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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

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

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

February 29th find:

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

Enjoy!
Dean

Here's 3 interesting notes, all autographed by the same 4 people, 3 consecutive years same location, a long time ago.

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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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

March 28th find:

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

Enjoy!
Dean

April 10th finds:

I was taking a closer look at all of the notes I got from the bank today.

One of the 1979 $5s has “Hi there” written on the back two times and a smiley face.

Additionally, I received a polymer $20 in my regular cash withdrawal that has a partial teller stamp on it that reads: “The Toronto Dominion Bank”.  Unfortunately, it is impossible to determine a transit number from this stamp.

Enjoy!
Dean