Auction Catalogue

22 February 1995

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical Medals and Banknotes

The Charing Cross Hotel  The Strand  London  WC2N 5HX

Lot

№ 519

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22 February 1995

Hammer Price:
£1,000

United States of America, United States of America, $10,000 Gold Certificate Dec. 16. 1915, uniface note with vignette of Andrew Jackson at left. Note is perforated ‘Payable Only To The Treasurer Of The U.S. Or A Federal Rerserve Bank left side and ‘U.S.T.. 9.8.16’ at centre. Rare, good very fine to extremely fine

In 1935 a fire in the `US Treasury destroyed some of these notes, by the appearance of the burn mark in the lower right hand corner, this could be one of the specimens saved