143ksk

On 6/2/2022 at 12:46 PM, seanfingh said:

You have impeccable taste.

Thanks!

Mark Schultz

Evan Dorkin

William Stout

John Romita

Dan Clowes

Alice Cooper

Adam West and Burt Ward

I'm finally doing some scanning of books. 

Riverdale's B&V

On 5/29/2022 at 9:43 AM, batman_fan said:

How would you like to be the guy that got to encase that one?

Looks like he just took a hole punch to it

A few more. Please pardon the American coinage.

On 5/28/2022 at 11:28 PM, Professor K said:

Why that particular coin 143ksk?  

Jefimoks are pretty much infinitely variable due to differences in the host coin, counterstamp, etc. So, I need them all...

Here are some other early Russian numismatic items:

On 5/26/2022 at 9:50 PM, Pantodude said:

I also have stamp, coin, and currency collections.   For those who are interested, a few samples from each collection follow.  On the long side b/c there are many genres and sub-genres.  

STAMPS

Regular postage

 

Air Mail

 

Special Delivery

 

Parcel Post 

 

Postage Due!

 

Documentary stamps!

 

Official stamps!  I bet you're surprised these exist!

 

Newspapers and Periodicals postage!  

 

 

Revenue stamps

 

Hunting Permit stamps!

 

War Savings Stamps re WWII (as promoted on many comic books)

 

Stamps from the Confederate States!!!

 

Envelopes (that included postage)!    

 

I also have old stamps from around the world, like these: 

 

COINS 

Fugio cents (of Benjamin Franklin fame).  There are over 50 varieties, some very scarce.  I only have a few types.  As Ben advises, “MIND YOUR BUSINESS,” which could have been read both ways!  I think he intended it.   So cool given the historical context.  Here's one:  

 

 

 

Draped Bust large cents

 

Coronet or Matron Head large cent

I never scanned my other cents (Lincoln, Indian), nickels, or silver coins (3-cent, dimes, quarters, halves, dollars) from 1800s onward, but here's some gold: 

 

CURRENCY

Our earliest paper money, colonial currency (this example from Pennsylvania, but each of the 13 colonies had their own).  Like our Silver and Bronze Age UK price variants, our earliest money was in pence!  How cool is the "to counterfeit is DEATH!" warning?  There are MANY variations, all manually-signed by local bigwigs (multiple sigs for higher denominations) of the time.

Then our fledgling government (the Continental Congress) provided a uniform currency (aka Continental Currency) to the former colonies.  The lower denominations shared imagery with the Fugio cents, so Benjamin Franklin's contributions were everywhere.  Many design variations/sig combos, too   

It wasn't until much later that the USA issued paper currency resembling what we have today (but these notes were considerable larger).  Our earliest $1, $2, $5, and $10 bills looked like this: 

Silver Age fans?  

Gold Age fans? 

Many contained good art: 

Some had nudity.  Imagine that today!

1891 series: 

 

The Bison note of 1901 front and back.  Many notes have wonderful backs like this:

 

 

Are these the "big bucks"?   These were meant primarily for inter-bank transactiona and never intended for circulation.  The largest are $5,000 and $10,000.  

 

Now for the teeny weeny notes:  Fractional Currency!  Started out as Postage Currency in the 1st Issue (literally used images of suitably-denominated stamps!)

 

And finally, some notes from the Confederate States of America!

 

That's all folks!  

That hole for the missing $4 Columbian Expo would drive me crazy.

Al Hartley

Ernie Bushmiller

Ken Bald

Bob Montana

The first number is supposed to be the number of comics Crippen had bought to date, the letter is the publisher of the book and the second number is the number of books of that publisher to date.

On 4/27/2022 at 3:53 PM, Yorick said:

Absolutely adorable.  Is that a White Tree Frog?