A crisp example of this popular and aptly named design type; the Porthole $5 is a distinctive design type that speaks in-part to the excess of the 1890s and the slow march towards standardization that reached its apogee with the introduction of small size notes in the late 1920s. Featuring a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln at center; Lincolns portrait is contained within a circular arrangement not too dissimilar to a porthole found upon the hull of a ship. Seen amidst a design that calls to mind the lavish simplicity of Art Deco aesthetic; each element of this note is brought to form by way of the uncommon grade applied by PCGS Banknote and should rightly entice potential bidders or anyone who has long sought an example of this iconic design for themselves.
