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10 Dollars Gold Certificate, Gold Seal left

Emittent United States Treasury
Jahr 1928
Typ Standard circulation banknote
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung An intaglio portrait of Alexander Hamilton occupies the central oval vignette, his name lettered beneath; to the left, a bold golden Treasury seal bears the overprint GOLD alongside the legal tender clause, with CERTIFICATE rendered in large gold gothic lettering above and below. The serial numbers appear twice in gold ink flanking the portrait, while a large lathe-work numeral TEN fills the right field, all enclosed within intricate guilloche borders carrying GOLD CERTIFICATE in the side margins. Below the portrait, SERIES OF 1928 and WASHINGTON, D.C. appear alongside two facsimile signatures.
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Rückseitenbeschreibung Printed entirely in green intaglio, the reverse is dominated by a central architectural vignette of the United States Treasury Building, rendered with fine line engraving that captures the neoclassical colonnade in precise detail, with trees, a horse-drawn vehicle, and pedestrians in the foreground. Elaborate guilloche scrollwork fills the corner panels, each bearing the denomination TEN and numeral 10. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA arches across the top of the design.
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Anmerkungen

Gold Certificates of this series were payable to the bearer in gold coin on demand — a promise the federal government kept for less than five years. When Roosevelt's Executive Order 6102 was signed in April 1933, holders were required to surrender gold certificates along with coin and bullion. Continued private possession became illegal, which drove most of the series into destruction through official channels rather than natural attrition.

Andrew Mellon's signature here is worth noting. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under three presidents and was still in office when this series was issued, though he departed in February 1932 — making his tenure one of the longest in that office's history.

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