Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Cents 'Fractional Currency' - 3rd series
| Issuer | United States Treasury |
|---|---|
| Year | 1864-1869 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | P#108 |
| Obverse description | Central oval vignette with an intaglio portrait of George Washington facing three-quarters left, flanked on either side by large numeral 10 cyphers in an ornate guilloche underprint rendered in bronze ink. The word FRACTIONAL CURRENCY appears below the portrait, with the legend ACT OF MARCH 3RD 1863 at the top and further inscriptions referencing the Assistant Treasurers and Depositories of the U.S. along the upper border. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | ACT OF MARCH 3, 1863 RECEIVABLE FOR ALL UNITED STATES FRACTIONAL CURRENCY ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND DESIGNATED DEPOSITORIES OF THE U.S. Engraved and Printed at the Treasury Department |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large bold numeral 10 in bronze ink at centre, flanked by two Roman numeral X devices in a symmetrical guilloche border arrangement, with the full redemption and legal tender text printed in fine letterpress across the field. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |