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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 650613, member: 2486&quot;]While you are checking this out, I will let you know some things about the front of this note.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Central vignette of Grant was engraved by a man named John Eissler.</p><p>&nbsp;He was born in Philidelphia Nov 5, 1873 and attended the Philidelphia Spring Garden Instituite and School of Industrial Art.He engraved for the Elliot Co in Philidelphia and moved into the offices of the American Bank Note Company in Phillie.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sept 5th 1911 he joined the BEP and resigned 12 Dec 1924 but was reappointed on 17 Feb 1925.Retired Nov 30 1941 from the BEP.</p><p><br /></p><p>He engraved over&nbsp; 40 postage stamps and the $50 FRN (Series 1914 Grant Vignette), Fed Reserve Bank Notes and all Small Size Notes featuring the vignette of Grant!</p><p><br /></p><p>New York, Chicago and San Francisco were the only districts to release the notes. Current values in VF range from 60-75 USD and up from there.</p><p><br /></p><p>This note is one of 3,024,000 notes printed.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;vrt&quot; hope this expands on some info for you as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From the looks of your note, it may be worth a small premium, but the folds and hard crease have taken it&#039;s toll.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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