Mike J.
Master Member
Those of you who are reading this are (I'm sure) familiar with Ben and his work over at PropCircle: http://www.propcircle.com/showthread.php?p=2967
And the allied thread here: http://www.rpf.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=110522
Squinting at the one blurry photo we have from the Exewing show, I could just make out some text in the top few lines:
http://www.rpf.invisionzone.com/uploads/po...-1148008087.jpg
"The Olympia National Bank".
I went and did a Google search for "Olympia National Bank", and found the original certificate that the propmaster must have used. The ship's papers are based on an old trust fund certificate, from the west coast.
The original certificates are for sale online at Scripophily.com. It comes out to about $45 if you want to buy one. I saw their preview picture and had an unexpected discovery...
We know one of the TV series bills appears to be denominated as $1200. You can see it in pictures from the Exewing show. What an odd amount...
The Olympia Trust certificate is in the same amount, and must be the origin of that piece of art on the bill. They are identical.
So now we have a weird piece of paper ephemera contributing to two separate props.
I took the liberty of scanning the $1200 graphic, for those of us that are graphically inclined
Personally, I do not recommend spending $45 for one of these certificates: all the text is financial in nature, essentially worthless for a prop reproduction, and the color is green, not blue or brown. My goal here is to save you a little trouble. If you just want it to display, because it looks pretty, then go nuts.
...We now return you to your regularly scheduled broadwave...
-Mike
And the allied thread here: http://www.rpf.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=110522
Squinting at the one blurry photo we have from the Exewing show, I could just make out some text in the top few lines:
http://www.rpf.invisionzone.com/uploads/po...-1148008087.jpg
"The Olympia National Bank".
I went and did a Google search for "Olympia National Bank", and found the original certificate that the propmaster must have used. The ship's papers are based on an old trust fund certificate, from the west coast.
The original certificates are for sale online at Scripophily.com. It comes out to about $45 if you want to buy one. I saw their preview picture and had an unexpected discovery...
We know one of the TV series bills appears to be denominated as $1200. You can see it in pictures from the Exewing show. What an odd amount...
The Olympia Trust certificate is in the same amount, and must be the origin of that piece of art on the bill. They are identical.
So now we have a weird piece of paper ephemera contributing to two separate props.
I took the liberty of scanning the $1200 graphic, for those of us that are graphically inclined
Personally, I do not recommend spending $45 for one of these certificates: all the text is financial in nature, essentially worthless for a prop reproduction, and the color is green, not blue or brown. My goal here is to save you a little trouble. If you just want it to display, because it looks pretty, then go nuts.
...We now return you to your regularly scheduled broadwave...
-Mike
