Sheik's 100 Greatest
85. $10 “Tombstone Note,” Series of 1886 to 1908 Fr 291-304*

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Set Details
Note Description: Silver Certificate
$10 1886 Large Size
Grade: VF 20
Country: US
Note Number: 291
Seal Type: Small Red, Plain
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 Rosecrans
Jordan
Certification #: 5014895-003  
Owner: Sheik Sheck
Sets Competing: Sheik's 100 Greatest  Score: 2197
Sheik Large Note Silver Complete  Score: 2197
Sheik Silver Large  Score: 2197
Sheik $10 Large Type  Score: 2197
Date Added: 11/4/2020
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

Fantastic and rare ornate back $10 silver certificate picked up at the Mike Coltrane auction on Nov. 3, 2020. PMG has only 13 examples listed as graded. From auction description - This is an uncommon opportunity to bid on a rare Fr. 291 "Tombstone" in pleasing circulated grade. The population available to collectors might be around 20, deducting notes in the census that are in museums. Mike bought this from Smythe & Co., at the 2003 Charlotte Midwinter ANA show. This is a face design where the portrait choice reflected recent events as opposed to the logical or traditional selections used by the Treasury Department in later years. Thomas Hendricks was Vice President for just nine months when he died in office; his likeness was promptly placed in the center of these new $10 notes. Interestingly, his bust was framed by a "tombstone" cartouche, the nickname by which collectors refer to this series. There were only 400,000 printed of this initial type with the small red seal. Mike Coltrane owned four of the recorded serial numbers.

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