Reflective of an era that has long since been lost to history at the Bureau of Engraving & Printing and a level of craftsmanship long lost to streamlined processes; this note like its fellows issued under the Series of 1896 is more than just an instrument of commerce, but alas a testament. Nothing short of a monument to a lofty aesthetic ideal that permeated the twilight years of the Nineteenth Century this design is among the most recognizable in the numismatic canon. A vignette more befitting of a masterwork of public sculpture entitled <em>Science Presenting Steam and Electricity to Industry and Commerce</em> cuts both an impressive and strikingly detailed presence engraved down to the smallest of details while like-detailed portraits of Fulton and Morse can be observed on the verso in a testament to Americas scientific prowess. Such qualities offer the prospective bidder everything they could conceivably want from this iconic design and popular Friedberg Number without the compromise of a piece graded below Gem Uncirculated.From the Hararn Family Collection.
