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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Neal, post: 26574344, member: 43872&quot;]There was a good bit of paper money issued with pictures of living persons, including Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln&#039;s Secretary of the Treasury, on the Legal Tender $1 of 1862 (Fr. #4) and Lincoln himself on the $10 Demand Note of 1861 (FR. #2).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>William P. Fessenden succeeded Chase in 1864 and got his picture on the Third issue 25-cent note.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1693319[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1693320[/ATTACH] </p><p>F. E. Spinner, Treasurer of the U.S. from 1861-1875, not only got his picture on the Third Issue 50-cent note, he also signed it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1693321[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1693322[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That all came to an end with this note, with the portrait of Spencer M. Clark, Superintendent of the National Currency Bureau (forerunner of the BEP), who put his own portrait on it.&nbsp; Congress was so mad they outlawed 5 cent bills and living persons on the money.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1693317[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1693318[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Sorry about the wonky angle of the picture.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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