Friedberg 123. 1923 $10 Legal Tender Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ. Vivid red overprint inks and sharply detailed engraved design elements are displayed by this well preserved 1923 $10 Legal Tender Note. One of the most popular large size types, the Series of 1923 $10 Legal Tender Notes are popularly known as "Poker Chip" notes due to the distinctive 10 counters on the back at left and right that resemble gambling tokens. The face design is more modern than previous issues. Alfred Sealey engraved the familiar portrait of Andrew Jackson which is seen at center. Red overprints flank the portrait with the red scalloped Treasury Seal at left and red Roman numeral X with DOLLARS overlaid at right. Red serial numbers are found at lower left and upper right. This type features the engraved signatures of Speelman and White.Just 696,000 examples of this catalog number type were printed. Today fewer than 700 are known to survive. This exceptionally choice and well embossed example can trace its pedigree to the collection of renowned numismatist Louis Eliasberg. The grading service has added "& Embossing" to their EPQ qualifier on the back of the holder. <em>From our (Bowers and Merenas) sale of The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, April 1997, lot 3165 (cut sheet of four).</em>
