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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1083923, member: 19065&quot;]I don&#039;t know too much about Fractionals as I do not collect them and have little reference material on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is an old thread called <b>Post your Fractionals</b> (see below)&nbsp; that is now mostly missing the images that were posted there. At the&nbsp; time I asked about the oval ring on the face of the note and collected&nbsp; these replies:</p><p><br /></p><p>The oval on the face of the Fractional note was an anti-counterfeiting&nbsp; device, the best ones have a bright Golden color but after 150 years&nbsp;&nbsp; most of those have turned to a dark brown or even dark green. It was&nbsp; devised by Spencer Morton Clarke and made from powdered Bronze and horse&nbsp; glue. This was applied to the paper prior to printing, in a heavy/thick layer I believe. Your note being heavily worn, most has likely rubbed or fallen off.</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=108136&amp;p=891757&amp;viewfull=1#post891757" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/showthread.php?t=108136&amp;p=891757&amp;viewfull=1#post891757"><b>This post </b></a>by&nbsp; connor1, from the thread I mentioned, has an example of a 5 cent&nbsp; fractional with a much lighter/brighter ring on the face of the note.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"></span></span><span style="color: #000000">Some <a href="http://www.papermoneyfacts.com/five_cents/fractional_currency_five_cents_clark.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.papermoneyfacts.com/five_cents/fractional_currency_five_cents_clark.htm" rel="nofollow">trivia on Clark</a> at papermoneyfacts.com</span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p></p> <p style="text-align: left"></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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