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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 514959, member: 2486&quot;]<b>What is it about this note??</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of you may wonder what is it about this note that attracted a guy like me?</p><p>Well, to start with this note is within the 4th Issue of United States Notes known as Legal Tender Notes. All notes in the&nbsp; 4th Issue were printed under the Act of March 3, 1863. The notes that were issued were from $1 to $10,000 dollars and include note from Series 1869, 1874, 1878, 1880, 1907, 1917 and 1923. One distinction is that the Series of 1869 were Titled &quot;Treasury Notes&quot; all other issues mentioned here wer titled &quot;United States Notes&quot;. The reallly interesting fact is that the &quot;obligation&quot; for all Series under the 4th Issue is exactly the same; The United State will pay to bearer....dollars....This note is a Legal Tender at its face value for all debts public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt.</p><p>There is a variety that exist on the 1869 Series that bears a watermark of USUSUS like that of the 4th issue of fractional currency.</p><p><br /></p><p>This note is&nbsp; assigned the Fr# of 101 and is noted as design #16b which is denoted via the Large Brown Seal of the Dept of Treasury. There were 3 signature changes on this design;</p><p>Fr#100 Scofield/Gilfillian</p><p>Fr#101 Bruce/Gilfillian</p><p>Fr#102 Bruce/Wyman</p><p><br /></p><p>The Vignetts feature Daniel Webster U.S. Congressman and Senator, Secrtary of State in 1841 and from 1850-1852.</p><p>The Note was engraved by Mr. Alfred Sealy the vignet at the right displays Pocahontas being presented to Englands Royal Court.</p><p><br /></p><p>All notes from Fr#96 to Fr#113 are the so called &quot;Jackass Notes&quot;. When the note is inverted, the Eagle appears as a rather Large eared Jackass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this sheds a little light on what attracted me to this note and the 4th Issue. Although I dubt I will ever have the complete Large Brown Seal denominations, it is my Goal to have the&nbsp; $1, $2, $5, $10 and $20 Denominations in my Large Size Collection. So with the inclusion of this note, it makes my second of five! so there is the goal, 5 Large Size, Large Brown Seal notes in CHCU or better.</p><p><br /></p><p>**Note**&nbsp; When looking at denominations of $500- $10,000 keep in mind that the $5000 and $10,000 note have all been redeemed and none exist. The $500 and $1000 notes are extremely rare and Auction results for a $500 Large Brown Seal note in VF went for over $138,000 in 2005</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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