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<p>[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2004566, member: 24274"]The hits keep on coming! I got some help on another currency forum that pointed me to a usage for the vignette "The Centennial." This was originally engraved for the BEP by Lorenzo Hatch, and later adapted by G.F.C. Smillie for use on the 1891 $1000 silver certificate. This note is so rare that the only collectible form is a reprint on a souvenir card (B140).</p><p><br /></p><p>The most interesting part of the story surrounds the actual model for the figure, Josie Mansfield, who was quite notorious in her day, which lead to the silver certificate being nicknamed "the Courtesan Note." You can read about her sordid history here: <a href="http://www.wikicoins.com/Fr._346e_Courtesan_Note" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wikicoins.com/Fr._346e_Courtesan_Note" rel="nofollow">http://www.wikicoins.com/Fr._346e_Courtesan_Note</a>.</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359724[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359725[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2004566, member: 24274"]The hits keep on coming! I got some help on another currency forum that pointed me to a usage for the vignette "The Centennial." This was originally engraved for the BEP by Lorenzo Hatch, and later adapted by G.F.C. Smillie for use on the 1891 $1000 silver certificate. This note is so rare that the only collectible form is a reprint on a souvenir card (B140). The most interesting part of the story surrounds the actual model for the figure, Josie Mansfield, who was quite notorious in her day, which lead to the silver certificate being nicknamed "the Courtesan Note." You can read about her sordid history here: [url]http://www.wikicoins.com/Fr._346e_Courtesan_Note[/url]. [ATTACH=full]359723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359724[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]359725[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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