Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/United States Demand Notes (Series 1861)

United States Demand Notes[edit]

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Reason: Very high quality, good EV (greater EV viewed as a set).

$5 Demand Note, depicting Alexander Hamilton and the Statue of Freedom
$10 Demand Note, depicting Abraham Lincoln
$20 Demand Note, with a vignette depicting Liberty

Original – Demand Notes, produced from August 1861 to April 1862, were the first United States federally-issued paper currency. Bearing the issue date of 10 August 1861, these are the only U.S. Banknotes (1861 to the present) to enter circulation without a treasury seal. All demand notes were hand-signed by treasury officials (Assistant Treasurers or clerks) on behalf of the Register and Treasurer of the United States. Demand notes were issued in $5, $10, and $20 denominations only.

Articles in which these images appear: Demand Note
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Culture and lifestyle
Creator: American Banknote Company (Image by Godot13)
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.

Support as nominator --Godot13 (talk) 21:32, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Saffron Blaze (talk) 23:37, 29 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support Another great set, to bad they didn't have uncirculated versions.. heh — raeky t 19:18, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An uncirculated Demand Note would be a sight to behold...--Godot13 (talk) 19:47, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Haha, no doubt :) But I would of thought if anyone would of had one the Smithsonian would.. heh. — raeky t 05:50, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Shame about the harsh black borders. I understand that a non-white background may be needed to pick out the edges, but I think a softer colour might look nicer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.151.119.14 (talk) 21:25, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the point you bring up, but a black background is fairly standard for archival imaging of banknotes. Thanks --Godot13 (talk) 12:13, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Personally, I like the black borders, especially when both the front and back of the bill are shown in the same file. It helps to delineate between the 2 sides of the bill. Rreagan007 (talk) 22:52, 1 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, I was not objecting to the borders per se, in fact I mentioned that they were necessary to identify the edges of the banknotes. My objection is to the colour black, which to my eye is unappealing, making the whole image look a bit like an obituary notice. 86.130.67.47 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:21, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support per above. J Kadavoor J e e 15:38, 2 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:US-$5-DN-1861-Fr.1.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:24, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$10-DN-1861-Fr.7.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:24, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-$20-DN-1861-Fr.12.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:24, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]