- The Subject: The note features the portrait of Spencer M. Clark, the first Superintendent of the National Currency Bureau (now the Bureau of Engraving and Printing).Â
- The Scandal: When Congress authorized a new 5-cent paper note in 1864, they requested it feature “Clark,” intending to honor the explorer William Clark (of Lewis and Clark). Instead, Spencer Clark seized the ambiguity and printed his own face on millions of bills.
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United States 5-Cent Third Issue Fractional Currency Note from the Civil War era
$45.00
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