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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1009888, member: 19065"]<b>Forty (40) is the most people depicted on one side of a U.S. note.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>This applies to Fr-424 through Fr-439: <b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><span style="color: navy">National Bank Notes, Original Series and Series of 1875 $20 ("First Charter Period")</span></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>The back of these notes depict, <a href="http://ana-museum.org/vignettes-pocahontas-baptism.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ana-museum.org/vignettes-pocahontas-baptism.html" rel="nofollow">The Baptism of Pocahontas</a> engraved by Charles Burt for the American Bank Note Company, New York. The engraving was based on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gadsby_Chapman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gadsby_Chapman" rel="nofollow">John G. Chapman</a> painting by the same name, <i><a href="http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/rotunda/baptism_pocahontas.cfm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/rotunda/baptism_pocahontas.cfm" rel="nofollow">The Baptism of Pocahontas</a></i> commissioned on February 28th, 1837 for the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. On November 30th, 1840, Congress purchased the 12’ x 18’ canvas for $10,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>The so called 'Pocahontas Note' does not actually depict an accurate life representation of Matoaka, Daughter of the Algonquin Chief, Powhatan, but there is one known engraving that was done during her lifetime in the year 1616 when she was approximately 21 years old. She eventually married John Rolfe and was Baptized as Rebecka Rolfe.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are <b>39</b> figures (possibly 40 using the original painting) depicted in the central vignette with <b>1</b> standing Native American figure in the smaller vignette to the left side of the note. There is even one <i>disembodied arm swinging a saber</i> above the figure on the left, which was not tallied in my count for the most people on one side of a note or coin. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://currency.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=3510&Lot_No=13417#Photo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currency.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=3510&Lot_No=13417#Photo" rel="nofollow">$20 1875 Fr. 431 The National Security Bank Ch. # 1675, Boston - MA.</a></p><p><a href="http://currency.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=3510&Lot_No=13417#Photo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currency.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=3510&Lot_No=13417#Photo" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/US%20Currency%20-%20Certified/HA_20_1875_Fr431_R.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: navy">---> Further information about this note:</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>The face of this note depicts another 11 (or 12) people, one of whom lays slain in the foreground of the left vignette. The vignettes on the face of this note are, <a href="http://ana-museum.org/vignettes-pocahontas-baptism.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ana-museum.org/vignettes-pocahontas-baptism.html" rel="nofollow">The Battle of Lexington</a> (left) and <a href="http://ana-museum.org/vignettes-columbia-procession.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ana-museum.org/vignettes-columbia-procession.html" rel="nofollow">Columbia leading a procession</a> (right).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/US%20Currency%20-%20Certified/HA_20_1875_Fr431_O.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And another example from the <a href="http://ana-museum.org/1988_17_010.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ana-museum.org/1988_17_010.html" rel="nofollow"><b>ANA Museum - BeBee Collection</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://ana-museum.org/1988_17_010.html" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: navy"><b>===============</b></span></p><p><span style="color: navy"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: navy"></span><font size="1"><span style="color: navy">Images of the certified note are courtesy of <a href="http://www.ha.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ha.com/" rel="nofollow">HA.com </a></span></font></p><p><font size="1"><span style="color: navy"></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 1009888, member: 19065"][B]Forty (40) is the most people depicted on one side of a U.S. note. [/B] This applies to Fr-424 through Fr-439: [B] [COLOR=navy]National Bank Notes, Original Series and Series of 1875 $20 ("First Charter Period")[/COLOR] [/B] The back of these notes depict, [URL="http://ana-museum.org/vignettes-pocahontas-baptism.html"]The Baptism of Pocahontas[/URL] engraved by Charles Burt for the American Bank Note Company, New York. The engraving was based on the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gadsby_Chapman"]John G. Chapman[/URL] painting by the same name, [I][URL="http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/rotunda/baptism_pocahontas.cfm"]The Baptism of Pocahontas[/URL][/I] commissioned on February 28th, 1837 for the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. On November 30th, 1840, Congress purchased the 12’ x 18’ canvas for $10,000. The so called 'Pocahontas Note' does not actually depict an accurate life representation of Matoaka, Daughter of the Algonquin Chief, Powhatan, but there is one known engraving that was done during her lifetime in the year 1616 when she was approximately 21 years old. She eventually married John Rolfe and was Baptized as Rebecka Rolfe. There are [B]39[/B] figures (possibly 40 using the original painting) depicted in the central vignette with [B]1[/B] standing Native American figure in the smaller vignette to the left side of the note. There is even one [I]disembodied arm swinging a saber[/I] above the figure on the left, which was not tallied in my count for the most people on one side of a note or coin. [URL="http://currency.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=3510&Lot_No=13417#Photo"]$20 1875 Fr. 431 The National Security Bank Ch. # 1675, Boston - MA. [/URL] [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/US%20Currency%20-%20Certified/HA_20_1875_Fr431_R.jpg[/IMG] [I][COLOR=navy]---> Further information about this note:[/COLOR][/I] The face of this note depicts another 11 (or 12) people, one of whom lays slain in the foreground of the left vignette. The vignettes on the face of this note are, [URL="http://ana-museum.org/vignettes-pocahontas-baptism.html"]The Battle of Lexington[/URL] (left) and [URL="http://ana-museum.org/vignettes-columbia-procession.html"]Columbia leading a procession[/URL] (right). [IMG]http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy46/kcttck/US%20Currency%20-%20Certified/HA_20_1875_Fr431_O.jpg[/IMG] And another example from the [URL="http://ana-museum.org/1988_17_010.html"][B]ANA Museum - BeBee Collection[/B][/URL] [IMG]http://ana-museum.org/1988_17_010.html[/IMG] [COLOR=navy][B]===============[/B] [/COLOR][SIZE=1][COLOR=navy]Images of the certified note are courtesy of [URL="http://www.ha.com/"]HA.com [/URL] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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