1918 $1 Federal Reserve Bank Note San Francisco Teehee - Burke PCGS 64 Very Choice New Fr#: 743

 Large Size Federal Reserve Bank Notes

Large Size Federal Reserve Bank Notes were printed from 1878 to 1923 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency. The Large Size Federal Reserve Bank Notes were initially redeemable in the same face value of silver dollar coins, and later in raw silver bullion. Because of their significance in US history and rarity Large Size Federal Reserve Bank Notes have become increasingly collectable and valuable. 

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1862 $2 Legal Tender Note Chittenden - Spinner PCGS 55 Choice About New Fr#: 41a

 Large Size Legal Tender Notes

Large Size Legal Tender Notes were printed from 1878 to 1923 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency. The Large Size Legal Tender Notes were initially redeemable in the same face value of silver dollar coins, and later in raw silver bullion. Because of their significance in US history and rarity Large Size Legal Tender Notes have become increasingly collectable and valuable. 

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1891 $1 Martha Silver Certificate - Tillman Morgan PCGS 65 PPQ Gem New Fr#: 223

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1922 $10 Gold Certificate Speelman - White PMG 63 Choice Unc. Fr#: 1173

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1890 $10 Sheridan Treasury Note Rosecrans - Nebeker PCGS 55 Choice About New Fr#: 368

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Large Size Treasury Or Coin Notes were printed from 1878 to 1923 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency. The Large Size Treasury Or Coin Notes were initially redeemable in the same face value of silver dollar coins, and later in raw silver bullion. Because of their significance in US history and rarity Large Size Treasury Or Coin Notes have become increasingly collectable and valuable. 

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1922 $10 Gold Certificate *STAR Note* Speelman - White PMG 50 EPQ About Unc. Fr#: 1173*

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1923 $1 Legal Tender Note Speelman - White PCGS 63 PPQ Choice New Fr#: 40

 Large Size Legal Tender Notes

Large Size Legal Tender Notes were printed from 1878 to 1923 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency. The Large Size Legal Tender Notes were initially redeemable in the same face value of silver dollar coins, and later in raw silver bullion. Because of their significance in US history and rarity Large Size Legal Tender Notes have become increasingly collectable and valuable. 

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1907 $10 Gold Certificate Napier - McClung PMG 45 EPQ Choice Extremely Fine Fr#: 1169

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1923 $1 Silver Certificate Speelman - White *STAR* Note PMG 55 About Unc. Fr#: 237*

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If notes could talk -- Operation Bernhard

By Linda S. Smith

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Creating an economic and financial terrorist attack on the WWII British and allied forces was the mission and purpose of Operation Bernhard  (1942-1945). Though primarily a secret German attack on the British Pound, the US $100 bill was also included in this viscous plot. To date, Operation Bernhard produced the most dangerous assault on a financial empire in recorded history.

The Operation Bernhard plot was conceived during Germany’s early WWII secret Nazi efforts to destroy Briton’s economic base as well as its financial future. The goal was to mass produce counterfeit Bank of England (BOE) British pounds – £5, £10, £20, £50 denominations – and then flood the UK with the worthless notes causing wide-spread economic inflation and collapse. Named after the plan’s director and operations manager, SS Major Bernhard Kruger, Operation Bernhard  (he named the plot after himself) is considered history’s largest counterfeiting campaign. Kruger gathered up an initial expert counterfeit team of 142 Jewish prison camp inmates. He found his victims in Sachsenhausen , Auschwitz, and other concentration camps. (Sachsenhausen was the primary location of this operation.) This counterfeit team of prisoners was forced to engrave the ornate and complicated printing press plates. They also had to develop methods for producing the special rag-based paper and watermarks. Most importantly, these Jewish inmates developed techniques for breaking the BOE code needed in order to generate authentic serial numbers. Thus, these notes are considered some of the most perfect counterfeit notes ever made.

Fortunately, it was the tenacity and heroism of the people of England that ultimately saved their country from economic ruin. The original plan was to take plane loads of these counterfeit notes and drop them onto the UK countryside. Fortunately, the German Air Force did not have enough planes to effectively complete the mission – their air force was occupied with bombing Great Britain and fighting off the Royal British Air Force pilots and crew. Simultaneously, Operation Bernhard was transferred to the SS foreign intelligence.

At its peak, about 1 million BOE notes were printed each and every month. As an aside, though $100 bills of US currency were created by Operation Bernhard’s expert counterfeit team, full production was halted on February 22, 1945 and the US $100 printing press destroyed. 

Most, but not all of these counterfeit BOE notes were discovered by divers in 1959, at the bottom of Lake Toplitz. (this Austrian lake was near the final location of the counterfeit team). Tons of notes were dumped there in 1945 by the Nazis, just before surrender. Evidence suggests that some notes “escaped” and were used by the Jewish underground to purchase needed equipment and supplies and to finance Jewish immigration to Israel. Additionally, German SS officers laundered counterfeit notes in Northern Italy and then used them as payment for imported goods, espionage services, and rescue operations.

Operation Bernhard Bank of England (BOE) notes are increasingly rare, in high demand, and highly collectible. Those from the bottom of Lake Toplitz show significant water damage, caused by over a decade of under-water existence. Others, which entered circulation during and after WWII are occasionally seen in currency auctions and war museums.

If these Operation Bernhard  notes could talk, what would they say of the starvation, hardship, torture, and overwhelming fear endured by their creators? What would they say of the failed German scheme to hit the UK at its financial core? Finally, what would the notes tell us about the real power of our human spirit?

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