Bidspirit auction | ***Major Highlight*** 1880 ”Jackass Note”

***Major Highlight*** 1880 ”Jackass Note” $10 Large Size Legal Tender Note Grades vf++ FR-113 (fc) - ***Major Highlight*** 1880 ”Jackass Note” $10 Large Size Legal Tender Note Grades vf++ FR-113 (fc). This 1880 $10 Legal Tender Note is known informally as the “Jackass Note.” It’s been graced with that rather stubborn moniker not because it isn’t beautiful. Far from it. It’s a work of art, with the bust depicting Daniel Webster, lawyer, Congressman, Secretary of State on the left, and a vignette of the Indian maiden Pocahontas on the right. Pocahontas, modestly looking slightly down, is being introduced to an assemblage of Europeans, ranging from royalty in a large chair to a sitting Turk smoking a long pipe.So, with all that imagery, how in the world did this note attain such a dubious title? Simple; just turn it upside down and the eagle on the face of the bill resembles the head of a donkey! That may sound incredible but don’t let that fool you, this note is also ranked #71 out of 100 in Q. David Bowers book, The 100 Greatest American Currency Notes.