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I partway bought the two Obsoletes from the guilt I felt from taking so much of Eds time...thank goodness they were fairly inexpensive. I talked with him for half an hour, I felt obligated to buy something.
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Here is the $2 Treasury (or Coin) Note of 1891, bearing the portrait of one of my favorite Civil War generals, James McPherson. The signature combination of Tillman/Morgan dates the printing of this note to 1893-1897.


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Nice note, Mr. Frog. You were just a little tadpole when they made that one!
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Thanks. The large notes are most impressive in hand - scans hardly due justice to them.
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Here is the $2 Treasury (or Coin) Note of 1891, bearing the portrait of one of my favorite Civil War generals, James McPherson. The signature combination of Tillman/Morgan dates the printing of this note to 1893-1897.
Very nice!
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The large notes are most impressive in hand

I agree 100%! I fell in love with large notes the very first time I saw one at a coin show years ago and, despite not being able to afford many in really nice grades, I just had to get some.
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Beautiful Treasury Note Mr.Frog.

Please forgive me but I'm a gonna do something I don't usually do. I'm posting a note I WISH I had. It's tremendous and deserves being seen on this thread. And as an added bonus, it's serial #1.



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Oh man, one can only dream!
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Nice looking note "SteveinTampa"

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And as an added bonus, it's serial #1.

-Am I missing something?
The serial number looks like D894313E to me.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the numeral "1" (below the portrait) a printer's position number?
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The "1" is in fact a serial number on a note such as this. The one you refer to is a Treasury designation, and has nothing to do with the bank's serial number.
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Wow, thanks for clarifying.
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To clarify, I believe you are actually correct, and I apologize.

According to Chambliss/Hessler, a standard reference work on this subject:

"Prior to 1925 a NBN had two different serial numbers...one was the sheet number for that particular note and the other was the Treasure sheet number...".

This, then, is from the first four-note sheet printed for this bank in this denomination.

You are correct, and I am wrong.

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That seems to explain why I've seen sheets with notes with the same "serial number", it's actually the sheet number I presume. Begs the question, which number does PMG put on the holder?
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Here you go - this note could not have been printed after 1905.

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