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1900 $10,000 Gold Certificate
[[Image:Example.jpg]] $10,000 Gold Certificate
Country of production	United States
Location of production	BEP Washington D.C. Facility
Date of production	1900
Nature of rarity	Bank and Clearing House Useage
Estimated existence	300?
Face value	$10,000
Estimated value	US$1,000 - $7,000+

The 1900 $10,000 Gold Certificate is a type of US Currency used almost exclusively in fiscal transactions between banks and the US Treasury. All examples were canceled and redeemed. However some examples were unintentionally thrown out of a US Treasury building in 1935 due to a fire. Today they are collected by paper money collectors as novelties, despite their non-legal tender status.

==Design==

Andrew Jackson is portrayed to the left, and an ornate 10,000 to the right. The center portion reads out as follows:

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS Have been Deposited with The Assistant Treasurer OF THE United States Payable in GOLD at his Office, to the order of _____________________________

The Gold Standard Act of March 14, 1900 is referenced above Jackson's portrait. An ornate frame consisting of 10000, Gold Certificate and X cover 3/4ths of the border.

The Reverse of the note is blank; on some examples, a punch cancellation of PAYABLE ONLY TO THE TREASURER OF THE US OR A FEDERAL RESERVE BANK and/or signatures of treasury or bank officials can been seen.

==Useage==

Most of the notes were used in finacial transactions between banks and other financial clearinghouses. Some notes show redemption by the Federal Reserve Board.

==1935 Fire==

On December 12th, 1935, a fire broke out at a US Treasury Building that was being used for storage. To help stop the spread of the fire, boxes were thrown out onto the street. One of the boxes contained cancelled and redeemed Series 1900 $10,000 Gold Certificates that hadn't been destroyed by the US Treasury. Passerbys grabbed the notes as the box ripped open, and many were taken.

While technically illegal to own, as they are "stolen property", due to their non-legal tender status, the US Goverment has refused to prosecute individuals holding such notes in their possession. The note is the only example of "circulating" U.S. currency that is not an obligation of the government, and thus not worth the full face value. This is the only example of "circulating" U.S. currency that is not an obligation of the government, and thus not worth the full face value.

Existing examples sometimes show water stains and burn marks, evidence of the fire in the Treasury Building.

==Collectability==

While not retaining a full face value, the notes have garnered collectability on the secondary market. Prices for the notes range in the thousands, with a damaged specimen going for around $2,000 for a low end example, with higher quality examples going for over $7,000.

==References==

[[Category:Paper money of the United States]]

...surviving examples of the 1900 $10,000 Gold Certificate owe their existance due to a fire in 1935?

HAWAII Overprint Note, Hawaii Notes, Emergency Circulating Note
[[Image:Example.jpg]] $1 Series 1935A Silver Certificate
Country of production	United States
Location of production	BEP Washington D.C. Facility
Date of production	1942 to ?
Nature of rarity	Emergency Issue
Estimated existence	Unknown
Face value	$1, $5, $10, $20
Estimated value	US$2 - $1,300

The HAWAII Overprint Note