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zeno333 — 1897 $10 Dollar US Education Note plate imprint.
Published: 2012-03-30 01:15:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 1480; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 68
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This is the 1897 $10 Dollar Education Note imprint from the plate that was made but never made into an actual currency note. The law that authorized the Education Notes did not specify a $10 dollar note, so it was designed and made into a plate, but never printed as actual currency. The theme was "Agriculture and Forestry". Gamma is 2.2. The uploaded image is a very high resolution 8712 by 3608.Related content
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Thanks for the whole series. It's great to be able to study them at this detail level.
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Which of the Education Series is your favorite? To me, the $10 dollar one is my least favorite, it's just hard for me to like....My fav is the $5 dollar note....
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Same here! I guess my favorite from that series would be the $2 note.
It's funny that Walter Shirlaw designed both the $10 & $5 notes, though the borders were changed for the $5 note, and Charles Schlecht did the engraving for the $10 note.
For me the main reason for not being overly fond of that $10 note, is the style of the ornamentation and figures. It differs too much from what I consider 'the norm'. It's subjective, but, that's the way is.
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The "three dimensional curved shields" for lack of a better term, to the left and right of the central vignette, on the $2 Dollar Education Note is pretty classy....
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I'd call them cartouches, but "three dimensional curved shields" is far more descriptive!
For me, the whole design, centering on the females and children, just has a balance that I find pleasing.
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