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

2025 Updates

March 28, 2025: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


March 9, 2025: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Thirteen new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Mar/Apr 2025) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Issued in Defence of American Liberty by Steve Feller
    • Ormsby's Unit System & Series of 1896 Educational Silver Certificates by Peter Huntoon
    • When Babe Ruth Lost a $1000 Bill by Lee Loftus
    • No Cash Taken by Al Bailey
    • The Story Behind Certain Banknotes From Santo Domingo That Bear a Cuban Seal by Roberto Menchaca
    • Saving the Best for Last -The Final Note Issued for the FNB of Pelham, GA by Raiden Honaker & lee Loftus
    • The Bank of Niagara of Buffalo, Part I: The Niagara Falls Vignettes by Bernhard Wilde
    • Alfred Quimby Periodical Mart Scrip by Rick Melamed
    • Sad Banknote Story of Port of Antofagasta by Roland Rollins
    • Vermont's History and Postal Note Contribution by Bob Laub
    • Small Notes: A Simple $1 Face Plate, No. 519 by Jamie Yakes
    • Welcome New SPMC Hall of Fame Members (2025) SPMC
    • FUN Show 2025 SPMC Activities SPMC


March 1, 2025: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


January 17, 2025: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Seven new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Jan/Feb 2025) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Origin and Sudden Demise of Series of 1896 Educational Silver Certificates by Peter Huntoon
    • The Entrepreneurial Holt Family - New York, Mobile and New Orleans by Bill Gunther
    • Origin of Fr1192a, the $50 1882 Gold Certificate with the wrong seal, Treasurer's Replacement Note by Peter Huntoon, Doug Murray & Shawn Hewitt
    • Try This Over on Your Piano by Terry A. Bryan
    • Inverted/Mirrored Plate Numbers On Fractional Currency - Fifteen New Examples Uncovered at the Smithsonian by Rick Melamed
    • Fargo - Dakota Territory vs North Dakota by Bob Laub
    • Small Notes: Press Record Card for $5 Back Plate 629 by Jamie Yakes

2024 Updates

December 19, 2024: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


November 9, 2024: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Nine new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Nov/Dec 2024) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Santa Claus on U.S. Obsolete Notes by Benny Bolin
    • Sherman, TX Bank Organized to Utilize Aldrich-Vreeland Emergency Currency by Peter Huntoon, Adam Stroup & Lee Loftus
    • $50 Legal Tender Series of 1874, 1875, 1878, 1880 Intaglio Face Plate Varieties by Peter Huntoon
    • The 1963 $5 Legal Tender Series - A Study by John S. Patrick
    • Important New Info on the T-64 CSA $500 Note Survey by Steve Feller & Mark Coughlan
    • What time is it on the $100 bill? by Lee Loftus
    • Some Additional Odd Denomination Discoveries by Richard Allen
    • The Intriguing Postal Notes of Spokane, Washington by Bob Laub
    • Damn the Shin Plasters by Terry A. Bryan


November 8, 2024: Historical Currency Auction Catalogs and Fixed Price Lists (Pre-2000)

  • Official Online Release of the Historical Currency Auction Catalogs and Fixed Price Lists website to provide online access to digitized copies of early (pre-2000) auction catalogs and dealer price lists.
  • Currently the website includes 58 Auction Catalogs and 58 Fixed Price Lists issued between 1965 and 1994 by currency dealers Hickman & Waters (1965-1972), Hickman & Oakes (1972-1989), John Hickman (1990-1994) and William P. Donlon (1971-1978).
  • Information shown for each catalog/price list includes Date, Highlights, Types of currency offered, and # of lots for auction catalogs. Each catalog's searchable pdf file can be viewed/downloaded by clicking on the corresponding Catalog Title link. A list of Prices Realized is included at the end of each auction catalog.


September 6, 2024: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Ten new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Sep/Oct 2024) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Uncirculated $5 SN#1 Brown Back Ketchum, Idaho Territory by Peter Huntoon
    • John Douglas, New Orleans Engraver by Mark Coughan
    • National Bank Note Circulation Hit with a Forced 8% Decline by Redemption of the Loan of 1925 by Peter Huntoon & Lee Loftus
    • Portraits on Parade: Miss Blackey, the Most Beautiful Woman in Virginia by Tony Chibbaro
    • The Real Story Behind the CIA's Counterfeit Cuban Banknotes of 1961 by Roberto Menchaca
    • The Hastings National Bank Robbery
    • Money Used in the Japanese-American Internment Camps of World War II (Part II) by Steve Feller, Katherine Ameku, Momo McCloskey Feller & Ray Feller
    • The Tishomingo Hotel by James C. Ehrhardt
    • Eighteen Ninety-Four by Bob Laub
    • Small Notes: Secret Marks on $10 1928B Federal Reserve Notes by Jamie Yakes


