United States · Federal Reserve Note
$10 · Series 1934D · Richmond
Face with Hamilton and a green Treasury seal; back with the Treasury building. District E / 5. Series 1934D, serial E60822246B.
Catalog facts
- Pick reference
- P#430Dd · Fr. 2009-E
- Serial number
- E60822246B
- Signatures
- Georgia Neese Clark (Treasurer) and John W. Snyder (Secretary of the Treasury)
- Condition
- Circulated, unslabbed, in a sleeve (private collection)
- Printage
- A common Richmond-district type. Series 1934D is the fifth of the five 1934–1934D issues; this record does not invent a printage by serial block.
Face
Back
The note
The Series 1934D $10 (Pick 430Dd, Friedberg 2009-E) is a small-size Federal Reserve Note of the Richmond district: a circular seal with E, 5s in the four inner corners, and the bank legend “FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND VIRGINIA.” 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 Georgia Neese Clark and John W. Snyder, not the Julian–Morgenthau pair of Series 1934 and 1934A. The legal-tender clause still promises redemption “in lawful money” at the Treasury or any Federal Reserve Bank. Face plate F155 sits at lower right; check letter F sits above the Reserve seal. The green back shows the Treasury building in Washington, D.C., with an interwar automobile before the façade; plate number 1297 sits at the lower right of the vignette. This collection piece, circulated and unslabbed, is shown in a sleeve and is serial E60822246B (EB block). It has neither the HAWAII overprint nor the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST.” It is not the Series 1934 (no letter) Chicago $10, serial G30986728A, nor the Series 1934A $10 of that district, serial G74025286A, nor the Series 1934A Cleveland $10, serial D78652996A: the series letter D, district E / 5, Clark–Snyder signatures, and this serial distinguish it.
Series 1934D
Series 1934D closes the five 1934–1934D $10 issues. The Bank Note Museum numbers it P-430Dd: Clark and Snyder signatures, dark-green seal. Georgia Neese Clark, Treasurer from 1949, replaces W. A. Julian; Snyder remains Secretary. The Paper Money Project places 1934D in the macro-plate group and, in many districts, on the narrow format. This record does not invent a printage by block.
Richmond is district E / 5. This EB-block piece is neither a star replacement nor a HAWAII note. The motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” is not yet on the back. The face plate is F155; the back plate is 1297.
Scarcity and printage
Series 1934D $10 notes — Clark–Snyder signatures, dark-green seal, all twelve districts — were everyday Reserve paper after the war. The Bank Note Museum numbers the type P-430Dd. Fr. 2009-E is Richmond. The type is common in mid grades; the keys are star replacements, plate mules, and the HAWAII $20, which will be documented separately. This record does not invent a printage by block.
Population
A PMG or PCGS census for serial E60822246B has not been independently verified. The note is shown in a sleeve, circulated, unslabbed.
Sources
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Bank Note Museum — P-430D, Series 1934–1934D $10 Federal Reserve Note
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430Dd: Series 1934D, Clark and Snyder signatures; district E = Richmond; dark-green seal.
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The Paper Money Project — Series 1934 $10 Federal Reserve Notes
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Five series (1934–1934D); 1934D closes the group with Clark–Snyder signatures and macro plates.
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Greysheet — Fr. 2009E, 1934D $10 Federal Reserve Note, Richmond
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Small-size type, dark-green seal, Richmond district.
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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)
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Bank Note Museum — Confederate States of America
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February 1864 issue: Pick 64–73, including the $20 P-69.