Featured Finds Thread

If anyone is near Robesonia, PA I suggest you try Ozgood's Neighborhood Grille for their roast beef melt on a pretzel!!!!
OMG!!!!!!
There are other such things as well. YUMMY!!!!!

 

took me years before bumble didn't scare me.....

 

$2? $2? Ya mean I could a got $2 for the one I gave to a friend of mine? $2? And to think I gave mine away...............

 

...and make you money instead of costing it. Gotta love that part.

But..Bumbles bounce! Who can be afraid of a bouncing Bumble?

 

A few new purchases. They were on the cheap side due to the pinholes in the fractional and a tear in the Virginia note. I usually don't collect damaged items but these were to cheap to pass up!

 

Loved the flag best .. Joy.

 

Is the second one Confederate? If it is and it's real...score. Then again, people collect the counterfeits too if they're old.

 

Yes. It is a Virginia Treasury Note dated July 1862 so it is Civil War Era. Many southern rebel states produced similar notes to finance the war. I believe that it is authentic since the ink used in the signature and serial number looks correct for the era. The paper looks right too, it is the thin brittle rice paper that was common for use by the Confederate States.

There are a number of these notes currently available on eBay and they don't sell for that much, especially in this condition. I actually paid $6 for the above example at an estate auction.

Interesting text on authenticating Confederate Currency (PDF) and a list of common repros.
http://www.manhattancoinclub.org/newsletter/ConfederateCurrency.pdf

 

Hello! I came across what I believe is an awesome find. I got it at a garage sell this weekend because I thought it was cool. I know nothing about it. I did try to google the markings but I really only got that it is from the Philippines because of ft.magsaysay. I really want to know about the brass serpent as the guard and so much more... Please, any info or leads would be greatly appreciated!

 

our sister site.....has some info...

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/value-of-an-1862-virginia-1-treasury-note.49610/

 

that looks like Bowie knife....nice knife..

 

Thanks! It looks like it may have belonged to a Lt. But I havnt found any info on him either.

 

https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/19876509_vintage-wwii-philippines-bring-back-1945-knife

lots of bring back knives from this era....wood handle horn handle.....brass, no brass, engraved blade...or not ...

 

Yes. Those are very nice too!
Do you know what the serpent may represent on the one I have? I think the 1ID stands for 1st infantry division and the 1SB is for 1st signal battalion and could be ww2 or phillipine american war. I would love to be able to find out.

 

thats gorgeous,Davey !