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1000 Dollars One Federal Note
| Issuer | Howard Printing Corp. |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Printer | Howard Printing Corp. |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black, the obverse centres on an oval vignette with a left-facing portrait of Grover Cleveland, his name lettered on the tablet below. Denomination numerals 1000 appear in all four corners within ornate scrollwork cartouches, flanked by elaborate acanthus-scroll guilloche borders at left and right. A Treasury seal lettered 'E' and dated 1971 appears at left of centre, with a green overprinted numeral 1000 vignette and Treasury seal at right, accompanied by a printed serial number and facsimile signatures of the Treasurer and Secretary of the Treasury below the Series 5319A designation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ONE FEDERAL NOTE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS NOTE IS NOT LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE © 1973 HOWARD PRINTING CORP. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WASHINGTON D.C. SERIES 5319 A |
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Howard Printing Corp. produced this as a novelty item, not a financial instrument — it has no legal tender status and never did. These oversized pieces were sold as gag gifts and promotional curiosities in the early 1970s, a cottage industry that briefly flourished before the U.S. Secret Service began scrutinizing novelty currency producers more aggressively under the Counterfeit Detection Act amendments of that period.
Collectors file these under "cinderella" material. The dimensions alone disqualify it from any confusion with genuine Federal Reserve Notes.