10 Dollars Large-Size United States Note

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.