A quick search of the forums turned up zero results for Courtesy Autographs. For anyone unfamiliar with the term: Courtesy autographs are bills that carry a Secretary's and/or Treasurer's actual autograph along with their printed signature. See below for an example. In the 1950s and '60s, the courtesy autograph niche took off among notaphilists (paper money collectors), although there are examples from the '40s and even a handful from the '30s. In fact, all Treasurers and Secretaries of the Treasury since the 1950s have autographed bills (some more than others). Courtesy autographs are now a small but respectable subsection of the currency collecting hobby. The example attached is shamelessly lifted from a website. I have four examples, my digital camera simply won't do the notes justice. Autopen signatures are always suspect on these notes. 2003A single sig Anna Cabral - Treasuer 1993 single sig Mary Ellen Withrow - Treasuer 1995 single sig Robert Rubin - Sect of Treasury 2001 double sig Rosario Marin - Treasurer Paul O'Neill - Sect of Treasury Marin sent a note in green sharpie that matches her bill. Cabrals secretary sent a hand signed note confirming that The Treasuer signed. Rubin for some reason enclosed his business card. For the other sigs I have the returned envelope. This website is a good source: http://www.theworldofstuff.com/currency/autographs.html Does anyone have similar items?
Actually these autographs go all the way back to the Civil War era, especially with fractional currency issues.
I have a few handsigned notes but they were instead of the printed sigs LOL Not in this catagory I think, thats a rather nice one you show there :thumb:
This is an area of currency collecting in which I am very interested in! I have, personally in date order: Series 1969C $10 with Shultz's autograph Series 1977 $5 with Blumenthal's Series 1988 $1 with Brady's Series 1988A Star $5 with Brady's Series 1993 $1 with Withrow's Series 1995 $1 with Withrow's AND Rubin's Series 1999 $1 with Withrow's AND Summers' Series 2001 $1 with Marin's AND O'Neill's Series 2003 $1 with Marin's AND Snow's (by hand, I might add) Series 2003A $1 with Snow's (by hand as well) In case you are wondering, all of that cost me face value plus postage in both directions.
When you collect Colonial USA notes it is very possible to have autographs of famous or semi-famous people: The last signature on the note is Laommi Baldwin, a Revolutionary war officer in the Continental Army, but more famous for naming a variety of the apple, which you can often find in the grocery store, the Baldwin apple.
Thanks SM strangly enough I had heard of him but with tha apple conection, did not realise his name was on a note or that he was a Revolutionery Officer
Resurrecting The Thread Marin and O'Neill siggys. Nice bold autographs. The question " are they autopens? ", well I sure hope not. The four leading zeros make it a bit more interesting. Dual autographs are more desireable.
Auto-pen??? not a term or an action i ever would have thought of when thinking of singed notes. Kind of defeats the purpose by having a machine sign the notes IMHO. The note that are hand signed are very cool. The machine signed notes might be very hard to tell if they are by hand ornot, but if you ever find out.. well, i would be heart broken.
Sometimes notes have autographs on them, though they were not intentionally autographed as such, the person just became a whole lot more famous three months after they signed the note: The second signature on the note is of John Hart, three months later in July 1776 he went on to Philadelphia and signed the Declaration of Independence. Sometimes notes don't have a famous signature, but were printed by a very famous printer whom inserted himself prominently into much of early American political affairs: But see the reverse: Yes indeed, printed by THAT Ben Franklin, utilising multi coloured inks, and his developed programme of using a leaf in the design to thwart counterfeiters.
I have a couple of $1 notes with CA's on them...recent buy's at a rather well known sight!! Right SM??? RickieB
