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Paper Money Research by R. Shawn Hewitt

Book

A History & Catalog of Minnesota Obsolete Bank Notes & Scrip with Charles C. Parrish, Steve Schroeder and Gilmore J. Sem.  New York: R. M. Smythe & Co., 2006.

Research Articles

“Series of 1882 and 1902 National Bank Replacement Notes Printed After Mid-1903” with Peter Huntoon, Paper Money, Whole No. 316.  July/August 2018, p 242-250.  Society of Paper Money Collectors (2018).

“John Jay Knox and the Central Bank of New Ulm,” Paper Money, Whole No.  314.  March/April 2018, p. 125-129.  Society of Paper Money Collectors (2018).  Reprinted in Bank Note History Wiki.

“The First National Bank of Princeton, Minnesota, Charter 4807,” Paper Money, Whole No. 308.  March/April 2017, p. 88-91.  Society of Paper Money Collectors (2017).  Abridged reprint in Bank Note History Wiki.

“Isaac Young and the Bank of Saint Croix,” Paper Money, Whole No. 305.  September/October 2016, p. 379-385.  Society of Paper Money Collectors (2016).  Reprinted in Bank Note History Wiki.

“Identification of Make-Up Replacement Type Notes” with Peter Huntoon, Paper Money, Whole No. 297.  May/June 2015, p. 178-190.  Society of Paper Money Collectors (2015). 

“Series Date Placement Varieties on the Right Side of $1 Series of 1899 Silver Certificates” with Peter Huntoon and Doug Murray, Paper Money, Whole No. 290.  March/April 2014, p. 84-98.  Society of Paper Money Collectors (2014).

“Identification of Series of 1882 and 1902 National Bank Replacement Notes Printed in the 1903-1915 Period” with Peter Huntoon, Paper Money, Whole No. 281.  September/October 2012, p. 378-384.  Society of Paper Money Collectors (2012).

“Recycling of Bank Note Plates for Minnesota’s Free Banks,” Paper Money, Whole No. 266.  March/April 2010, p. 124-131.  Society of Paper Money Collectors (2010).

“Partial Printing of Four-Note Plates:  Evidence from Minnesota,” Paper Money, Whole No. 265.  January/February 2010, p. 66-67.  Society of Paper Money Collectors (2010).

Contributing Author

Obsolete Paper Money, by Don C. Kelly.  Oxford, OH: Paper Money Institute, 2018.

National Bank Notes, by Don C. Kelly.  Oxford, OH: Paper Money Institute, (3rd – 6th ed.) 1997-2008.

Standard Catalog of United States Obsolete Bank Notes 1782-1866, by James Haxby.  Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1988.

Seminars

Introduction to Minnesota Obsolete Bank Notes & Scrip,” Northwest Coin Club Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota (February 14, 2019).

Large Size Pre-Star Replacement Notes,” Memphis Speakers Series, International Paper Money Show (June 13, 2014). Handout available.

Large Size Replacement National Bank Notes, 1903-1920,” Memphis Speakers Series, International Paper Money Show (June 15, 2013). Handout available.

Exhibits

“John Jay Knox and the Central Bank of New Ulm.” Northwest Coin Club Show, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, 2019.

“John Jay Knox and the Central Bank of New Ulm.” Florida United Numismatists Convention, Orlando, Florida, 2019.

“John Jay Knox and the Central Bank of New Ulm.” International Paper Money Show, Kansas City, Missouri, 2018.

“Marine Bank of Saint Paul,” International Paper Money Show, Kansas City, Missouri, 2018.

“The Crown Jewel of Minnesota Obsolete Bank Notes,” International Paper Money Show, Kansas City, Missouri, 2017.

“Isaac Young and the Bank of Saint Croix,” International Paper Money Show, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016.

“The First National Bank of Princeton, Minnesota, Charter 4807,” International Paper Money Show, Memphis, Tennessee, 2015.

“Large Size Pre-Star Replacement Notes,” International Paper Money Show, Memphis, Tennessee, 2014.

“Large Size Replacement National Bank Notes, 1903-1920,” International Paper Money Show, Memphis, Tennessee, 2013.

“Minnesota Superlatives:  Extreme Obsoletes.” International Paper Money Show, Memphis, Tennessee, 2011.

Service

Immediate Past President, Society of Paper Money Collectors, 2021 –

President, Society of Paper Money Collectors, 2017 – 2021

Vice President, Society of Paper Money Collectors, 2013 – 2017

Governor, Society of Paper Money Collectors, 2010 – 2013


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