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1899, $5 Silver Certificate

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:188.00 USD Estimated At:375.00 - 475.00 USD
1899, $5 Silver Certificate
<Our item number 84442><B>1899, &#36;5 Silver Certificate. Fr-277.</B> <B>PCGS graded Very Good 10.</B> <BR><BR>The Indian appearing on this note was photographed by the Bureau of Ethnology. He was a typical Native American: his headdress was three upright eagle feathers. However, when this portrait was tried on the design of the note, the feathers projected too high to look well. A Pawnee war bonnet was procured from the National Museum but &#40;as records indicate&#41;, the Indian refused to pose with it, as it belonged to a rival tribe. The bonnet was posed on an employee of the Engraving Division and photographed; was cut out and placed on the photograph of &#34;Running Antelope&#34; &#40;correct name&#41;, and engraved by G. F. C. Smillie, of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, in November, 1899. Running Antelope was a member of the Uncpapa or Hunkpapa Sioux. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;375-475. <BR><BR>Our item number 84442<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://216.67.248.213/liveauction/32jpeg s/084442.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>