FR 1225h "JACKSON" $10,000 C.G.C. 35PQ
FR 1225 $10,000 GOLD CERTIFICATE 1900 (1915) "JACKSON" CGC 35PQ VERY FINE! FINEST CGC EVER GRADED OF A "NON-CANCELLED" THE STORY BEHIND THE $10,000 GOLD CERT'S IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING - CAUGHT IN A FIRE, THROWN OUT THE WINDOW OF THE POST OFFICE BLDG. (READ BELOW): THESE NOTES HAVE INCREASED IN PRICE, DRAMATICALLY, OVER THE LAST DECADE, ESPECIALLY THE NON-CANCELLED PIECES!!! I'VE ONLY SEEN ONE OTHER NON-CANCELLED PIECE IN ALMOST 20 YEARS AND IT WAS A VERY VERY LOW GRADE. THE BACK OF THIS NOTE, AS MOST KNOW ARE BLANK, HOWEVER THIS PIECE HAS BEEN STAMPED "PAY ONLY TO ANY MEMBER OF THE NEW CLEARING HOUSE ASSOC." AND IS ALSO HAND SIGNED BY CLEARING HOUSE MEMBER (BACK 100 YEARS AGO) AND ALSO STAMPED AND SIGNED BY THE "ASST. TREASURER U.S. - NEW YORK (WHICH I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE)!
THE DATE WAS DECEMBER 13TH (FRIDAY THE 13TH) 1935, ON PENNSYLVANIA AVE. IN WASHINGTON DC (POST OFFICE ON 12th). THE FIRST ALARM WENT OFF JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, BUT SOON BECAME A FULL BLOWN 3 ALARM FIRE, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THE 6TH FLOOR. THERE WERE NO GAS MASKS, CAUSING 41 FIREMEN TO BE HOSPITALIZED (ALL FULLY RECOVERED). AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE WERE DOZENS OF FILE CABINETS, EACH FUELING THE FLAMES... INSIDE SOME OF THESE FILE CABINETS WERE THE "FAMED" $10,000 GOLD CERTIFICATES. IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FUEL FOR THE FIRE THE CABINETS AND BOXES OF PAPERS WERE THROWN OUT OF THE WINDOWS (INCLUDED IN THESE PAPERS WERE THE BANK NOTES). SLOWLY DRIFTING THROUGH THE AIR, GENTLY FALLING ONTO THE STREETS - AND INTO THE HANDS OF ONLOOKERS (LARGE CROWD) WHO SNATCHED UP THESE BEAUTIFUL NOTES AND TUCKED THEM AWAY! FORTUNATELY SO, OTHERWISE THE COLLECTING COMMUNITY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROCURE AND ENJOY THESE BREATHTAKING U.S. BANKNOTES. MANY PIECES THAT HIT THE STREET WERE WATER DAMAGED, PERHAPS THE VAST MAJORITY. THIS GORGEOUS EXAMPLE HAS SEEMED TO OF ESCAPED THE DEMISE OF MANY OF IT'S COUNTERPARTS. A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN SUCH A HIGH GRADE EXAMPLE!
THE DATE WAS DECEMBER 13TH (FRIDAY THE 13TH) 1935, ON PENNSYLVANIA AVE. IN WASHINGTON DC (POST OFFICE ON 12th). THE FIRST ALARM WENT OFF JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, BUT SOON BECAME A FULL BLOWN 3 ALARM FIRE, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THE 6TH FLOOR. THERE WERE NO GAS MASKS, CAUSING 41 FIREMEN TO BE HOSPITALIZED (ALL FULLY RECOVERED). AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE WERE DOZENS OF FILE CABINETS, EACH FUELING THE FLAMES... INSIDE SOME OF THESE FILE CABINETS WERE THE "FAMED" $10,000 GOLD CERTIFICATES. IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FUEL FOR THE FIRE THE CABINETS AND BOXES OF PAPERS WERE THROWN OUT OF THE WINDOWS (INCLUDED IN THESE PAPERS WERE THE BANK NOTES). SLOWLY DRIFTING THROUGH THE AIR, GENTLY FALLING ONTO THE STREETS - AND INTO THE HANDS OF ONLOOKERS (LARGE CROWD) WHO SNATCHED UP THESE BEAUTIFUL NOTES AND TUCKED THEM AWAY! FORTUNATELY SO, OTHERWISE THE COLLECTING COMMUNITY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROCURE AND ENJOY THESE BREATHTAKING U.S. BANKNOTES. MANY PIECES THAT HIT THE STREET WERE WATER DAMAGED, PERHAPS THE VAST MAJORITY. THIS GORGEOUS EXAMPLE HAS SEEMED TO OF ESCAPED THE DEMISE OF MANY OF IT'S COUNTERPARTS. A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN SUCH A HIGH GRADE EXAMPLE!