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1918, $2 Federal Reserve Bank of New York. CUT SH

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:8,500.00 USD Estimated At:17,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD
1918, $2 Federal Reserve Bank of New York. CUT SH
<Our item number 135605><B>1918, &#36;2 Federal Reserve Bank of New York. CUT SHEET OF 4. Fr-<B>752</B>. KL-151. PMG graded Choice Uncirculated 64 &#40;2 notes&#41; and Gem Uncirculated 66 Exceptional Paper Quality &#40;2 notes&#41;.</B> A wonderful lot of 4 consecutively numbered Battleship Deuces. <BR><BR>The &#34;Battleship&#34; note Series 1918 &#36;2 Federal Reserve Bank note features on its back an engraving of the World War I battleship BB-34 USS New York. Launched in October 1912, the New York was flagship for Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher, commanding the fleet occupying and blockading Vera Cruz until resolution of the crisis with Mexico in July 1914. The New York then headed north for fleet operations along the Atlantic coast when war broke out in Europe. Three years later, after America&#39;s entry into the World War, preparations for &#34;distant service,&#34; were completed and New York, Wyoming &#40;BB-32&#41;, Delaware &#40;BB-28&#41;, and Florida &#40;BB-30&#41; sailed for the British Isles. They reached Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, on December 7, 1917. Although retaining their American designation as Battleship Division 9, these four dreadnoughts became the 6th Battle Squadron of the British Grand Fleet upon arrival in British waters.<BR><BR>During World War II, USS New York participated in the invasions of North Africa &#40;1942&#41; and at Iwo Jima &#40;1945&#41;. During the three days of shelling at Iwo Jima, the ship fired more rounds than any other ship present; and, as if to show what an old-timer could do, made a direct 14-inch hit on an enemy ammunition dump.<BR><BR>After the war, the New York was picked to serve as a target ship in Operation Crossroads, the Bikini atomic tests. The ship left San Francisco on May 1, 1946, and after calls in Pearl Harbor and Kwajalein, reached Bikini in June. Surviving the surface blast of July 1 and the underwater explosion July 25, BB-34 was taken into Kwajalein and decommissioned there August 29, 1946. Later towed to Pearl Harb or, this venerable lady was studied during the next two years, and on July 8, 1948 was towed out to sea some 40 miles and there sunk after an 8-hour pounding by ships and planes carrying out full-scale battle maneuvers with new weapons. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;17,000 - 18,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 135605<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/135605.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/135605N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>