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Series of 1901
$10 United States
"Bison" Note
Issued to Commemorate the Centennial Anniversary of
Lewis and Clark's Expedition
Shown here in Antique Black Leaf Designer Frame
Item # LC01-BLK
Priced at $395.00
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Currency Presentation Specifications:
- Beautifully designed solid natural wood frame that is both ornate and classy. Crackled matte black finish on lower
outer edge with delicately sculpted leaves and berries, wrapped by a ribbon, that are placed on a raised inner lip which ends with
an oxidized silver edge. This frame design is very complimentary to so many lovely engravings on American bank notes.
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- Available in 2 different Custom Wood Frame Design.
- As a standard feature, we provide Non-Glare Glass, which will guarantee unobstructed viewing.
- Glass (Image) area dimensions: 18"x37"
- Overall frame dimensions: 23½"x42½"
- Obverse and Reverse sides of the $10 Legal Tender Note enlarged to 14″×6″ for examination of this beautifully engraved banknote.
- Full Color reproduction of paintings by Charles Willson Peale.
- Names, signatures and biographical facts under portraits.
The $10 Legal Tender Note (Series of 1901) popularly known as the "Bison Note," remains to this day one of the more beautifully designed and printed bank notes produced by the United States.
Also nicknamed the "Buffalo Bill," this bank note was designed to stimulate interest in the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition held in 1905. On the left side,
in an oval frame, appears the engraved portrait of Meriwether Lewis, and to the far right, William Clark. Both portraits were engraved by BEP master artist-engraver
G.F.C. Smillie. The central vignette is "Pablo," originally sketched by Charles Knight at the Washington Zoo and engraved by M.W. Baldwin (1874-1953).
Pablo the American Bison was officially designated as National Zoological Park Bison No.2926. It arrived at the Washington Zoo on October 23, 1897 and was
purchased for $500 from Michael Pablo, a Ronan, Montana, rancher. Pablo died on October 3, 1914.
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