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A fact from Funnyback appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 November 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that America's first small-size silver certificate was referred to as a Funnyback?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Funnyback.

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The result was: promoted by Kimikel talk 01:41, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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1928 Funnyback

... that people referred to the 1928 US$1 silver certificate as a Funnyback (pictured)?

Source: This series was given the Funny Back moniker due both to the reverse coloration and font.

ALT1: ... that America's first small-size silver certificate was referred to as a Funnyback (pictured)? Source: Same or other in article
ALT2: ... that the 1928 US$1 note was 30% smaller than the previous $1 note but people thought the reverse was funny (pictured)? Source: In an effort to lower manufacturing costs, all Federal Reserve notes are made about 30 percent smaller Who actually coined the nickname “Funnyback” about the mismatched face and back designs may never be pinpointed.
ALT3: ... that the Funnyback (pictured) was the first first small-size silver certificate issued by the United States? Source: First small note
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Georgi Romanov
Comment: I will likely continue to develop parts of this article. Edit: there are other images as well that are square like this one File:US-$1-SC-1928-E-Fr.1605.jpg

Moved to mainspace by Bruxton (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 154 past nominations.

Bruxton (talk) 21:59, 10 September 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article is new enough, long enough, well sourced and neutral. Earwig picks up some links, but these are quotations, so it's copy vio free. Hooks are cited and interesting. I prefer ALT0 and ALT3. Pic is free, used and clear. QPQ is done. All good. Lajmmoore (talk) 08:36, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]