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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 726771, member: 12789&quot;]One of the more prolific and talented engravers of the late 19th and early 20 centuries was G. F. C. Smillie.&nbsp; Indeed, his work encompassed creations for the Homer Lee Bank Note Company, then later American Bank Note Company and most prominently with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.&nbsp; His works ranged from vignettes for foreign notes, to work on the Silver Certificates from the 1896 series, to portraits of presidents on the FRN&#039;s and some would be used well after his lifetime on United States Military Payment Certificates.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/series5211mpcdtl1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This work is titled <i>Liberty </i>and was created early in the 20th century, like many of his works - it would be used again much later on.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/series5211mpc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A very popular engraved vignette that was used on numerous works of currency, and also several bonds is <i>Ceres</i> seen here on the Series 521 $10:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/series52110mpcdtl1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/series52110mpc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Smillie is a popular engraver with collectors like myself, because he produced many feminine vignettes:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/series5411mpcdtl2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/series5411mpc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a series 541 $1.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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