Baseball Currency
Yes, I believe it may be a sign of things to come. These currencies are one of my favorite issues! They contain many hall of famers, and other key players (i.e. Billy Sunday), and, at least by my belief, have been extremely undervalued for years!
Considering the paper issue they are, it can be extremely difficult to find nice condition ones! I suppose values in the sports collectors world have been held down because they are not a "card" rather are "paper" currency note, that were typically redeemable towards a purchased discount (i.e. 5%) from the given advertiser. So, they fall into the memorabilia realm, rather than the card area, which limits interest from that perspective. However, for me, as both a card and memorabilia collector, as well as a collector of history; this gives them more cross appeal in multiple areas....i.e. baseball, advertising, currency issues, etc.
I have even seen some that are slabbed, so that may help in the future.
The Chicago ones are somewhat scarce, but, when you factor in all the advertising possibilities, variations can be extremely rare.
The 1887 St. Louis one is extremely tough to find, with any advertiser. The 1888 St. Louis one is ultra rare and quite difficult to find...I believe there are only a few known.
The 1893 All Star one is also ultra rare, again including any advertiser.
Glenn Mechanick
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