Description: You are bidding on this rare $20.00 1862 FR #124 Legal Tender Banknote Design of a: Naramore Anti-Counterfeiting Bank Note Detector Card Robert C. Naramore got special permission on July 19, 1866 to photograph the obverse designs of circulating United States Treasury Notes and National Banknotes. The Obverse Designs were photographed without their Seals and Serial Numbers and the reproductions had to be 25% of the original size. Naramore actually photographed Proof Impressions that were pulled from the actual Steel Printing Plates! This was the first time that United States Currency was allowed to be photographed for distribution to the public. The primary purpose of these Photo Cards were to be used to detect Counterfeit Banknotes which were heavily mixed in with circulating currency at that period of time. This Government permission was only granted for a very short period of time before the permission was rescinded. Here is a description that I found on the internet: “Because of rampant counterfeiting in the 1860s, Secretary of Treasury Hugh McCulloch (1808-1895) made an unprecedented decision to allow Robert C. Naramore (1829-1895) to photograph legal tender in all denominations from $1.-$1,000. According to Treasury, the photographs would be published at one-quarter of the size, and then they could be used to detect counterfeit bills. The photographs were published by the American Photograph Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. There were eighteen photographs that were either mounted on a single sheet as a poster or individually mounted on cards”. This single Naramore Card depicts a $20.00 Legal Tender 1862 Banknote; The card measures 2-7/16 inches tall x 3-31/32 inches across. The actual photograph measures 1-1/2 inches tall x 3-5/16 inches wide and was hand pasted to this beige card. The card has a gilted edge gold frame which retains its metallic look and is approximately .025 thick! The corners of this card are ever so slightly rounded, but not bumped. The card does show a paper dimple at the bottom center but is in a very nice state of preservation for a card that is 158 years old! Please look at the scans carefully and judge the condition for yourself before bidding! On the reverse of the photograph card is the following: A SOUVENIR OF THE UNITED STATES TREASURE NOTES AND NATIONAL BANK NOTES, By Photographic Copies of the Circu- lating Notes issued by ACT OF CONGRESS, Taken from Proof Impressions on file in the U.S. Treasury Depar't. Published by permission of Hon. H. McCullough, Sec'y U.S. Treasury. PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPH CO. BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by R.C. Naramore, in the Clerk’s Office of the Dist. Court of Connecticut. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I will only ship to confirmed Ebay addresses within the United States. I will ship this item via USPS First Class Mail with Tracking in the United States. New Jersey Sales Tax = 6.625% Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or if you need better photos of the item, Bob [201] 843 1450 EBAY: Vette70 Please take a moment to look at my many other Ebay listings. Good Luck & Happy Hunting!
Price: 199 USD
Location: Saddle Brook, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-09-01T20:55:03.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.95 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Denomination: $20
Type: Naramore Anti-Counterfeiting Bank Note Detector Card
Year: 1862
Certification Number: None
Grade: Ungraded
Grade Designation: Does Not Apply!
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Certification: Uncertified
