Curiously "Union and Civilization" by GCF Smilie would make an appearance later, 60 years later no less, on the $10 from Series 661 MPC: That is one very nice $20, with Hugh McCullough, who was largely responsible for the creation of the National Bank system.
That is very interesting - makes me wonder how many times images have been reused across different notes or types of notes. Very Cool!
With the American banknotes archives having been sold, it is unfortunate that they sold everything - and any cross referencing would be a monumental task. With many of the BEP engravings such as the above, it is easier. They were really only used on Philippine and US currency, and then MPC's. But back on track here, the Hugh McCullough note is very fascinating, a figure now lost to history, but he was important in the creation of the National Bank system of issuing notes and bringing stability to American banknote issues. These are rather dear to find in choice condition such as the above, they saw heavy use. My example of this National is more telling of the tribulations which it went through.
Better get ready to shell out some Big $$$$ if you are going top notch!! SM...nice post o the History of this.....wish I =had the book of archives from the engraving companies of the past! I have seen similar renditions of many vignetts ranging from Obsoletes to Large Size and MPC with these and other duplicate engravings. You will see many Obsoletes from different banks using the same or combined vignetts over time and denomination. A set of the Obsolete books ( Haxby 4 volumes) is currently listing at about 1K. RickieB
Gets a whole lot better when you then factor in Latin American and many Canadian banks that had vignettes that were shared on other countries notes. I can think of a vignette that has appeared on a Russian 100 Rubles from 1918, an Ecuadorian 5 Sucres in 1920, and several other Central American countries private banknotes during the 1920's and 1930's. I would like to collect them all. She appeared on the Puerto Plata Dominican Republic 2 Pesos of the 1880's, and the Canadian Bank of Commerce $5 from 1888-1907:
Thats a nice vignet...but I much prefer the Capitol Building in the frame... Click the image for a larger version! RickieB
Uh huh, and I know why... because that is the last time a female was so depicted on US printed currency.:secret:
Greg...I am not 100% certain on the fibers composition..I do know that they were embedded as an anti counterfieting measure. Sine the paper is 75%-Linnen and 25% cotton...they may be of this material. However, some fractionals have various fibers as well including "pink silk"..if anyone knows for sure..please post! RickieB
