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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

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.”

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?

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

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

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

Why is there no "like" button on this forum? Thanks for sharing Dean, always interesting!

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

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