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<p>[QUOTE="RedSeals, post: 1618570, member: 38276"]Joseph Barr was only Treasury Secretary for a very short period of time from 1968-1969.</p><p><br /></p><p>From wiki:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif">United States paper money always depicts the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury; because of Barr's short term, collectors speculated notes bearing his signature would be scarce. A common misconception is that currency bearing Barr's name is rare. In reality, 458,880,000 $1.00 notes were printed bearing his signature (although none in other denominations), but due to the $1.00's limited lifespan (they only last an average of 21 months in circulation)</font></span>[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Barr#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Barr#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a>[/SUP]<font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"> it is unknown how many still exist.</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Basically, notes with his signature were hoarded and are not worth very much today (save for star notes and maybe an odd district/run)</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RedSeals, post: 1618570, member: 38276"]Joseph Barr was only Treasury Secretary for a very short period of time from 1968-1969. From wiki: [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]United States paper money always depicts the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury; because of Barr's short term, collectors speculated notes bearing his signature would be scarce. A common misconception is that currency bearing Barr's name is rare. In reality, 458,880,000 $1.00 notes were printed bearing his signature (although none in other denominations), but due to the $1.00's limited lifespan (they only last an average of 21 months in circulation)[/FONT][/COLOR][SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Barr#cite_note-2"][2][/URL][/SUP][FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000] it is unknown how many still exist.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=sans-serif][COLOR=#000000]Basically, notes with his signature were hoarded and are not worth very much today (save for star notes and maybe an odd district/run)[/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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