Graded Currency
  • Home
  • U.S.
    • LEGAL TENDERS
    • SILVER CERT'S
    • GOLD CERT'S
    • FEDERAL RESERVE >
      • HIGH DENOM'S
    • TREASURY
    • NATIONALS
    • CONFEDERATE
    • COLONIAL
    • MPC's
  • WORLD
    • A-E >
      • Angola
      • Azores
      • Bahamas
      • Barbados
      • Belgian Congo
      • Belgium
      • Belize
      • Bermuda
      • British Caribbean Territories >
        • BCT P3 PCGS 40
      • British Guiana
      • British Honduras
      • British West Africa
      • Bulgaria
      • Canada
      • Central African Republic
      • Ceylon
      • China
      • Costa Rica
      • Danish West Indies
      • EACB
      • Egypt
      • Ethiopia
    • F-N >
      • Fiji
      • France
      • French Antilles
      • French Indo China
      • French Guiana
      • French Somaliland
      • French West Africa
      • Greenland
      • Guatemala
      • Hong Kong
      • Ireland
      • Italian Somaliland
      • Jamaica
      • Japan
      • Latvia
      • Lithuania
      • Malaya
      • Malaya & British Borneo
      • Mali
      • Mauritius
      • Mexico
      • Mongolia
      • Netherlands
      • Netherland Indies
      • New Zealand
      • Nigeria
    • O-Z >
      • Palestine
      • Panama
      • Philippines
      • Portugal
      • Portuguese India
      • Rwanda Burundi
      • Russia
      • Seychelles
      • Southern Rhodesia
      • South Vietnam
      • Spain
      • Straits Settlement
      • South Africa
      • Tahiti
      • Tonga
      • Trinidad & Tobago
      • West African States
      • Yugoslavia
  • TESTIMONIALS
  • VIDEOS
  • BANK NOTE VALUES
  • ARTICLES
  • GALLERY (1)
  • GALLERY (2)
  • GRADING CO'S
  • PRICE GUIDE
  • FAQ
  • SUPPLIES
  • CONSIGNMENTS
  • HEAVY HITTERS
  • CONTACT US
  • PIRATE GOLD COINS
  • MONEY APPAREL
  • MONEY ART
  • PAINTINGS
    • JR Bissell | Paintings | Graded Currency
  • CHANDELIERS

FR 198  "HAMILTON" INTEREST BEARING C.G.C. 35PQ

PictureClick above image to view in eBay store
U.S. FR 198  INTEREST BEARING NOTE  DATED 1864 $50 "1 OF ONLY 3 KNOWN!"   ENTRUSTED TO ONLYCGC (35PQ) .  WHILE VIEWING THIS PIECE YOU MAY BE THINKING TO YOURSELF, "WHAT THE HELL AM I LOOKING AT?"  SINCE IT DOES NOT LOOK FAMILIAR AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS?  THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR THIS.... YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ONE BEFORE, LOL.   I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THIS PIECE BACK IN 2005 AND IT'S BEEN TUCKED AWAY FOR THE LAST ALMOST EIGHT YEARS!   AN INCREDIBLE, MIND BLOWING, HISTORICAL PIECE OF AMERICANA.  REMEMBER, THE CIVIL WAR WAS FULL BLOWN IN '64 (STARTED IN '61 GOING TO '65) AND ENDED WITH OVER 600,000 DEAD!  THESE INTEREST BEARING NOTES WERE ACTUALLY ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSE TO FUND THE WAR (MAINLY CHASE'S IDEA, SERVING UNDER PRESIDENT LINCOLN).   FEATURING THE BUST OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON AT RIGHT AND FEMALE ALLEGORY REPRESENTING LOYALTY AT LEFT.   OF THE 3 KNOWN, ONE IS FOREVER OUT OF REACH AT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT!  TO SAY THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PIECE WOULD BE QUITE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.  A TRUE HONOR TO OFFER HERE ON EBAY IN THE OPEN MARKETPLACE FOR ALL TO ENJOY!