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This page will list updates and additions to the contents of this wiki website as they become available.

2023 Updates

September 16, 2023: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Eleven new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Sep/Oct 2023) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Plate Letters on Large Size NBNs by Peter Huntoon
    • How the 1914 FRN Serial #1 San Francisco Red Seals were saved by Lee Loftus
    • High Serial Discovery - $2 LT Series 1928C Mule by Peter Huntoon
    • Union Occupation and the Fate of Baugh's Cotton Mill in Alabama by Bill Gunther & Charles Derby
    • 4th Issue Treasury Seal Plate Proof Sheets by Jerry Fochtman & Rick Melamed
    • Neither Chit nor Chizzler by Terry A. Bryan
    • Altered 4th Printing Confederate Chemicograph Backs by Peter Bertram
    • It's Not Just About the Vignettes - A Case of Mistaken Identity by Tony Chibbaro
    • How the Montgomery Ward Catalog and U.S. Postal Notes Helped Tame the Wild West by Bob Laub
    • Small Notes: Series 1934 $5 Federal Reserve Note Back Plate 637 Mules by Jamie Yakes
    • UNESCO World Heritage Sites Depicted on Bank Notes - Angola by Roland Rollins


July 28, 2023: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


July 26, 2023: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


July 16, 2023: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Eleven new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (July/Aug 2023) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Series of 1929 $100 Type 2 Nationals by Lee Loftus
    • Series of 1880 $20 Legal Tender Serial Number Color Change by Peter Huntoon & Lee Loftus
    • Civil War Stamp Money of Confederate Mobile, Alabama by Steve Feller
    • The Central National Bank of Frederick, MD Charter 1138 by J. Fred Maples
    • Glass-Borah Amendment of 1932 spiked Series 1929 NBN Circulation by a Third by Peter Huntoon & Jamie Yakes
    • Gardiner H. Wright and Company, Bog Iron by Terry A. Bryan
    • The Promise of a Florida Solder - Hansford Herndon and his 1862 Promissory Note by Charles Derby
    • On the 1940 emergency issues of Deventer, The Netherlands by Roeland Krul
    • UNESCO World Heritage Sites Depicted on Bank Notes - Algeria by Roland Rollins
    • It's Not Just About the Vignettes - The Mystery of the Missing Statue by Tony Chibbaro
    • The Rare Wobus Postal Note from Saint Charles Missouri by Bob Laub


June 17, 2023: Significant National Bank Note Collections


June 13, 2023: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


May 7, 2023: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Ten new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (May/June 2023) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • The End of National Bank Notes by Lee Loftus
    • Digital Archive of the Walton Collection of Nebraska National Bank Notes by Matt Hansen
    • $1 Late-Finished SC Series of 1935A Back Plate 470 Discovery by Peter Huntoon
    • Laws Governing the Circulation and Denominations National Banks Could Issue by Peter Huntoon
    • William Morris Meredith - 19th Secretary of the Treasury 1849-1850 by Rick Melamed
    • Challis Idaho Territory Postal Note by Bob Laub
    • Edward H. Stroecker and George Hutchinson - Fairbanks, Alaska Bankers by Frank Clark
    • UNESCO World Heritage Sites Depicted on Bank Notes - Albania by Rolland Rollins
    • The Exchange Note (Billete de Canje) of Puerto Rico (1895) by Angel O. Navarro Zayas
    • Notes from the Farmers & Mechanics Bank of Fayette County, New Salem, PA by Gerald Dzara


May 2, 2023: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


April 9, 2023: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


March 26, 2023: Significant National Bank Note Collections

  • Official Online Release of the Significant National Bank Note Collections website to showcase important National Bank Note Collections.
  • The notes in each collection are listed in an easily searchable and sortable table with links to high resolution images.
  • Two important NBN Collections are currently showcased on this website:
    • The Huntoon Collection of U.S. National Bank Notes
    • The Walton Collection of Nebraska National Bank Notes
  • A link to the NBN Collections home page is also available on the SPMC.org website under the Education & Research menu.


March 18, 2023: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


March 12, 2023: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Eleven new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (March/April 2023) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Kahului, Hawaii Territorial 1902 Red Seal Discovery of the Decade by Peter Huntoon
    • Merchant Notes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the 1830s: Benjamin S. Wilson of Conrow, Ramsey & Co. by Charles Derby
    • Legal Tender Series of 1928 Non-Star Serial Number Ranges by Peter Huntoon
    • Clayton A. Cowgill Signed Florida Treasury Warrants by Terry Bryan
    • It's Not Just About the Vignettes: Asahel K. Eaton's Patents of April 28, 1863 by Tony Chibbaro
    • The Anatomy of a Confederate Note by Steve Feller
    • The Civil War's Impact on Insurance in Alabama: The Troy Insurance Company by Bill Gunther
    • Raised Bank Notes from The Pratt Bank of Buffalo, New York by Bernhard Wilde
    • Collecting UNESCO World Heritage Sites Bank Notes by Roland Rollins
    • Small Notes: $5 Federal Reserve Series of 1934 Blue-Green Seal, Yellow-Green Back, Non-Mules by Jamie Yakes & Peter Huntoon
    • A Follow-up to the 131-Year-Old Mystery (Postal Notes) by Kent Halland & Charles Suraski


January 4, 2023: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Seven new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Jan/Feb 2023) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • The Philadelphia Serial #1 Postal Note Enigma by Bob Laub & Kent Halland
    • Arizona Series of 1929 National Bank Notes by Peter Huntoon
    • Mr. President - May we? (Fractionals) by Benny Bolin
    • The Monster Banknotes of Reza Shah Pahlavi by Roland Rollins
    • Replacement Notes among Type-39 and Type-40 Confederate Currency by Enrico Aldala
    • Channel Island Internees at Wursach Schloss by Steve Feller
    • U.S. Lieutenant Frank C. Filley's T-63 Fifty Cent Confederate Note by Charles Derby


2022 Updates

November 8, 2022: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Ten new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Nov/Dec 2022) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Announcing the Paper Money Articles Index and the Collecting Paper Money website by Mark Drengson
    • Fateful Series: The Philippine Treasury Certificates of 1941 by Daniel McCone
    • Reuse of Bank Titles by the same National Bank by Peter Huntoon
    • Bank of the U.S. 1833 Sight Draft with Two Autographs of former Postmasters General by Bill Gunther
    • Uncut Sheets through 1953 (U.S. Large Size) by Peter Huntoon
    • A Brief Update on the T-64 CSA $500 Note Survey of 3500 Notes by Steve Feller
    • The Reapers Vignette by ANBC Revisited by Roland Rollins
    • Color Variations on the 2nd Issue 25cent Fractionals by Rick Melamed
    • It's Not Just About the Vignettes - South Carolina's Most Wanted by Tony Chibbaro
    • The Aristocracy of the Confederate Note Signers by Michael McNeil


October 6, 2022: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia

This spreadsheet includes links to images for each of the 472 notes in Peter's amazing collection that he sold in 2006.


September 30, 2022: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index


July 21, 2022: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


June 28, 2022: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia