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Third Issue: 12/5/1864—08/16/1869
Like the email Spam artists of today, fractional counterfeiters were relentless, and in many cases, gifted, in their specialty. The U.S. Bureau of Engraving was in full swing by the time of the Third Issue's advent, and they worked ardently to produce notes that by their sheer artistry should have thwarted most counterfeit attempts; but they didn't. Issue three has most extensive list of denominations, five, and the most varieties, 78, of any other of the five issues. Following the lead
of larger denominations, all the notes of the third issue save the three-cent
note (used mainly to buy postage stamps, which cost three cents) carried
either autographed or printed signatures, usually of the Register and
Treasurer. They were issued on better, high fiber paper with reverses
that came in different colors for the same obverse. Hardly noticeable
letters or numbers were hidden like Easter eggs around designs that
had grown as intricate as Oriental mandalas; again, all painstakingly
instituted to keep the business of printing money exclusively in the
hands of the U.S. government. Denominations include 3, 5, 10, 25, and
50-cent notes (of which there were two distinct types). There was a
15-cent type printed in "specimen" form, but never generally
distributed. The Third issue brought with it a level of artistry and
effort heretofore unheard of with fractional notes, a level that would
be sustained for the remaining two issues. |
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Third Issue Three Cent Note Light Background Washington Portrait Partially Encircled By Wreath The Sole Three Cent Produced In The Fractional Series It's Real Value Was, Like The Three-Cent Silver Piece Produced Concurrently, It Could Be Used To Buy A Three-Cent Postage Stamp, Allowing A Lonely Soldier To Send A Letter Back Home. EF FR 1226 $69.00 |
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Third Issue Three Cent Note Light Background Washington Portrait Partially Encircled By Wreath The Sole Three Cent Produced In The Fractional Series. Three Faint Vertical Creases More Noticeable on Reverse (Not Picked Up In Photo)
It's Real Value Was, Like The Three-Cent Silver Piece Produced Concurrently, It Could Be Used To Buy A Three-Cent Postage Stamp, Allowing A Lonely Soldier To Send A Letter Back Home. FR 1226 VF $49.00 |
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Third Issue Three Cent Note Light Background
Washington Portrait Partially Encircled By Wreath
The Sole Three Cent Produced In The Fractional Series.
It's Real Value Was, Like The Three-Cent Silver Piece Produced Concurrently, It Could Be Used To Buy A Three-Cent Postage Stamp, Allowing A Lonely Soldier To Send A Letter Back Home.
This Is A Very Clean Ane Well-Detailed Note On Light Vanilla-Gray Stock. Graded By PMG, It Reetains Its Original Crispness And Embossing, As Indicated By The Assignment of "EPQ" (Exceptional Paper Quality) By PMG.
FR 1226
PMG 53 EPQ $129.00 |
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