RARE & SIGNED - UNCIRCULATED U.S. DOLLARS WITH OFFICIAL PHOTOS OF THE SIGNERS

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EXCELLENT UNCIRCULATED - Collage of Signed U.S. Dollars and Photos of Secretary of Treasury Nicholas Brady and U.S. Treasurer Catalina Villalpando
This is a one of a kind set of authenticated signatures on uncirculated and uncut U.S. Dollars and Official Photos of the signers.  This collage will make a great collage set for a collection. It is not framed, as it is too costly to ship.
The collage features original official photos of Nicholas Brady, the Secretary of Treasury, and Catalina Vásquez Villalpando, the U.S. Treasurer, four (4) authentic uncut U.S. dollar bills, and authenticated signatures.
The signatures have been authenticated by James Spence Authentication (JSA).
Nicholas Brady’s signature is from the U.S. Treasury Secretary’s Official Office Autopen. Catalina Vásquez Villalpando’s signature is deemed an original signature.
The photos included in this collage are the original Official Photos when Nicholas Brady was the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and Catalina Vásquez Villalpando was the U.S. Treasurer. They were obtained on a VIP tour of the U.S. Treasury.
This a one of a kind collage that is now being offered for sale from a collector’s private collection.
Background on the Secretary of the Treasury - Nicholas Brady:
Nicholas Frederick Brady is an American politician from the state of New Jersey, who was the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
Brady became the 68th Secretary of the Treasury on September15, 1988 and served during the last four months of Reagan's presidency and throughout the Bush Administration.
During 1989, after a period of years in which a number of developing countries, including Mexico, defaulted on their international debt,he developed the Brady Plan to help them sell dollar-denominated bonds. These became known as Brady Bonds.
He served as Secretary of the Treasury from September 15,1988 to January 17, 1993.
Background on the U.S. Treasurer - Catalina Villalpando:
Catalina "Cathi" Vásquez Villalpando was the 39th Treasurer of the United States from December 11, 1989, to January 20, 1993 under President George H. W. Bush.
Villalpando was born Catalina Vásquez to a poor family inSan Marcos, Texas, one of four girls and two boys. Villalpando's father, a life long Democrat and migrant worker, used to take her and her siblings out into the fields so they would know what it was like to pick crops for a living.Villalpando's association with Republican Party politics began when she took a secretarial position with the Texas Republican Party in Austin while attending business school.
She continued her work with the Republican Party, working in the Reagan Administration and then on the Bush for President Campaign. On April4, 1989, President Bush nominated Villalpando to be U.S. Treasurer. She was confirmed by the U. S. Senate on November 20, 1989.
Villalpando was charged with three felonies: tax evasion(specifically ,013 in Federal income taxes), conspiracy to make false statements regarding her finances (namely that she believed she owed less than she did), and obstruction of a grand jury. On February 18, 1994, Villalpando pleaded guilty to all three counts and was released pending her sentencing at which time she was expected to cooperate with ongoing investigations. At her sentencing, Villalpando received four months imprisonment, three years of probation (four months of which to be served under house arrest), 200 hours of community service, and a 0 tax evasion fee.
She is the only U.S. Treasurer ever to be sent to prison.