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A little while ago I asked myself: what if Texas were still an independent country as it was over 150 years ago? Since I'm a collector of currency, particularly banknotes, I wondered what its currency may look like if the Republic of Texas was still a sovereign nation. Thus began Project Lone Star.

Phase 1 of this project was designing the face of the Texas $1 bill. I was trying to create a note unlike current United States currency, but at the same time incorporating some of its features. As far as I know this is not illegal or infringing on any copyrights, because this is a theoretical design of currency for a now-defunct nation.

This would be a Series 2008 $1 banknote for the Republic of Texas, with the signatures of Rick Perry (the current governor of the state of Texas) as president and Carole Keeton Rylander as the comptroller (our equivalent of a treasurer). The depicted figure is Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas.

The diamond pattern in the back of the design is a reference to, but not a match of, the patterns found on United States next-gen notes, and like those notes, the pattern would be applied via offset printing. I will admit that the "ONE" text with the red seal over it is a direct reference to United States currency but because the seal has its year removed (look closely) and because the entire overprint is in red, it is unlike the Federal Reserve Note overprints of today. Some people may recognize the serial number, 31415927, as the digits of pi. The A and Z were stuck on the serial in United States style, and would be read in a similar way. The black A with the circle around it was my attempt to recreate the district designator stamp on a U.S $1 note. (The Republic of Texas would have four Central Bank locations, much like Federal Reserve Banks in the United States: A = San Antonio, B = Dallas, C = Amarillo, D = El Paso.)

I don't know if I'll find time in the future to complete Phase 2, which would be the back of this same denomination. I just wanted to get this submitted and see what people thought of my currency-designing skills.

REMEMBER, I AM NOT TRYING TO COUNTERFEIT ANYTHING HERE. THIS WOULD NOT BE LEGAL TENDER BECAUSE IT IS A DESIGN OF A SERIES OF MONEY THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS DID NOT PRODUCE.

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A little while ago I asked myself: what if Texas were still an independent country as it was over 150 years ago? Since I'm a collector of currency, particularly banknotes, I wondered what its currency may look like if the Republic of Texas was still a sovereign nation. Thus began Project Lone Star.

Phase 1 of this project was designing the face of the Texas $1 bill. I was trying to create a note unlike current United States currency, but at the same time incorporating some of its features. As far as I know this is not illegal or infringing on any copyrights, because this is a theoretical design of currency for a now-defunct nation.

This would be a Series 2008 $1 banknote for the Republic of Texas, with the signatures of Rick Perry (the current governor of the state of Texas) as president and Carole Keeton Rylander as the comptroller (our equivalent of a treasurer). The depicted figure is Sam Houston, first president of the Republic of Texas.

The diamond pattern in the back of the design is a reference to, but not a match of, the patterns found on United States next-gen notes, and like those notes, the pattern would be applied via offset printing. I will admit that the "ONE" text with the red seal over it is a direct reference to United States currency but because the seal has its year removed (look closely) and because the entire overprint is in red, it is unlike the Federal Reserve Note overprints of today. Some people may recognize the serial number, 31415927, as the digits of pi. The A and Z were stuck on the serial in United States style, and would be read in a similar way. The black A with the circle around it was my attempt to recreate the district designator stamp on a U.S $1 note. (The Republic of Texas would have four Central Bank locations, much like Federal Reserve Banks in the United States: A = San Antonio, B = Dallas, C = Amarillo, D = El Paso.)

I don't know if I'll find time in the future to complete Phase 2, which would be the back of this same denomination. I just wanted to get this submitted and see what people thought of my currency-designing skills.

REMEMBER, I AM NOT TRYING TO COUNTERFEIT ANYTHING HERE. THIS WOULD NOT BE LEGAL TENDER BECAUSE IT IS A DESIGN OF A SERIES OF MONEY THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS DID NOT PRODUCE.