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10 Dollars Large-Size United States Note
| Issuer | United States Treasury |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Reference(s) | P#185 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse centres on an intaglio vignette of a standing female allegorical figure robed and facing left, framed by symmetrical decorative foliage. An intricate guilloche border surrounds the composition, with denomination and note-type inscriptions arranged symmetrically across the upper and lower fields. |
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| Signature(s) | Lyons and Roberts Lyons and Treat Vernon and Treat Vernon and McClung Napier and McClung Napier and Thompson Napier and Burke Parker and Burke Teehee and Burke Elliott and Burke Elliott and White Speelman and White |
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The 1901 $10 Legal Tender note was issued across an extraordinary span — the same underlying plate design circulated through twelve signature combinations, from Lyons-Roberts at the turn of the century through Speelman-White in the early 1920s. That longevity was unusual even by large-size standards, and it means dating an individual example requires reading the register and treasurer signatures rather than the date, which never changed from 1901.
The note belongs to the Legal Tender series, backed by United States Notes obligations rather than gold or silver — a distinction that carried real legal weight in an era when redemption basis still mattered to the public and to courts.