Week #471 TGIF!!

[Guest Corey M]

Q. The phrase “Banned in Boston” is connected with what U.S. note?

 

Good luck everyone & have a great weekend!

 

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[ritter]

1896 $5 silver certificate educational note

[RGT]

1896 Educational series $5 silver certificate

[bsshog40]

1896 $5 Silver Certificate

[Amarillo]

On the 1963 $5.00 red seal note

[mhardin2413]

1896 $5 silver certificate from the educational series. allegedly a breast is a bit too scandalous for the folks up north.

[jtryka]

Series 1896 Silver Certificates, the "Educational Series"

[JIM F.]

1896 $5 Educational Note ( silver certificate)

[Chris1976]

$5 Silver Certificate of 1898

[jamorse99-migration]

1896 $5 Silver Certificate Educational Note

 

Picture of note here:

http://usrarecurrency.com/1896$5SilverCertificateEducationalNote25139605.htm

 

Wikipedia reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_Series

The naked breasts of the female figures on the $5 Silver Certificate reportedly caused some minor controversy when several Boston society ladies took offense to the design. Some bankers reportedly refused to accept the notes in transactions, and the term banned in Boston allegedly originates from the $5 Silver Certificate. The notes were quickly replaced for the Series of 1899 notes.

[Ducksoup]

The naked breasts of the female figures on the $5 Silver Certificate reportedly caused some minor controversy when several Boston society ladies took offense to the design. Some bankers reportedly refused to accept the notes in transactions, and the term banned in Boston allegedly originates from the $5 Silver Certificate. The notes were quickly replaced for the Series of 1899 notes

 

 

[dan8402]

1896 $5 Educational Series

[rtpjr]

1896 $5 Silver Certificate "Education Note" FR-268

[e1cnr]

1896 $5 Silver Certificate FR-268 "Educational Note"

 

Referred to as the United States' most beautiful piece of paper money, this note features an allegorical depiction of Electricity as the Dominant force in the world. The lavish vignette was originally drawn by Walter Shirlaw and hangs on the wall in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Thomas Morris redesigned the bill itself, and G.F.C. Smilie engraved the figures. The back features the heads of two Civil War generals: Ulysses S. Grant and Phillip Sheridan, flanked on all sides by ornate engraving.

 

The female figure representing Electricity is clad in flowing robes, revealing a bare breast. This partial nudity was said to cause a disturbance nationwide, with Anthony Comstock, Secretary of the Society for Suppression of Vice, pressuring the U.S. Treasury to withdraw our obscene notes. Three years later, entirely new designs were issued replacing the controversial Educational series. This once "banned in Boston" note has since become the most popular of all U.S. Large Size banknotes

 

[HiHoAudio]

(From Wikipedia...)

 

1896 $5 Silver Certificate FR-268 "Educational Note"

 

The naked breasts of the female figures on the $5 Silver Certificate reportedly caused some minor controversy when several Boston society ladies took offense to the design. Some bankers reportedly refused to accept the notes in transactions, and the term banned in Boston allegedly originates from the $5 Silver Certificate. The notes were quickly replaced for the Series of 1899 notes.

[tomyhok]

The 1896 5 dollar silver certificate

[Guest Corey M]

Q.The phrase “Banned in Boston” is connected with what U.S. note?

A. $5 1896 Educational Silver Certificate

 

 

Great job everyone and congratulations to Ritter and runner up RGT!

 

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