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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1156474, member: 26030&quot;]This note has always been #1 on my list of favorites in the U.S. currency note &#039;small-size subclass&#039;.&nbsp; I have always found this bill very compelling and never get tired of looking at it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I actually had a digital copy made for me a few years back.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been thinking about having it framed and hanging it on my wall.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I love the way this looks: from the seriousness of Wilson, the Gold Certificate seal, the bright orange back, and of course all those 0&#039;s.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This bill just speaks the year &quot;1934&quot; to me.&nbsp; Money was really wonderful back then (with Silver and Gold Coins in circulation) and Gold and Silver Certificates for currency.&nbsp; Although I think all gold coins were recalled in 1933?&nbsp; Funny that this bill is dated 1934, even though the gold coins were recalled the previous year.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]119811.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]119812.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some fun facts:</p><p><br /></p><ol> <li>The 1934 $100,000 Dollar Gold Certificate is the highest U. S. denomination currency note ever made.</li> <li>Only 42,000 were printed.</li> <li>These notes were used only for transactions between&nbsp; the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department; and were never&nbsp; issued for public circulation.</li> <li>When the U.S. Government stopped using them in&nbsp; the early 1960s, most were destroyed. Only a few are known to&nbsp; have survived.</li> <li>The surviving notes are housed at the Federal Reserve Bank of San&nbsp; Francisco, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the Smithsonian&nbsp; Institute.</li> <li>It&#039;s illegal for a private person to own one of these&nbsp; notes, and none has ever been in private hands. All 42,000 were&nbsp; accounted for when they were collected (and almost all burned).</li> </ol><p>You know I think the Treasury Department is stupid sometimes.&nbsp; They could have just issued a blanket cancellation on this series, and then sold the bills to collectors for $500 each.&nbsp; That could have put $21 million dollars in their coffers.&nbsp; I am sure there were 42,000 currency collectors out there that would cough up some bucks a have a piece of this history.&nbsp; Instead they burn them -- what a waste.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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