5 Dollar Silver Certificate Design Production Photograph

1891?

Medium: Albumen print
Dimensions: 4 13/16 × 9 in. (12.2 × 22.8 cm)
Credit Line: The Susan G. and John W. Jackson, B.A. 1967, Numismatics Acquisition Endowment Fund
Accession Number: 2019.25.14
Geography: Made in United States
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Numismatics Reference Number

cf. Friedberg 268-270 (W-799-801); Hessler 5027

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Production use photograph of what should be a large painting of proposed Educational series notes. The image shows signatures of Tillman-Morgan and serial number 0021012/0021000. Seal at the right. Central vignette, Electricity Presenting Light to the World. The denomination markers in the upper corners are reversed when compared to the final design.In the lower margin is handwritten, "Walter Shirlaw's design as modified by Thos F. Morris Engraved by G.F.C. Smillie."

Provenance

Robert F. Schermerhorn; Mrs. Louise Entriken, to December 16, 1971; Harry W. Bass, Jr., from 1971; Stack's Bowers, New York, August 17, 2011, lot 5027; Joel Anderson, 2011-8; Stack's Bowers, New York, October 25, 2018, lot 4040; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Benjamin D. R. Hellings, "A Beautiful Failure: The 'Educational Series' Notes," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2019), 66–67, fig. 6

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

money, paper money

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