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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1066950, member: 19065&quot;]Gene Hessler&#039;s book <i>U.S. Essay, Proof and Specimen Notes</i> has some citations of engravings by George W. Hatch* [engraving of Mercury - Act of March 2, 1861 $50 Compound Interest Note] and an ABNCo. engraving of &#039;America Seizing the Lightning&#039; by G.W. Hatch on the face of a $100 Legal Tender Treasury Note. However, there were no examples of the vignettes on these notes in this book.</p><p><br /></p><p>*In Hessler&#039;s, <i>The Engravers Line</i>, George Whitfield Hatch (1804-1866) was President of ABNCo. (1863-66), amongst other companies-- some bearing his own name in partnership with others. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are a few other Hatch names, such as the well known bank note engraver Lorenzo Hatch, but I don&#039;t see anything amongst the Hatch citations that would indicated any worked on the female portrait or other vignettes seen on these fractional notes. I could be wrong, and don&#039;t have a more concise Obsolete reference book at my disposal, but these are just some things I looked through and <i>eliminated</i>(?) as possibilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the <a href="http://www.donckelly.com/books.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.donckelly.com/books.html" rel="nofollow">Robert Kravitz collectors guide on Fractional Currency</a> would be worth looking into. Scroll down to bottom of page of link.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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