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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;connor1, post: 760434, member: 19521&quot;]Two Unfinished Masterpieces.The offset background on the front of the enlarged version of the portrait of Abraham Lincoln as depicted on the $100 dollar Gold Certificate.The portrait of Lincoln .Miscellaneous Die # 1029.was engraved by Charles Burt in 1869.The rest of the note was completed in 1908 by Edward M. Hall,G.U.Rose Jr,Robert Ponickau and Edward E. Myers.The source ofthis engraving was a photograph taken at the Matthew brady studio in 1864.</p><p>the $100 Gold Certificate Miscellaneous Die # 7046 was intended to be used for the 1908 Series.This Series was never issued.</p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/currency/50GoldCertificateTheUnfinishedMaste.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The second &quot;Unfinished Masterpiece&quot; wasthe $10 Silver Certificate for the Educational Series of 1896.</p><p>This engraving of the vignette entitled &quot;Agriculture and Forestry&quot; was executed by Charles Schlecht,based upon the design submitted by Walter Shirlaw,a Scottish-born artist,illustrator,and engraver.</p><p>Mr. Shirlaw also had been commissioned to prepare the design for the $5 note of the Educational series.</p><p>The $ 10 notes were not printed since bills of that denomination were not specifically provided for in the ACT of Congress of August 4,1886 that authorized the 1896 series of notes.</p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/currency/10-Agriculture-and-Forestr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The $5 Educational series is considered by some to be the most beautiful note ever engraved on a U.S. Note</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/currency/SecurityEngraverGFCSmillie.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/currency/5DollarEducationalSilverCertificate.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/currency/USGeneralGrant.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/currency/GeneralPhilipHSheridan.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/currency/-5-US-Educational-SeriesSi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/currency/5-Educational-series-back.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I would like to thank RickieB for his help and support of the group with this last minute addition of his beautiful Framed Vignettes.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="2">Was Security Engravers Group Presentation #9 (Fill in)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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