NEw York Fr 850 Added to $5 Series

This just came in today and makes me ony 2 notes away from finishing the Series 1914 $5 Large Blue Seal New York Notes...
I hope you find it as attractive as I do..it was a bit tricky to locate..





RickieB

 

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That's a beautiful note, Rickie! How many notes will be in the series?

Dave

 

Very beautiful. Can you show the reverse? And, yes, how many will be in this collection?

 

Wow! That's excellent. Looks great.

I had to stop at first when I saw this because I very recently had a bid placed on a certified 1914 $5 F847 Boston Federal Reserve note but lost it. Then seeing yours I almost thought it was you who had won it, until I reread that yours was a NY note.

BTW: Could you explain what the design differences (if any) that these notes have between A/B/C Fr#s?
I couldn't see anything other than the issuing branch, alpha-numeric code on the face.

 

Thanks Krispy.. sure thing ..

There are 3 types; A, B and C for the Series 1914 Blue Seals.

Type A has a Large District number and letter in the lower left area on the note just below the District Seal.
Type B the District Letter and Numbers were replaced with a much smaller number and letter below the District Seals.
Type C is the District and Treasury Seals have been moved closer towards Lincoln's portrait...also the district number/letter is to the lower left of the District Seal
You will notice that the Burke McAdoo sig notes are all typr B for the Series.

Hope this helps some??

 

Here is the reverse I just scanned for you..Hope you like it?/

RickieB

Oh there are 6 notes total issued for NY on the $5 Series 1914 Blue Seals.
Fr. 848
Fr. 849
Fr. 850
Fr. 851a
Fr. 851b
Fr. 851c

Not including Stars of course.
RickieB

 

WOW. Why can't our current bills match that type of artistry?

That is really attractive. Thanks Rickie

 

BobBeth..

I have that same question...
Thank you for stopping by and taking a peek..
This Series is really attractive..hum..where is that Red Seal $5 at??

RickieB

 

Thank you! Yes, this does help, a lot. The positions of seals and especially the size of the district letter numbers are not noted very well in my book for easily understanding this without visual comparison.

I'm not sure I understand the type B Burke McAdoo comment. Looking at my RedBook it seems the B's are all White Mellon. Am I misinterpreting what I'm reading?

 

What a beautiful note RickieB! Good luck on finishing the set!

 

Beautiful NY ,FRN ,the 1914 Large Size notes are some or the most artistic (IMHO) back vignettes and some still affordable in the lower grades.I am trying to get a few while their still out their & I can afford them.

 

Krispy:

There are $5 notes from all Districts with the White Mellon type "a" but it is not the case with type b and c notes.

The Burke McAdoo statement may be a typo in my book..here is an image of my note and it appears to be type A as well..

Here is a type B (or at least what the Grading Co says is) I borrowed from a friend..SN's blocked by me. This also appears to be a type A..according to the images I am referecing in my books.
Type "B" should have smaller letter and numbers under the District Seal and upper right side of the note.

Human error is always in the equation...









I do not have the $5 Type "B" or "C" yet..these are the 2 I need..

RickieB

 

Thanks for the details and for posting the second imaged note for me.

They're really, really nice notes!

 

Beautiful Large Size 1914 FRN Rickie and a New York !I think this series is one of the last and most artistic vignette backs that are still affordable in lower grades.I am trying to buy a few of them before they are out of the price range of the average collector.You can find some in the 35/40 grade range as beautiful examples of a time when our notes were truly art,grab them while you can,I have a few and am still working on a $100 that will not break the budget.

 

RickieB - That second note is a type a note.

There are actually five types of 1914 FRNs: Type a and b red seals, and type a, b, and c blue seals. The type b red seals and the type a blue seals are the same except for the color of the seals.

Type a and b red seals were only Burke-McAdoo plates.
Type a blue seals were all four signature combinations.
The type b and c blue seals were only White-Mellon plates.

 

Thanks Jamie..

I was not taking the red seals into consideration. Thats why I mentioned 3types for the Blue Seals.
For some reason or another I do not find that seal color as attractive as the Blue. They are quite a bit more costly as well.

BTW..I need to renew my SPMC..I am going crazy lately.

Thank you for the info.

RickieB

 

Which is confusing, which is why when I listed out this series on the website I just listed the four versions of the district designations as i-ii-iii-iv. It's *still* a bit complicated, but at least it doesn't use "a" and "b" for two different things....

Incidentally, the 1914 New York $5's are also interesting for their serial number block sequence: B..A, B..B, and then B..D. The large-size notes almost never used the letter C in serial numbers; and even though the FRNs obviously used a C prefix on Philadelphia notes, they still didn't include C in the suffix alphabet. Weird.

 

Wow. Thanks for the link NUMBERS!

 

I second that!
Thank you very much.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

RickieB

 

Very Nice!!