Catalog
100 Dollars - State of Virginia
| Issuer | United States |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Size | 179.50 × 76.20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), educator and civil rights activist, set against a composite state vignette incorporating the skyline of Richmond, sailing ships, and a geographic outline of Virginia with the abbreviation VA. An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly and the King Neptune statue appear as secondary design elements, accompanied by an eagle hologram, guilloche underprint, and the state motto Sic semper tyrannis. The note bears the Commonwealth of Virginia designation with the entry year 1788 and a bold numeral 100 denomination counter. |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS SERIES COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA 1788 100 Sic semper tyrannis THIS NOTE IS NOT LEGAL TENDER Booker T. Washington 1856–1915 100 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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This is a reproduction — specifically, a novelty item modeled on the colonial-era Virginia currency format and sold as a collector or educational piece. It carries no legal tender status and was never issued by any federal or state banking authority. The Federal Reserve has held sole U.S. note-issuing authority since 1913; no individual state has issued currency since the National Banking Acts of the 1860s effectively killed state bank notes as a practical matter.
The hologram is the tell — authentic pre-Civil War Virginia notes had none, and modern U.S. Federal Reserve notes don't carry state-specific denominations of this kind.