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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1901211, member: 11668&quot;]Okay, here&#039;s too much information:&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The first ~12,000 notes of Series 1 used the &quot;original seal&quot; (the circular background just behind the shield is solid red, with no white spokes).&nbsp; All of these are either Fr.17 (no ABNCo monogram) or Fr.17d (with ABNCo monogram).&nbsp; Both are very rare but 17 seems a bit rarer than 17d.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The rest of the 1862 $1&#039;s used the &quot;modified seal&quot; (background of spokes behind the shield).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The next ~12,000 notes of Series 1 are Fr.17b.&nbsp; These are just like 17d except they have the modified seal, and are also very rare.&nbsp; All three varieties so far (17, 17d, 17b) have the left-hand serial number superimposed on the seal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Somewhere around serial number 24000 of Series 1, the left-hand serial number was moved onto the denomination counter.&nbsp; That created Fr.17a, which covers all notes from this point in Series 1 all the way through the middle of Series 166.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then the ABNCo monogram was dropped, and the credit line at the bottom of the note was changed from National-American to National-National.&nbsp; That&#039;s Fr.16b, covering all notes from mid-Series 166 to mid-Series 174.&nbsp; This variety still carries the 1857 patent date, like all the previous varieties.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then the 1857 patent date was removed, creating Fr.16.&nbsp; This variety *should* cover all notes from mid-Series 174 through Series 234.&nbsp; But it doesn&#039;t, because a couple of errors crept in through the use of old plates.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Five face plates (numbers 17, 19, 20, 22, 24) somehow missed being modified when the ABNCo credits were removed.&nbsp; These plates went back into use during Series 199.&nbsp; From mid-Series 199 to mid-Series 204, these plates were producing notes with the National-American credit line and the ABNCo monogram--so they look just like Fr.17a except that they don&#039;t have the 1857 patent date.&nbsp; These notes are Fr.17c.&nbsp; From mid-Series 199 to mid-Series 204, Fr.17c and Fr.16 are mixed together.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then somebody caught the obsolete credit on those five plates, and modified the National-American credit to National-National like it was supposed to be...but they still forgot to remove the ABNCo monogram.&nbsp; Notes printed from these plates are Fr.16a.&nbsp; From mid-Series 204 to mid-Series 219, Fr.16a and Fr.16 are mixed together.&nbsp; At that point, the old ABNCo monograms were finally removed, and everything became Fr.16 again.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Lastly, beginning with Series 235, the series number was moved from the left side of the note to the right side.&nbsp; This last variety is Fr.16c, covering all notes from Series 235 through the end of the printing in Series 284.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And if you followed all of that, you&#039;re doing better than I am....&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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