.

The challenge here, is to determine what kind of brakelamp bulbs cost less than $10 especially for two of them?  I hope that it is not for a Model T from the 1920's!!!

Enjoy the picture, Whitenite

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« Reply #213 on: February 09, 2026, 02:29:30 pm »

Hey WhiteNite,

So glad that artist may be the same person.  Sort of like finding the bio of someone that signed a 'short-snorter'.  How fun.

Cheers,

Breanna
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« Reply #214 on: May 09, 2026, 11:16:40 am »

 May 8th find:

I picked this note out of the mutilated pile at one of my banks.  It’s somebody’s grocery list…Pine Sol, glass cleaner and Toilet Cleaner, all written in old school hybrid cursive script.

I guess this is from the late 80s or early 90s, because the note is signed by Thiessen and Crow.  I guess we also know what the person was doing on that particular day!   :D

Enjoy!
Dean


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« Reply #215 on: July 07, 2026, 09:56:54 am »

July 7th:
Where's Willy sleeper!

I got this note yesterday...It has been sleeping for 22 years, 10 days, 19 hours and 58 minutes!

http://www.whereswilly.com/report.php?key=4b9af0d76417cb4674fa290e8262a245d0b38bbd9a8227bd
Enjoy!

Dean

 

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