Friedberg Unlisted (W-Unlisted). ND (1895-97) $10 Silver Certificate. PCGS Currency Gem New 65 PPQ. Central Vignette Essay Proof.Similar to Hessler-SCE23. Black on India paper, mounted on original wide margin card. Early progressive die proof of the central vignette, Agriculture and Forestry, as redesigned and intended for the 1897 $10 Silver Certificate. Similar to the composition as submitted for the Series of 1896, though the central vignette is styled somewhat differently, among other minor changes. This central vignette is also used on $1000 3% coupon bonds of 1898. Partially complete, lacking some drapery details and leg of Forestry. A superb impression of this important vignette essay proof. We have handled a few, but this might be the finest. Bright white India paper and very well printed.From our Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection Sale, Part V, August 17, 2011, lot 5038; Dr. Glenn Jackson Collection, Nascas (a division of R.M. Smythe) sale of June 16, 1990, lot 3247.