One of the fascinating notes we have encountered while cataloging the incredible D. Brent Pogue Collection of United States Paper Money is a Fr.223 1891 $1 "Martha Washington"Silver Certificate that was courtesy autographed by United States Treasurer Daniel Nash Morgan and presented by him to famed currency collector Albert A. Grinnell.

The note is graded Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ by PMG. Morgan's signature appears above his engraved signature on the face of the note. However, the most fascinating part of thisnote is the inscription found on the back. Morgan went on to inscribe the back of the note Grinnell. The back inscription reads in part "Presented to Mr. Albert A. GrinnellDetroit, Michigan April 15, 1929."

Morgan goes on to list his treasurer title and dates of service and appointment. This is one of the most fascinating courtesy autographs as it ties in to one of the most famednames in the history of United States currency collecting. If Grinnell's massive currency collection were to be sold in today's market it would easily be the most valuablecurrency collection of all-time.

The report included an accounting of the assets collected from the dead, worth 180 billion Reichsmark. Grand larceny on a massive scale, Black thought as he studied thenumbers:

236 gold bars

Nearly 400,000 gold coins

2,134 silver bars

More than 60,000 watches

1,900 freight-car loads of textiles

Nearly 16,000 gold and diamond rings

1,716 pairs of gold earrings studded with diamonds

3,240 coin purses

Paper foreign currency from the United States, Canada, France, Brazil, Turkey, Switzerland, South Africa, Egypt, Argentina, Paraguay, Sweden, Palestine, Cuba, andAlbania

To read the complete articles, see:
Daniel Morgan Autographed $1 Martha Note to be Offered in March 2020 Pogue VISale (https://www.stacksbowers.com/News/Pages/Blogs.aspx?ArticleID=daniel-morgan-note-pogue-sale)
The Nazis and the Trawniki Men(https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/01/23/how-department-justice-team-exposed-nazis-hiding-america/)