United States 1923 $10 Legal Tender Note 'Poker Chip'
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1923
This 1923 ten-dollar Legal Tender note, cataloged as Fr. 123, is famously nicknamed the 'Poker Chip' due to the distinctive large, circular denomination counters on the back of the bill.
It represents the final issuance of the ten-dollar denomination under the Legal Tender Note series. The face features a central portrait of Andrew Jackson, based on an 1824 painting by Thomas Sully. To the left of the portrait sits a bright crimson scalloped Treasury Seal, while to the right is a prominent red Roman numeral 'X' denomination counter. The note bears the signatures of Speelman and White. The back design displays two large rounded '10' denomination counters at opposite ends, illustrating a move toward design standardization and simplicity during the early twentieth century.
This specific example remains in exceptional preservation, having avoided the circulation and redemption processes that claimed most of its peers, and it is a noted subject in studies of significant American currency designs.
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Physical characteristics
- Series
- 1923
- Denomination
- $10
Technical characteristics
- Signatures
- Speelman and White
- Catalog number
- Fr. 123
Design
- Obverse
- Portrait of Andrew Jackson, red Treasury Seal, red Roman numeral X
- Reverse
- Two large rounded '10' denomination counters
Identification
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- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
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