Fr. 334. 1891 $50 Silver Certificate. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

A denomination seen with the utmost and sporadic regularity, of those, the few survivors which remain have bore witness to circulation whether moderate or extensive. Representing the highest denomination of its type produced at the time, $50 Silver Certificates like this one imitate the earlier Treasury Notes of 1891 in an aesthetic sense and were backed by Morgan-design silver dollars stored at various Treasury facilities. Featuring the engraved signatures of Register William T. Vernon and Treasurer Charles H. Treat and a portrait of Senator Edward Everett of Massachusetts, this note is bestowed with exceptional eye appeal on account of the impressive and uncommon assigned grade and the utter originality of the paper. From the vividly inked plate impression framed and centered by frame-like margins and complemented by bold overprints, jet-black engraved, which mark a noted albeit distinctive contrast with the bright paper. A rare note in its own time, an Estimate:d 225,000 examples of this Friedberg were produced by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing with less than 50 examples enumerated by Track & Price today. PMG Pop 3/1 Finer.

Estimate: $60000.00- $80000.00