September 5, 2024: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


July 24, 2024: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Eight new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Jul/Aug 2024) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Benjamin Franklin's Image on American Currency by Rick Melamed
    • Unissued Series of 1899 Treasury Notes by Peter Huntoon
    • New High $2 Series of 1928C Mule Serial Number Discovery by Peter Huntoon
    • Money Used in the Japanese-American Internment Camps of World War II (Part I) by Steve Feller, Katherine Ameku, Momo McCloskey Feller & Ray Feller
    • In God We Trust on U.S. Currency by Peter Huntoon
    • The Kirtland Safety Society Bank Ceremonial Bank First Signings by Douglas A. Nyholm & Dave Hur
    • New Fractional Discovery - Second Issue 25cents (Fr. 1286a) by Rick Melamed
    • Small Notes - $5 S.F. Face 52 ChangeOver Pair Discovered by Jamie Yakes


June 9, 2024: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


May 20, 2024: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Seven new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (May/Jun 2024) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Protocols for Handling the Issuance and Redemption of Aldrich-Vreeland Emergency Currency by Lee Loftus
    • Evidence for the Issuance of a $10 Series 1933A Silver Certificate Sheet complete with serial numbers by Lee Loftus, Peter Huntoon & Derek Moffitt
    • Treasury sealing assigned to Treasurer's office in 1885 (Revised) by Peter Huntoon & Doug Murray
    • Postmaster Marshall: Left Holding the Bag by Bob Laub
    • UNESCO World Heritage Sites Depicted on Bank Notes - Armenia by Roland Rollins
    • Chump Change: Picture This: The American Banker by Loren Gatch
    • Small Notes - The New Deal's Silver Inflation by Jamie Yakes


May 17, 2024: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


March 17, 2024: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Nine new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Mar/Apr 2024) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Evidence for the Issuance of a $10 Series of 1933A Silver Certificate Sheet by Lee Loftus & Peter Huntoon
    • The FNB of Boston issued only Series of 1929 Glass-Borah Amendment notes by Peter Huntoon
    • A Failed Partnership - The Security Bank Note Company and Cuba by Roberto Menchaca
    • Tuscaloosa's Taliaferro F. Samuel - Jack-of-all-trades or Renaissance Man? by Bill Gunther
    • It's Not Just About the Vignettes - William T. Smithson, Confederate Spy Tony Chibbaro
    • The Lumbermans / Northern National Bank of Bemidji, MN, Charter 8241 by Michael Saharian
    • A Numismatic Stroll in the French Quarter of New Orleans by Steve Feller
    • The Sole-Surviving Postal Note from La Grange, Ohio by Bob Laub
    • UNESCO World Heritage Sites Depicted on Bank Notes - Argentina by Roland Rollins


February 2, 2024: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


January 9, 2024: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Eight new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Jan/Feb 2024) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • Series 1933 $10 Silver Certificates 90th Anniversary and Ten-Year Census Update by Lee Loftus
    • Large-Size Treasury Currency Pre-Star Replacements New Insights and Improved Detection by Peter Huntoon
    • 1882 NBN Value Back Face Plates without 'or other securities' by Peter Huntoon
    • Demas Barnes - Patent Medicine Man by Benny Bolin
    • The Steamer Etiwan, Silent Witness to Good Times & Bad Tony Chibbaro
    • Kelsey Harris Douglass - Texas Merchant, Soldier and Paper Money Issuer by Frank Clark
    • A Link Between Specimen Postal Notes from Johnson, VT & Arkama, PA? by Bob Laub
    • UNESCO World Heritage Sites Depicted on Bank Notes - Antigua by Roland Rollins

2023 Updates

November 13, 2023: SPMC Paper Money Articles Index

  • Thirteen new articles from the latest SPMC Paper Money Journal (Nov/Dec 2023) are now available in the Articles Index:
    • 2% Consols of 1930 by Peter Huntoon
    • Taxing Non-Federal currency out of existence by Peter Huntoon & Wendell Wolka
    • How the 1914 FRN Serial#1 San Francisco Red Seals Were Sold by Allen Mincho
    • Daniel Webster Valentine - Fractional Currency & Half-Dimes by Benny Bolin & Jerry Fochtman
    • In Remembrance - Neil Shafer 1933-2023 by SPMC
    • Paper Money of the Sefton Internment Camp on the Isle of Man by Steve Feller
    • The White House and Treasury Talk Autographs on Dollar Bills by Lee Loftus
    • The SPMC National Bank Lookup website by Mark Drengson
    • The Story of Norman's Bridge, Alabama by Bill Gunther & Charles Derby
    • Gutter Fold Errors on Fractional Currency by Richard Merlau & Rick Melamed
    • Oakland California's Contribution to Series 1883-1894 Postal Note History by Bob Laub
    • It's Not Just About the Vignettes - The Real Rhett Butler by Tony Chibbaro
    • The SPMC - An Organization on the Move by Loren Gatch


November 5, 2023: Huntoon-Shiva NBN Encyclopedia


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

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