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Original – A 1901 series US ten dollar bill, depicting Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. The central portrait is a depiction of an American bison which may be modeled after Black Diamond, a bison once housed in the Central Park Zoo
Reason
Beautiful design, ridiculously high resolution, heck of a good scan
Articles in which this image appears
United States ten-dollar bill, Lewis and Clark Expedition, American bison, United States Note
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, scan by Godot13
  • Even with a stain in the I, this is probably one of the most perfect specimens you're going to see of this bill.. heh. The ascension number I think increases EV instead of decreases, it's how the museum tracks their items. —  raeky t 01:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Ah, yes. Well there are two different marks. If you're referring to the red and blue squiggles running the length of the note from top to bottom, they are silk fibers embedded in the paper as an anti-counterfeiting measure. Typical placement was about 1/3 of the way in from both sides. They are routine in notes from this period. They could even be seen in modern era US banknotes through the 1970's or 1980's, though there were very small. There is also a pencil notation in the lower left reverse margin. This is the accession number written on the note when it was donated by the US Treasury to the Smithsonian Institution. Any other question just let me know.-- Godot13 ( talk) 00:59, 15 July 2013 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:US-$10-LT-1901-Fr.114.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 07:57, 18 July 2013 (UTC) reply

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Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Jul 2013 at 04:35:27 (UTC)

Original – A 1901 series US ten dollar bill, depicting Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. The central portrait is a depiction of an American bison which may be modeled after Black Diamond, a bison once housed in the Central Park Zoo
Reason
Beautiful design, ridiculously high resolution, heck of a good scan
Articles in which this image appears
United States ten-dollar bill, Lewis and Clark Expedition, American bison, United States Note
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, scan by Godot13
  • Even with a stain in the I, this is probably one of the most perfect specimens you're going to see of this bill.. heh. The ascension number I think increases EV instead of decreases, it's how the museum tracks their items. —  raeky t 01:02, 15 July 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Ah, yes. Well there are two different marks. If you're referring to the red and blue squiggles running the length of the note from top to bottom, they are silk fibers embedded in the paper as an anti-counterfeiting measure. Typical placement was about 1/3 of the way in from both sides. They are routine in notes from this period. They could even be seen in modern era US banknotes through the 1970's or 1980's, though there were very small. There is also a pencil notation in the lower left reverse margin. This is the accession number written on the note when it was donated by the US Treasury to the Smithsonian Institution. Any other question just let me know.-- Godot13 ( talk) 00:59, 15 July 2013 (UTC) reply

Promoted File:US-$10-LT-1901-Fr.114.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 07:57, 18 July 2013 (UTC) reply


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