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***Auction Highlight*** PCGS 1880 $10 Legal Tender "Jackass" Note FR-113 Congressman Daniel Webster

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,500.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** PCGS 1880 $10 Legal Tender  Jackass  Note FR-113 Congressman Daniel Webster
***Auction Highlight*** PCGS 1880 $10 Legal Tender "Jackass" Note FR-113 Congressman Daniel Webster Graded vf35 PPQ By PCGS. Ten dollar legal tender notes from 1880 are typically called Jackass notes by collectors.$10 “Jackass Note,” Series of 1869 to 1880, was ranked 71st most beautiful note in the book 100 Greatest American Currency Notes compiled by Bowers and Sundman. Bust of Daniel Webster, U.S. Congressman and Senator; Secretary of State in 1841 and from 1850-1852. Engraved by Alfred Sealey. At the right, Indian Princess Pocahontas being presented to England’s royal court. This is the first “Jackass note,” so-called because the eagle on bottom of the note looks like the head of a jackass when the note is held upside down.