NEW BOOK: OBSOLETE CURRENCY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY

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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 5, February 1, 2015, Article 4

NEW BOOK: OBSOLETE CURRENCY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY

The Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society has published a new book on the obsolete currency of the Pittsburgh region (Allegheny County). -Editor

Obsolete Currency, Scrip and Notes of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
by Robert Liddell and Charles Culleiton
Card covered
Spiral bound
190 pages
$30 plus $6 for shipping and handling to U.S. addresses

Coauthor Charles 'Skip' Culleiton writes:

The book on obsolete currency contains 190 pages with information and many photos of [1] Advertisement Notes [2] Bank Currency [3] Clearing House [4] Commission Scrip [5] Government [Boroughs, Towns, Allegheny County) [6] Merchant Scrip [7] Railroads [8] Satirical Notes [9] Schools [10] Turnpikes. It includes all known genuine, altered, raised and counterfeit notes. We accept checks or PayPal to the following address:

Charles Culleiton
2830 Hastings Drive
Lower Burrell, PA 15068
skipcull@verizon.net

I collected Pittsburgh obsolete notes for many years and a number of my old notes are included. Bob and Skip have been working on this project for over ten years, and it's great to see it come to fruition. Below is a selection of rare notes covered in the book. One is from a municipality that no longer exists - the Borough of Birmingham was merged in the City of Pittsburgh - it covered what is now known as the South Side. This will be great input for the Whitman obsolete note catalog project. -Editor

1815 Bank of Pittsburgh One Dollar note

1829 Bank of the U.S. Pittsburgh Branch 10 Dollar note

1837 Borough of Birmingham Pittsburgh 12 1/2 cent note

Great Lakes Coal Company Pittsburgh Clearing House scrip

Great Lakes Coal Company Pittsburgh Clearing House note

Wayne Homren, Editor

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