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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1141528, member: 12789&quot;]<b>Series 1902-1908 $50 National - Senator John Sherman</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Senator John Sherman would largely be forgotten to modern history, but for the fact that he was the main personage behind legislation that became the &quot;Sherman Anti-Trust Act&quot;, but his earlier claim to fame for National Bank note collectors was that he was also instrumental in the formation of the National Banking System in 1863.&nbsp; He died in 1899, but was memorialised with this $50 portrait that was engraved by GFC Smillie:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/national50lancasteroh1909tn.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The presence of his portrait on this particular note is significant, Lancaster OH was the hometown of Senator Sherman and his more well known brother William Tecumseh Sherman.</p><p><br /></p><p>My favourite part of his work on this note is on the reverse - &quot;Mechanics and Navigation&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/national50lancasteroh1909dtl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, &quot;Navigation&quot;![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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