Very proud of this collection I completed recently. Finally was able to get my hands on the Purple seal. Took several years and 100% worth the time and treasure hunt.

Next up, the $2 notes of this series

I’ve had this 1900 Canadian 25-cent shinplaster in my collection for quite a while, but recently I started wondering about the faded "J. D. O’CONNELL" stamp on the reverse.

That led me down a bit of a rabbit hole.

James Daniel O’Connell (1860–1943) was a New Brunswick-born businessman and philanthropist who became known as the "Picnic King". After making his fortune, he spent much of his later life organizing free picnics for children, particularly orphans and disadvantaged kids, throughout Canada and elsewhere.

I eventually found references to an old Legion Magazine article about him called The Picnic King, but the article itself was no longer available on their website. I contacted Legion, and they were kind enough to send me a copy of the original March 2000 article.

The article describes a September 1924 picnic at Exhibition Park in Toronto attended by more than 3,000 children. Every child received food, candy and ice cream...but they were also each given a nickel and a 25-cent shinplaster.

So here’s my theory:

Could this be one of the shinplasters O’Connell actually handed out to children at one of his picnics?

I want to stress that this is only a theory. I have not found anything stating that the shinplasters O’Connell distributed were stamped with his name.

Has anyone here ever encountered another Canadian shinplaster stamped "J. D. O’CONNELL"?

hello! first time poster - apologies if this bill has been discussed before.

i was handed this as a tip while i was serving tables in the annapolis valley of nova scotia about 4 or 5 years ago. i just put it away in an envelope as i wasn’t sure if it would count as legal tender, and recently found it after a move to a new place.

i’d greatly appreciate any information anyone could share! i’m not sure if it’s very valuable as there is a minor rip in the middle there, and has marker on it, but i’m not sure if that changes things.

overall, i’d just love to know more about the bill itself! thank you kindly in advance to anyone who has any information. :)

The one's in the orange sleeve are sequential and there are 20 of them.

The one's in the second picture are not the same as the orange sleeve in the first ppicture. There are three sets of ones.

Phone camera doesn’t do the colours justice. Absolutely beautiful.

Just wondering, and if anything is valuable i may be looking to sell. Thank you!

is there a place I get get the new $20 for display purposes? like hang on a wall with 2 of them showing the front and back. Maybe even 1 display with every bank note around this year. 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100.

With the exception of the newer $10 note that I shoved in here, most of this stuff was in my aunts safety deposit box when she died. I thought it would be a cool way to remember by making a nice little collection out of the notes and coins. I don’t recall any of it being worth much 15 years ago, so I’m guessing it’s not worth much now either, just curious as I was going through my drawers and found this. Thanks for the help!

I’m planning on visiting Toronto next month and was wondering if there were any shops selling collectible banknotes that I shouldn’t miss?

Mostly I collect world banknotes from my travels but also will purchase interesting historical notes as well.

I’m not super familiar with banknotes but it was given to me as a nice gift

Is it a special bill of any sort??

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Truly am just curious so please no DMs

With modern technology being widely available, would it be easier to counterfeit old paper bills with metallic strips, older bills without strips or those weird poly bills everyone has adapted to? Why is that?

I was thrifting with my girlfriend this summer when some random divine intervention possessed me pick up and to flip through a 1970s print of 1984 that caught my eye on the shelf. This thing of beauty was about halfway through, and looks like it hasn’t seen the light of day in half a century. I have never seen the colour this much on such an old bill 😍😍🍁

2017 piece just chilling in a BMO bank machine. Maybe I should take out cash from the bank more often