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<p>[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 1911559, member: 24274"]Here's another portrait proof I picked up not long ago of Thomas Ewing, Treasury Secretary in 1841 and Secretary of the Interior in 1849-50. It's an unusual design for a BEP portrait in that it appears to be drawn from the bust of a statue, rather than from life. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn't sure why this one was engraved until I was thumbing through Gene Hessler's "U.S. Essay, Proof and Specimen Notes" (mentioned earlier in post #19 of</p><p>this thread) and found the portrait an essay of a little known type -- the National Bank Circulating Note. Which, ironically, never never circulated. [ATTACH=full]327663[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]327664[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 1911559, member: 24274"]Here's another portrait proof I picked up not long ago of Thomas Ewing, Treasury Secretary in 1841 and Secretary of the Interior in 1849-50. It's an unusual design for a BEP portrait in that it appears to be drawn from the bust of a statue, rather than from life. I wasn't sure why this one was engraved until I was thumbing through Gene Hessler's "U.S. Essay, Proof and Specimen Notes" (mentioned earlier in post #19 of this thread) and found the portrait an essay of a little known type -- the National Bank Circulating Note. Which, ironically, never never circulated. [ATTACH=full]327663[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]327664[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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