United States · Federal Reserve Note
$10 · Series 1934 · Chicago
Face with Hamilton and a light-green Treasury seal; back with the Treasury building. District G / 7. Serial G30986728A.
Catalog facts
- Pick reference
- P#430 · Fr. 2004-G
- Serial number
- G30986728A
- Signatures
- W. A. Julian (Treasurer) and Henry Morgenthau Jr. (Secretary of the Treasury)
- Condition
- Circulated, unslabbed (private collection)
- Printage
- A common Chicago-district type; about 70 million Fr. 2004-G notes are cited across all seal varieties
Face
Back
The note
The Series 1934 $10 (Pick 430, Friedberg 2004-G) is a small-size Federal Reserve Note of the Chicago district: a circular seal with G, 7s in the four inner corners, and the bank legend “FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS.” The black face with green seal and serials carries Alexander Hamilton in an oval and, at right, the Treasury seal over TEN. The signatures are W. A. Julian and Henry Morgenthau Jr. The legal-tender clause still promises redemption “in lawful money” at the Treasury or any Federal Reserve Bank. The green back shows the Treasury building in Washington, D.C., with an interwar automobile before the façade; plate number 430 sits at lower right. This collection piece, circulated and unslabbed, is serial G30986728A (GA block). It has neither the HAWAII overprint nor the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST,” which later series added.
Scarcity and printage
The Series 1934 $10 — five issues, 1934 through 1934D, all twelve districts, and both light- and dark-green seals — was everyday Reserve paper through the Depression and the war. The Bank Note Museum numbers it P-430 (light seal) and P-430D (dark seal). Fr. 2004-G is Chicago. The type is common in mid grades; the keys are star replacements, plate mules, and the HAWAII $20, which will be documented separately.
Population
A PMG or PCGS census for this serial has not been independently verified. The note is shown in original, circulated, unslabbed condition.
Sources
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Bank Note Museum — P-430, Series 1934 $10 Federal Reserve Note
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Hamilton on the face and the Treasury on the back; Julian and Morgenthau on Series 1934; district G = Chicago.
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The Paper Money Project — Series 1934 $10 Federal Reserve Notes
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Five series (1934–1934D), LGS and DGS seals, and the HAWAII emergency issue.
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U.S. Currency Education Program — $10
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Hamilton on the $10 since 1929; the Treasury building on the back of small-size series before the 2006 redesign.
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U.S. Currency Education Program — History of U.S. Currency
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Massachusetts 1690, Continentals, National Banknotes, silver certificates, and the HAWAII overprint.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing — History
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Gold Certificates (1865), United States Notes (1869), Silver Certificates (1878), and the Federal Reserve Act (1913).
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing — FAQs
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United States Notes: first national paper (1862); last placed in circulation 21 January 1971. Series 1934 $100,000 Gold Certificate.
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American Numismatic Society — A History of American Currency
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Massachusetts 1690 as the first Western public paper; the 10 percent tax and the National Banking Act of 1863.
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Newman Numismatic Portal — Massachusetts, 10 December 1690
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£7,000 in Colony or Old Charter Bills; first authorized public paper currency in the Western world.
- Bank Note Museum — United States (opens in a new tab)