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Message:: [QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2277312, member: 24274"]I was reading some of the background information included with most BEP souvenir cards, either on the backs or on the separate info cards. I noticed a couple interesting factoids on this one. This card is B170, one of the 1993 series where the Bureau tried putting the featured note off-center on the cards. Whether or not that worked esthetically, the banknote itself is stunning. It is the back of the 1879 $1000 U.S. Note, with some of the most elaborate ornamentation you'll find on any piece of U.S. currency. But it's not the work of the BEP. In the text on the back, the engraving is generously attributed to the Columbian Bank Note Co. The CBNC did the work for the 1869 series, before turning its printing plates over to the the Bureau (which attached its name to later series notes). I think this is the first time I've read BEP text that acknowledges previous work done by a private bank note company. Another surprising piece of news was that U.S. Notes were still "circulating" in the form of small size red seal $100 bills! Granted this was in 1993, but it sounded like legislation required that a certain amount of these notes remain in circulation "at least on paper." Any idea what this means? Are banks still moving these red seal $100s around? [ATTACH=full]454598[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454599[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454600[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]