Type of Friedberg 268 (W-799). 1895 $5 Silver Certificate. PCGS Currency About New 50. Face Progressive Essay Proof.Hessler-SCE12. India paper only. Essay series date for the final 1896 Educational notes. Central design vignette for Electricity Presenting Light to the World. Lighter and less detailed than the next essays. Shading difference on the counters and ribbons. The 1895 Educational series $5 essay proofs are complex and rare. This has some light handling seen from the verso. Broad margins and an impression that was not in the Bass Collection. Certainly the Caine holdings form a more complete selection of these majestic Educational proofs and essays. Last offered in our 2011 ANA sale where it brought $10,062.50.From our August, 17, 2011 ANA sale, lot 5410.
