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Hi there !

I’m currently a bit lost regarding this $1 note.

Some issues have serial numbers, purple inks or signatures, whilst others do not...

Are there any experts here who could help me better understand what I’ve shared ?

Hey there !

I’m currently scanning and cataloguing my father’s collection of historical paper items, and I may eventually build a small website/archive in his memory.

My father was a numismatist and had a large collection of U.S. paper money, but alongside the banknotes he also kept many related historical paper items : exposition tickets, private scrip, checks, stock certificates, bond coupons, revenue/fiscal paper, postal documents and other ephemera.

I know not everything shown here is strictly paper money, but I thought this community might appreciate the more monetary-adjacent pieces.

For this first post, I’m sharing a few highlights :

1. 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition tickets
2. A small Boston Hotel 12½ cents scrip
3. A selection of XIX U.S. checks (around 500)
4. Some U.S. stock certificates.

Any information, corrections, cataloguing advice or suggestions for good references would be very welcome. I’m still learning how to properly identify and organize everything.