John B. Connally, Texas Governor, Autograph on .00 FRN, FR# 1905-K, Choice Unc

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Up for Auction is this Autographed FR# 1905-K, .00 Federal Reserve Note, Series 1969-B.
The note is signed by former Texas Governor John B. Connally and one of the people riding in President John F. Kennedy’s Limousine on the fateful day November 22, 1963.
He was struck and severely wounded by the so called single “Magic Bullitt” that hit JFK and caused all of Connally’s injuries!
This low serial number note was autographed just above his printed signature as Secretary of the Treasury.
As per Wikipedia:
John Bowden Connally Jr.
(February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician.
He served as the 39
th
Governor of Texas
and as the 61
st
United States Secretary of the Treasury.
He began his career as a Democrat and later became a Republican in 1973.
He became an aide to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson.
When Johnson assumed the vice presidency in 1961, he convinced President John F. Kennedy to appoint Connally to the position of United States Secretary of the Navy.
Connally left the Kennedy Administration in December 1961 to run for Governor of Texas, and he held that position from 1963 to 1969.
In 1963, Connally was riding in the presidential limousine during John F. Kennedy's
assassination
, and was seriously wounded by the “Magic Bullitt”, fired by Lee Harvey Oswald from the 5
th
Floor of the Texas School Book Depository!
Republican President Richard Nixon appointed Connally as his Treasury Secretary. In this position, Connally presided over the removal of the U.S. dollar from the gold standard, an event known as the Nixon shock.
Connally stepped down from the Cabinet in 1972 to lead the Democrats for Nixon organization, which campaigned for Nixon's re-election. He sought the Republican nomination for president in the 1980 election, but withdrew from the race after the first set of primaries. Connally did not seek public office again after 1980 and died of pulmonary fibrosis in 1993.
On November 22, 1963, John B. Connally was seriously wounded while riding in President John F. Kennedy’s car at Dealey Plaza in Dallas when the president was assassinated.
Connally, riding in the middle jump seat of the president's limousine in front of the president, recalled hearing the first shot, which he immediately recognized as a rifle shot. He said that he immediately feared an assassination attempt and turned to his right to look back to see the president. He looked over his right shoulder but did not catch the president out of the corner of his eye, so he said he began to turn back to look to his left when he felt a forceful impact to his back. He stated to the Warren Commission: "I immediately, when I was hit, I said, 'Oh, no, no, no.' And then I said, 'My God, they are going to kill us all.'" He looked down and saw that his chest was covered with blood and thought he had been fatally shot. Then he heard the third and reportedly final shot, which sprayed blood and brain tissue on the car's passengers.
Connally suffered three broken ribs, a punctured lung and a shattered wrist and had a bullet lodged in his leg. He underwent four hours of surgery after the shooting and recovered from his wounds. In testimony before the Warren Comission, Connally said: "There were either two or three people involved, or more, in this – or someone was shooting with an automatic rifle."
The 10-month investigation by the Warren Comission of 1963–64 concluded that President Kennedy was assassinated by 24-year-old ex-Marine Lee Harvey Oswald and that Oswald had acted entirely alone. Connally refused to accept the single-bullet theory, which suggested that one shot passed through President Kennedy's neck and caused all of Connally's wounds. He insisted that all three shots struck occupants of the limousine. Publicly, he agreed with the Warren Commission's conclusion that Oswald acted alone. Journalist Doug Thompson claimed that in 1982 he had a private conversation with Connally, and asked him whether he was convinced that Oswald had killed Kennedy. According to Thompson, Connally replied, "Absolutely not. I do not for one second believe the conclusions of the Warren Commission."
This is your chance to own an Autograph from a Political Figure who was involved in the single most fateful event tied to the turbulent 1960’s.
This note has a low four digit serial number and has near perfect boardwalk margins on both sides of the note.
The paper is bright, the embossing is crisp.
I will call it Choice Uncirculated and know that it’s much nicer than that!
Please look at the scans carefully and judge the grade and quality of this note for yourself before bidding.
This Autograph should appeal to anyone interested in the John F. Kennedy assignation.
It should also appeal to people trying to assemble a collection of autographs from Texas Governors and Secretaries of the Treasury.
Do not let this opportunity to own an amazing historical autograph get away!
The Treasury signatures on this note are:
Treasurer of The United States:
Dorothy Andrews Kabis
Secretary of The Treasury:
John B. Connally
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