Fr. 1329. 50 Cent. Third Issue. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ. John Allison Amanuensis. Hand-signed by John Allison and F.E. Spinner. Even though it does not have the big swoop at the end, the Spinner signature seems authentic enough. On the other hand, Allisons autograph definitely is not from his own hand. Your cataloger has seen lots of fractionals in his day and can tell you that the letters of Allisons authentic signature are thicker, and the "J" and "A" of his name normally stretch up much higher. An amanuensis is someone who is employed to sign a document (or in this case a piece of currency) on behalf of someone else bearing the imprimatur of that person. A lovely near-gem example that is worth in the upper hundreds of dollars as a normal example at this grade level. So far as we know, this is the finest example known which feigns Allisons own hand.
