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Image: 1935 Dollar Bill Back Early Design

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Description: Preliminary design for the back of the 1935 dollar bill, the first to include the w:Great Seal of the United States, with Franklin Roosevelt's note of approval and request for two changes. This initial version had the obverse of the seal on the left and the reverse on the right, but Roosevelt ordered them switched, and added the phrase "The Great Seal of the United States" underneath.
Title: 1935 Dollar Bill Back Early Design
Credit: Extracted from PDF version of Commemorating the Seal poster, part of a State Department exhibition on the Great Seal. Direct PDF URL [1] (33MB)
Author: Edward M. Weeks, Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Permission: This image is a work of the United States Department of the Treasury, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.
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License: Public domain
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