vignette: A pictorial element of a bank note design that shades off gradually into the surrounding unprinted paper or background rather than having sharp outlines or a frame.
Vignette - This is any picture or scene on a note other than a portrait.
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Vignette
The pictorial portion of a banknote as opposed to its frame or lettering.
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vignette
In coin collecting terms a pictorial element of a bank note design that shades off gradually into the surrounding unprinted paper or background rather than having sharp outlines or a frame.
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The vignette at the left is a beautiful allegory of Victory, that at the lower center is of a mortar firing. At the right is featured the portrait of President Lincoln. This is a somewhat unusual instance of depicting a living American on a note.
Fancy vignettes or engraved scenes began appearing on the notes early in the century, and it soon became possible to mass produce such images, combining, adding to, and cropping them as required.
The obverse featured vignettes of Perry leaving the USS St. Lawrence and an allegorical figure to the right; the reverse featured a vignette of U.S. gold coins.
1875: The reverse of the series of 1869 United States Note was redesigned.
ALL THOSE WONDERFUL VIGNETTES!
Many types of currency include as part of the design interesting and intricately engraved miniature pictures which are commonly referred to as vignettes.
The accompanying vignette portrait was taken at this time, while the large steel engraving is from a picture made some twenty years later.
The only decoration was the figure of Britannia in a small oval vignette at the upper left of the note. Although some details changed the design remained much the same until 1855.
5 pound note featuring Robert Burns on the obverse and a vignette of a field mouse from Burns' "Ode to a Mouse" on the reverse 10 pound note featuring Mary Slessor on the front and a vignette of a map of Calabar and African missionary scenes on the ...
Educational notes The Series 1896 $1, $2 and $5 silver certificates are called Educational notes because of the allegorical and educational themes of the vignettes. Replaced in 1899 with a new series.
Watermelon An 1880 series $100 Treasury Note had as its reverse vignette a large 100. The two zeroes look invitingly like juicy watermelons. Collectors quickly noted this and coined the term watermelon note.
It has a wonderfull copper plate vignette and an unusual layout. I just begone researching the company and found that the Peabody Essex Museum has all records of the company and I will be arranging a trip there soon.
Note: Interesting note with dual dollar/peso denomination and vignette of the symbol of Mexico.
Third, things like the vignettes and backgrounds of portraits on the fakes are usually dark and murky. In general, the reproductions are dark and muddy when compared to genuine original notes.
The reverse side of the Octagon ingots will present an embossed surface known to mechanics as “Engine Turning' and similar to the web-like engraving of the vignette of Bank notes.
Until 1928, the only image that appeared on the notes was a small vignette of a seated Britannia holding a spear and olive branch, flanked by a shield and, at first, a pile ("bank") of money, later a beehive.
Each bundle torn open revealed a multihued cascade of vignettes, oddball denominations, strange town names, and curious signatures--just the thing to enchant the child in any true collector.
Dunham also coined a one-mill piece and distributed one to each member who joined that year. A 2-1/4" x4" multi-colored membership card complete with vignettes and elaborate borders was issued.
The foremost collection of 1896 silver certificates, among them the "Educational Series" of U.S. paper money ($1 through the proposed $50 denominations) that includes vignettes, progress and trial proofs, ...
Available for $20 each at the BEP booth, the cards depict the back of the Series 1882 $10 National currency note engraved by George Frederick Cumming Smillie and a 1931 vignette of Yosemite National Park engraved by Frederick Pauling.
 See also: Dollar, Silver, Coin, Currency, Denomination
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