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2019- 1896, $5 Silver Certificate. PMG Gem Unc 65 EPQ

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:9,000.00 USD Estimated At:18,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD
2019- 1896, $5 Silver Certificate. PMG Gem Unc 65 EPQ
<Our item number 111008><B>1896, &#36;5 Silver Certificate. PMG graded Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Fr-<B>268</B>. KL-238.</B> A lovely Gem example of this ever-popular design, with extraordinarily broad margins and excellent colors. PMG has assigned this note their &#34;Exceptional Paper Quality&#34; modifier, indicating that their opinion is that the paper surfaces are completely original. This short-lived design type is among the most treasured type notes in all of currency collecting, as the allegorical figures presenting Electricity as a dominant force in the world give as artistic a display as has ever been conceived for a circulating medium of exchange. Because of the partially-clad female figures on the face design, this note did not meet with contemporary public approval in that more purient Victorian era &#40;especially evident in Boston, where the Comstock ring held power--leading to the phrase &#34;banned in Boston&#34;&#41;. The design was discontinued after only three years of production, and surviv ing examples in top grade are highly valued today by collectors. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;18,000-24,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 111008<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/41jpegs/111008.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/41jpegs/111008N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>