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| 表面の説明 | A central oval intaglio portrait of George Washington occupies the face, framed within an ornate cartouche and overlaid with a bronze oval overprint. Denomination numeral '50' appears within elaborately engraved guilloche medallions at left and right, set against an underprint incorporating industrial and maritime vignettes. Inscriptions arch along the upper and lower borders, with the authorizing act date and Treasury printing authority cited at the foot. |
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| 裏面の説明 | The reverse is printed entirely in red-orange, with a bold black overprint numeral '50' spanning the full width of the note over a finely engraved field of stars and scrollwork. An eagle vignette anchors the upper center, flanked by curved bands of text within a scalloped border. The overall design is characteristic of the Second Issue Fractional Currency reverse format. |
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The Second Issue fractional notes were the Treasury's direct response to a specific failure: the First Issue perforated edges, meant to deter counterfeiting by mimicking postage stamps, had proven both expensive to produce and impossible to keep intact through even light handling. The Second Issue dropped the perforation entirely and introduced a bronze oval surcharge printed over the face — an attempt to make photographic reproduction impractical at a time when photographers were already duplicating the First Issue notes with alarming ease.
Coins had effectively vanished from everyday commerce by 1863, hoarded by a public that trusted metal over wartime paper. These fractional notes filled the gap at the smallest transaction level — streetcar fares, newspaper boys, market stalls. Heavy use means surviving examples with the bronze surcharge still vivid are noticeably harder to find than the raw census numbers suggest.