$10,000 1900 Gold Cert Fr. 1225h TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR Ultra High Denom PCGS Ch Unc 64

 The inks remain bold and there’s a large amount of embossing on the unprinted back. The usual roulette cancel for this Friedberg number is present with a "9 14 (19)16." date. This example was likely a survivor of the five alarm fire that broke out in the Washington, D.C. "Old Post Office" on December 13, 1935 that was tossed out the window before the heat and water could damage this note.Firefighters tossed these notes, along with other combustible material, from the windows of a large filing room on the sixth floor so that they would not feed the conflagration. Lucky onlookers on the street below were able to pick the notes up and spirit them away. Being unredeemable, they are not an obligation of the United States. The paper is bright, the margins are even, and the note would make any Gem collector proud to own.