I know I said I would do them in order ... BUT I saw we had a JOKESTER in the bunch >>>>Phyllis117!! (I should have known )......... SO I HAD to put this one FIRST!! I will do another one (The "Official" one ) later today.

This note is from LUCKENBACH TEXAS... but Luckenbach was a very much different place back then! This is where your friend MAXINE got her start as a dancer in a strip club / bar, where Texas honored her by putting her on their currency!

In the early days of Texas, a variety of currencies served as cash, including Spanish and Mexican money, bank notes from various U.S. states, and currency issued by private companies (call shinplasters). The Republic of Texas first issued paper money in 1837. This currency was called "star money" for the small star on the face of the bill. The star money was not face value currency, but rather interest-bearing notes (similar to a treasury bill) that circulated by being endorsed over to the next payee.

The note selected is a 50 Dollar interest bearing note that was issued from 1839 until 1841. In the upper left corner is a nude maiden (Maxine in her 'young & carefree' days) and at the upper right corner a steam powered sailing ship with the bartender's portrait below . This note in XFine condition carries a $200.00 book value. ENJOY!!

hehehe SmartyPants!!!