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$20 AFRO AMERICAN - RARE, UNIQUE SCRIP NOTE-COLLECTABLE
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$20 AFRO AMERICAN - RARE, UNIQUE SCRIP NOTE-COLLECTABLE
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WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE IS A PACK OF 100 SEALED AFRICAN AMERICAN SCRIP NOTES IN THE $20 DENOMINATION. YOU ARE offerDING ON 1 NOTE ONLY. THESE \"AFRICAN AMERICAN FACE RESERVE OBLIGATION\" (AFRO) NOTES WERE ISSUED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IN THE LATE 1980\'S. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COLORFUL \"SCRIP\" WAS TO STIMULATE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, PRIMARILY FOR THE LESS PROSPEROUS AREAS OF CHICAGO. THE CONCEPT WAS TO BUILD INCENTIVE FOR STORES USING THESE \"DOLLARS\" TO BE FREQUENTED MORE OFTEN AND STIMULATE THE LOCAL GROWTH OF THE REGION. THESE AFRO DOLLARS WERE ACCEPTED BY MERCHANTS AND PARTICIPATING BANKS JUST LIKE YOUR FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES NOW. APPARENTLY , THE IDEA WENT SOUR AND EVENTUALLY FAILED AND THE BANKS ABANDONED IT.
THE OBVERSE OF THE NOTES DISPLAY THE PORTRAIT OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. FREDERICK DOUGLASS WAS BORN INTO SLAVERY ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND IN 1818. DURING THE COURSE OF HIS REMARKABLE LIFE HE ESCAPED FROM SLAVERY, BECAME INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED FOR HIS ELOQUENCE IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY, AND WENT ON TO SERVE THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN SEVERAL OFFICIAL CAPACITIES. AS A MAJOR STATIONMASTER ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD HE DIRECTLY HELPED HUNDREDS ON THEIR WAY TO FREEDOM THROUGH HIS ADOPTED HOME CITY OF ROCHESTER, NY. THE REVERSE OF THIS NOTE SHOWS THE DOUGLASS HOME IN WASHINGTON D.C.
THESE NOTES ARE TRULY UNIQUE AND RARE. THESE NOTES DEPICT HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICA, AND ARE DEFINITELY COOL COLLECTOR PIECES FOR PAPER MONEY, COIN AND ANTIQUE LOVERS. FREDERICK DOUGLASS AS A HISTORICAL FIGURE IS AS RELEVANT TO U.S. HISTORY AS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. EVERY NOTE IS ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS! THE SERIAL NUMBERS MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED.
*NEW INFORMATION-COIN WORLD MAGAZINE DID A STORY ON THIS SPECIFIC TYPE OF SCRIP ON JULY 12, 2004.
THESE NOTES ARE IN CRISP UNCIRCULATED CONDITION WITH SEQUENTIAL SERIAL NUMBERS.
I HAVE 100 % POSITIVE response AND INTEND TO KEEP IT THAT WAY, SO offer WITH CONFIDENCE.
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY offerDING.




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