Autograph Notes
All US currency notes carry the engraved signature of the current US Secretary of the Treasury. Of great interest to those of us who watch these signatures, is the signature of Jack Lew, as Treasury Secretary. Recently, Lew called out to China to end its government sponsored cyber attacks against US and world financial entities. Lew wants all nations to abide by rules of conduct that support a healthy global economy. Truly, when Lew speaks, the world listens!
Ever since Lew’s confirmation as Treasury Secretary, his engraved signature has been added to our US
currency.
Collectors also find handwritten autographed
signatures on currency notes. These notes are affectionately called
“Autographed Notes.”
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| Here is an autographed one dollar note |
Early in our American currency history, hand-written
signatures were added to notes as a security measure against counterfeit. However,
as the explosion of and need for currency increased, hand signatures became
impractical and thus, engraved signatures were used.
Autographed Notes are tremendously valuable, rare,
highly sought-after, and extremely collectable.
They represent not only the note and the financial,
political and social history surrounding that specific note, but also the
famous person who has chosen to hand sign – autograph - the note.
Famous
persons autographing these notes have elected to capture that moment, as well
as themselves, for history. Interestingly, these “autographs” may include
courtesy signatures of the Treasury Secretary, the Treasurer, or both.
Two or more signature combinations may be extremely
rare and in many cases, one-of-a-kind.
Thus, the assignment of a replacement value on some of these notes is
nearly impossible.
Autographed notes
increase in value depending on the original note’s rarity as well as its face
value, official grade or condition, the person or person s autographing
the note (and the authentication of the
signature), the quality of the signature and ink, and the scarcity of such
autographs.
If there is an Autograph Note that you are looking
for and it is not listed on our web site at treasuredstocks.com, please give
us a call at 870-670-4255 or email Jeff: jeff@treasuredstocks.com
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