This listing is for the photographed 1922 20 Dollar Gold Certificate Mule Note. Signed by Spellman/White. This note is a "mule" note, meaning that the backplate used for printing was from the previous issue than that of the obverse. This note is identified as a mule from the small orange numbers being printed on the left side of the reverse of this note instead of the regular issued print on the right side. Note is in fine condition, being fragile and having folds and discoloration from age. This note is 102 years old this year! Fr. 1187m (Friedberg Number 1187m).
Gold certificates, along with all other U.S. currency, were made in two sizes—a larger size from 1865 to 1928, and a smaller size beginning with the series of 1928. The backs of all large-sized notes (and also the small-sized notes of the Series of 1934) were orange, resulting in the nickname “yellow boys” or "goldbacks". The backs of the Series of 1928 bills were green, and identical to the corresponding denomination of the more familiar Federal Reserve Notes, including the usual buildings on the $10 through $100 designs and the less-known abstract designs of denominations $500 and up. Both large and small size gold certificates feature a gold treasury seal on the obverse, just as U.S. Notes feature a red seal, silver certificates (except World War II Hawaii and North Africa notes) a blue seal, and Federal Reserve Notes a green seal.
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1922 20 Dollar Gold Certificate MULE Note - F (Fine) Grade - Rare 1922 Large Size Twenty Dollar Gold Cert Mule Bank Note - Fr. 1187m