A "Plethora" Of 1800's US Checks With Revenues

Maybe a gaggle not a plether but just received these today from good friend. Not sure wether I like the embossed stamped revenies or the affixed regular revs better. great to see in use and can't get over the script writting from period.

those are awesome. congrats. very nice!

Those are very nice.

And in the spirit of helpfulness, the word is PLETHORA from the Latin word spelled the same way.

wish I had a good friend like yours Nitro, those are wonderful.

Thanks Guys. Kirk this board has uncovered so many of my spelling errors and in about 3 languages. Dad always told me if I can't dazzle with brillience then baffle with Bull S&%t

Ahem, that's 'brilliance' Nitro. tsk tsk.
And you don't need to baffle with Bull S&%t.
Just dazzle with these cheques (checks?)

That's a great lot of revenue paper Nitro. I think the eagle vignette from the Merchant's Nat Bank is special. True Americana.
Thanks for showing them.

Bill

What beautiful stuff you have! I too like the Merchants Bank checks and the Dauphin Co. Harrisburg Pennsylvanian checks as that's in my neck of the woods! You have a good friend indeed! Congrats!

I was wondering with the various printed(stamped) vignettes opposed to the lick and stick. Were they only issued to larger commercial banks and how are they valuated or looked at from a catalog stand poit.
The gentleman I received these from was fortunate at an auction to pick up literally boxes of these for peanuts. Happily I've been invited to go along to next auction so I'd be in 7th heaven to score something like that. Although after looking at a few hundred I would probably go numb.

Love the artwork and detail in the Eagles.

Being an old banker I am very jealous! - what a great collection - the handwriting really drums up images from a bygone era

They are really lovely.
I wouldn't use plethora in this instance as it can mean an over-abundance or excess which I'm not sure this could ever be possible.

Myriad.

friggin a, I need friends like that.

Always count on revcollector to help with these things. Myriad would be a perfect word but I would have spelled it mirriad and Kirk would have nailed me on it.
The friend sells many of these on ebay in lots of 10-20 or so, here and there but doesn't push them.
Does anyone have info on the stamped vignettes?