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S/N B13977044 Tombstone Note is by a huge margin the rarest of the $10 Silver Certificates, with the census showing a mere 16 examples in all grades combined. One of those select few is locked away within the ANA’s museum. This is one of those 16 recorded and is a pleasing, moderately circulated piece with light honest wear. It exhibits attractive color for the Extremely Fine grade and solid margins all around.
S/N E29717815 The Picture in the center of the face is an American Bison. The Portrait at the left side of the face is Meriwether Lewis and the portrait at the right side of the face is William Clark, two American explorers. The allegorical figure in the center of the back is "Columbia standing between two pillars and two scrolls".
S/N 1932 Nation Bank Note Company Plates. Bust of Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of Treasury under Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1864, and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1864-1873. He is probably best known to numismatics for causing the motto " In God WE Trust" to be adopted for our national coinage.
D69D This note is part of a cut sheet where each survivor is known to survive despite being scattered to the proverbial winds at auction in years and decades past. Part of the McLaughlin Collection of Napier-Thompson Notes. Only 236 Known in the Census This one looks like it grades much higher.
S/N M99914162 One of the most popular Large Size Type notes displays the portrait of Ta-to-ka-in-yan-ka also known as Chief Running Antelope. He was the chief of the Oncpapa or Huncpapa Tribe of the Sioux Nation. George F. Smille, who engraved many of our most beautiful pieces of currency, engraved the portrait and requested the Chief wear his war bonnet. He refused, deeming it inappropriate, so a war bonnet from the opposing Pawnee Nation was substituted in the engraved portrait. This $5 silver certificate is the only piece of US paper money issued for general circulation that uses a Native American as the central vignette.
S/N A3784933B The last issue of Large Size Silver Certificates printed by the United States were dated Series of 1923. Only $1 and $5 denominations were issued. The $5 note popularly called the Lincoln Porthole features our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, framed inside a circle. The portrait of Lincoln was based on a photograph by Anthony Berger, and engraved by Charles Burt. Though simple and stark in appearance, this note has gained popularity among the collecting public as one of the most desired of all currency types. The major design on the face is the vignette of Lincoln. Four distinct numerals are used on each corner, unlike the previous issue of 1899, which used four identical numerals. Blue serial numbers, seal and an additional blue numeral 5 are the only other designs on the face. The back of the note, printed in the usual green ink, displays the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States with rays emanating away from it. There is only one signature combination for this note, that of Speelman and White.
