"the historical significance of this denomination is too low"
Dont know about that.Presently I have the 1935 $1000 Unc,all 1954 $1000 Unc,have seen a few 1937's offered AS UNC but,alas,imo they were EF+ to AU's.
Now this one ,that's a historical piece I'd love to go after
Series 1880 $1,000 Legal Tender
By Dustin Johnston
The Series 1869 notes ushered in a new artistic vision for United States Currency. All denominations, from the fractionals all the way to $1,000 notes, excluding Gold Certificates, were given facelifts. Most of the changes ushered in by the redesign were intended to thwart counterfeiters. On all denominations of large size notes, portraits were increased in size and a second vignette, usually incorporating elements of a historic event, place, or just plain allegory was used. Other features implemented included a streak of soft blue ink, improved paper quality, and more skillfully executed engravings. The change in appearance was drastic.
New elements on the redesigned Series 1869 $1,000 Legal Tender featured a portrait of DeWitt Clinton at center, and at left, Christopher Columbus in his study, fixed in poignant thought. On back, the design is mostly geometric with the anti-counterfeiting clause at center. Despite all the new design elements, counterfeiters had their way with some of the Series 1869 denominations, especially the $500, which had to be redesigned only a few years after its introduction. The $1,000 denomination was spared widespread counterfeiting and resulted in mostly minor design changes. Starting with Series 1878, the back was redesigned in a much more ornate fashion. At center it remains mostly geometric with the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and $1000 (only three notes in US Currency have featured the dollar sign). The artwork that branches out is a finely detailed arrangement of flowers, leaves and other natural elements, adding to its anti-counterfeiting repertoire.
The longevity and popularity of this design allowed the note to go unchanged until the early teens when the last of the Series 1880 notes with this design were printed. Despite having been printed for more than a quarter century, surviving examples of this issue are quite elusive with only a couple of dozen examples extant for all signature combinations. We are privileged to have one of the scarcer of the Friedberg numbers in our September Signature Auction, September 13-15. The Fr. 187k featured in Lot 18669 is one of only four known examples, two of which are forever off the market in government hands. One of those is in the holdings of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the second is the Hessler illustration note which is now in the Smithsonian Institution.
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