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10 Dollars Federal Reserve Note, small portrait, no motto
| Issuer | Federal Reserve System |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Composition | Cotton/linen blend |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse is executed in green intaglio on a fine guilloche underprint, dominated by a detailed architectural vignette of the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington D.C., shown in three-quarter perspective with its Ionic colonnade, surrounding grounds, iron fencing, and period street scene. Denomination counters reading "10" and "TEN" occupy all four corners within ornate scroll-work borders, and the caption "U.S. TREASURY" appears in a cartouche beneath the building vignette. |
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| Signature(s) | series 1950A (A-L) - Priest & Humphrey series 1950B (A-L) - Priest & Anderson series 1950C (A-L) - Smith & Dillon series 1950D (A-H, J-L) - Granahan & Dillon series 1950E (B, G & L) - Granahan & Fowler |
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The Series 1950 $10 note predates the 1957 addition of "In God We Trust" to U.S. currency — that motto first appeared on the $1 Silver Certificate and was mandated by Congress under the Cold War-era pressure to distinguish American currency from "godless communism." Notes from this series are among the last to carry the pre-motto reverse design on Federal Reserve issues.
Series 1950E is the key scarcity in this family. Only three districts — Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco — received 1950E printings, with total output sharply lower than any prior suffix in the run. District B (New York) examples from 1950E remain the most commonly encountered of the three, which is saying very little.