Roland Rollins has published an updated edition of his book on banknote company promotional sheets and test notes. Here's the announcement.
-Editor
The "North American Printers Promotional Sheets & Test Notes" from 2023 has been revised with an updated version for 2026. There are many new finds and new companies with test and advertising notes in three years!
North American Printers Test and Advertising Notes - 2026 now runs 401 pages, (280 pages last issue) That's 43% more pages! The catalog is now on Adobe pdf format. This provides several advantages. If electronic download is chosen, the file can be sent in seconds, with NO shipping fees. Like all PDF files, the entire catalog is searchable with a word or phrase. Common names of test notes added to aid search, such as "Washington", "Tyvek", "Lupo", "Reapers", "color chart", or "calendar". ALL test note issuing firms are bookmarked, allowing moving from one firm to another available with a single click. The file is 43 MB.
138 known North American printer firms producing test notes (9 new firms attributed!), including Printer's test, house and advertising notes from the 1815 forward. The catalog also includes any firm used to produce bank notes, including security ink, security paper mills, polymer producers, holographic and other security devices, and banknote design firms. The 1815 advertising note is a new company and is the oldest test note attributed in the world!
Attributing 1,001 (50 new this issue) notes documenting all sub-varieties, such as date, logo, address, color, material, security device differences, and others. With sub-varieties, there are 1,941 cataloged notes, 229 more than the last issue.
All COLOR NOTE IMAGES, totaling 2,094. (1,338 last issue)
Since the catalog is now on pdf the book is available for less than half of the previous book! It's on eBay for $20 + $5 shipping for domestic orders if a CD with the file is mailed or $20 + FREE shipping for instant electronic download. To avoid a $5 refund on eBay, feel free to email me at
currencyden@yahoo to buy directly. I will send a PayPal invoice and send the link to download the file from the mailbigfile.com cloud.
To order on eBay, see:
2026 eBook North American Test & Advertising Notes catalog - 401 pages
(https://www.ebay.com/itm/206195742800)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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