Friedberg 961a. 1914 Red Seal $20 Federal Reserve Note. Kansas City. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ. Serial Number 1. Vividly printed inks are displayed by this impressive serial number 1 Red Seal $20 FRN. It is broadly margined, deeply embossed and displays serial number J1A in bright red inks to the lower left and upper right of center. A portrait of Grover Cleveland is at center. A black printed district seal with "10-J" in the middle (representing Kansas City) is at left while a red scalloped Treasury Seal is to the right. All Series of 1914 Red Seals feature the engraved signatures of Treasury officials Burke and McAdoo. The back portrays various forms of transportation, revolutionary technological advances for the period. At left is a steam locomotive, automobile and a biplane. To the right, a large ocean liner and tug boat steam past the Statue of Liberty. The engraving was done by Marcus W. Baldwin and was designated as Land, Sea and Air. This is the finest PMG graded example of the catalog number by a large margin. The grading service has added "& Embossing" to the end of their EPQ qualifier on the back of the holder. <em>From William A. Philpott; Kagins sale of September 1981, lot 2339; our (Stacks) sale of March 1991, lot 1925; Mike Abramsons Fixed Price List of November 1998; Lyn Knights sale of June 2000, lot 477; Lyn Knights sale of June 2002, lot 1714; Lyn Knights sale of October 2004, lot 124. </em>
