Description: Up for sale is a fascinating note from a little known experimental run of 1899 $1 Fr 226 Silver Certificates. This is the already scarce date above serial variety, the very first Black Eagles printed, and the only ones actually printed in 1899. The normal Fr 226 notes only make up about 2% of the Black Eagle population. On top of that, this is from an interesting serial number run where they were apparently experimenting with efficiency. If you look very closely at the serial numbers, the upper and lower have slightly different fonts. The diagonal of the lower 4 extends past the upright, the upper does not. The lower 3 has the loop join the diagonal in the middle, the upper 3 it joins at the bottom of the diagonal. This baffled me for a long time, as all Fr 226 notes were printed on the older style paging machines where each serial number was applied individually from the same numbering head and there should be no difference. However, they experimented for a short time with setting two machines to the same serial number and passing the sheet between machines rather than repositioning the sheet to pass twice through the same machine to do both serial numbers. This must have not turned out to be as efficient and the experiment ended as the couple of examples I have found are from a tight serial range and the rest of the run of 226 into the 226a and other denominations all have the regular same font on all of the serials. I don't know how rare these are but I have actually seen a lot more Black Eagle star notes and unattributed keys like the Fr 229a and 231 than I have found of this variety. The note grades a nice VF in my opinion. Still has great body to the paper, sharp and bold printing and no issues. Should be around a VF-25 I would think. Please check scans and judge condition for yourself. Thanks for looking and have a great day!
Price: 369.99 USD
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
End Time: 2024-09-27T21:31:28.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Denomination: $1
Type: Banknotes
Year: 1899
Grade: Ungraded
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
