This past weekend, the Virginia Numismatic Association heldits annual convention and show in Fredericksburg and I went thereto meet with several paper money and token collectors to collectimages for some writing projects I have in the works.

While there, I walked the floor a bit and made a find thatrelates to The E-Sylum in a way. A couple years back, Isent an image of a Panic of 1907 Lynchburg note that I brought toa Nummis Nova meeting and made the comment that my next goal wasto find a Panic of 1893 note from Virginia. Sure enough, Wayneput me in touch with a kind reader who happened to have anexample of 1893 $10 Richmond scrip issue available and was ableto purchase it.

After the Shafer-Sheehan-Reed book on Panic scrip came out, Ibecame aware that there was a $5 denomination of that scrip,which the Richmond government referred to as "citybonds" since they were interest bearing. It was rated an R5,and I did not expect to see one anytime soon, let alone get one.Well, at the VNA Convention, I found just such a note and wasable to snag it at a very good price. It's not the prettiestexample, but considering its rarity, it doesn't matter onewhit (to me, at least).