August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Gem Uncirculated Fr. 262 Rosecrans - Huston $5 Silver Certificate
Fr. 262. 1886 $5 Silver Certificate. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.
An example of the short-lived and famed "Silver Dollar" back design, this example represents a scarce iteration on account of the large spiked red Treasury Seal and the engraved signatures of Rosecrans and Huston who served concurrently under the administration of Benjamin Harrison. Packed with rich detail and intricate embellishments typical for the period, a variety of denomination counters accompanied by no shortage of small details cut a presence that only notes from this period could hope to match or even emulate. At right, a portrait of President Ulysses S. Grant who had only just died in 1885 after a brief battle with throat cancer is seen at right and marks his first appearance on an issued note, a tradition which continues on through the present day with the $50 Federal Reserve Note. A quintet of contemporary Morgan Dollars appear on the reverse in a composition reminiscent of the National Gold Bank Notes issued in California from the early 1870s through 1884 which are renowned in the collecting world for the back vignette which depicts an assemblage of various Pre-33 gold coins of varying denominations. Arranged from left to right, the centermost coin bears a date of 1886 while the two coins that can be found on each end depict the reverse which does not bear a mintmark from any of the then-active branch mints indicating that the coins depicted were struck by the Philadelphia Mint. Truly a striking example of Gilded Age aesthetics given form as a financial instrument, but one that will do more than just represent an individual Friedberg Number or speak to centuries past, but rather one that will elevate a collection above the ordinary and into the extraordinary. PMG Pop 6/4 Finer.
Estimate: $40000.00- $60000.00
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| Price realized | 28'000 USD |
| Starting price | 24'000 USD |
