Banknote Reporter

The the most comprehensive monthly source of news and information on bank notes and all related fiscal paper. Each issue of Bank Note Reporter includes market values, calendar listings, news briefs, price guides, historical articles on paper money and why certain notes were created. Reports on the people, events and history that have contributed to this hobby make for fascinating reading. For both the new enthusiasts and the veteran collectors.

Banknote Reporter

Picturesque Pennsylvania: Tower City

Same Manufacturer, Same Title, Same Signatures, Different Layouts on 1929 Nationals

India Bank Note Use Shifts

Reader’s Showcase

Proof of the Month

Challenge to New Philippine Bank Notes

High-Grade Notes Becoming More Common • SEPTEMBER 2022 U.S. Paper Money Price Guide

NATIONAL BANK NOTES

SMALL SIZE CURRENCY

LARGE SIZE CURRENCY

FRACTIONAL CURRENCY

Replacing the U.S. Dollar Bill with a Coin – An International Perspective

Should the U.S. replace its $1 paper note with a coin? Why or why not? • Editor’s note: The following are responses to the poll question in the July 29 Numismatic News e-newsletter and were published in the Aug. 23 issue of Bank Note Reporter’s sister publication Numismatic News.

Iditarod: Ghost Town with a Future • Author’s Note: It was a big surprise to me when I came across the illustrated check. Its origin was shown as Iditarod, Alaska. I had always assumed that the race held annually by that name somehow had a local connection but didn’t give much thought to it. After this discovery, I discussed it with a good friend who spends much time in Alaska, and she provided me with the information you will read below. I am grateful for her assistance.

COINS

Two U.S. Notes Each Realize Over $100,000 at Auction

Stack’s Bowers Presenting Paradise Collection in September Auction

Lyman C. Draper • Collector, Historian, Genealogist

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