1934-A (H-St. Louis) $1,000 FRN VF (Fr#2212-H)

Currency Highlights:

• High denomination seldom used in circulation.
• Sealed in an inert Mylar currency holder.
• Graded a Very Fine by PMG.
• Only 39,600 notes were printed for St. Louis.
• Last printed in 1945 and bears the portrait of President Grover Cleveland.
• Julian/Morgenthau signatures—Friedberg #2212-H.

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Issued during one of the most turbulent periods in American financial history, this note served a very specific and vital purpose, facilitating large scale interbank transfers and high value commercial transactions at a time when the United States was rebuilding its economy in the aftermath of the Great Depression. With all U.S. banknotes above $100 permanently withdrawn from circulation decades ago, surviving examples of this denomination have become true artifacts of a vanished banking era. What makes this particular St. Louis issue extraordinarily significant is its exceptional scarcity even among its own kind. With only 350 known auction records for this note, the opportunity to acquire one is an exceedingly rare event in the numismatic world. This example grades VF, presenting with honest, pleasing circulation that speaks to its life as a working instrument of American commerce, while still retaining the striking portrait detail, bold engraving, and commanding presence that have made the $1,000 Federal Reserve Note one of the most recognizable and desirable notes in U.S. currency history.