Exceptional Series of 1882 $100 Date Back
Among the Finest Individual Examples Known
Sioux City, Iowa. $100 1882 Date Back. Fr. 568. Live Stock NB. Charter #5022. PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ.
When accounting for the United States as a whole, the National Bank Note Census records approximately 143 Series of 1882 $100 Date Backs as of this writing. Among those, most are found at the lower end of the grading spectrum at Very Fine or below, however thanks to an extremely small run of individual notes from the Live Stock National Bank of Sioux City, Iowa collectors have on rare occasion the chance to acquire high end examples of this already rare type and denomination. Representative of those few notes, this example displays faint traces of handling typical of a lightly circulated note and has been assigned a grade of About Uncirculated 55 EPQ at the hands of PMG. Truly a superb example of superb originality. Vignettes carried down from the Original Series adorn the face at left and right. On the left, a vignette depicting Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry transferring his flag from the Lawrence to the Niagara amidst the heat of battle offers a glimpse into a bygone era when significant events in American history adorned our currency as opposed to the blasé standardized assortment of government buildings and monuments. On the right, a winged female allegorical figure who represents America personified is encountered with a fasces in the foreground emblazoned with the inscription "THE UNION" while the phrase "MAINTAIN IT!" is seen immediately to the right at the center of a sunburst pattern in a composition that needs little explanation to the average person in the years and decades following the American Civil War or the student of numismatics or American history. On the back, the design is rather similar to those issued under the Original Series and the Series of 1875 save for the absence of the engraved adaptation of John Trumbull's The Declaration of Independence and the state-specific and national seals seen between the denomination counters at the left and right ends. A pair of defiant Bald Eagles have since assumed those positions presumably in effort to make it easier to prepare plates at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing while the dates 1882 * 1908 have replaced the central vignette leaving much in the way of empty space. Aesthetic, technical, and historical distinctions notwithstanding this individual note is nothing short of exceptional and stands destined to represent this exceedingly scarce type and denomination in an elite collection composed by a discerning specialist with the taste and financial resources to match. Noted for "Exceptional Paper Quality" by PMG.

Estimate: $15000.00- $25000.00