Friedberg 320 (W-2181). 1891 $20 Silver Certificate. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.This remarkably well preserved Series of 1891 $20 Silver Certificate is among the nicest examples we have ever seen of the type. Figures representing Agriculture and Industry on the face flank a solemn portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Manning who had died in December 1887. This catalog number features a red scalloped Treasury seal at right and blue printed serial numbers in panels at bottom left and top right. Engraved signatures of Treasury officials Lyons and Roberts are to the bottom left and right respectively. The Series of 1891 $20s employ an open green printed back design with Roman numeral XX in the top left and bottom right corner and 20 counters at bottom left and top right. pThe presently offered example is exceptionally well centered and features broad margins and bright paper. The engraved design elements are all sharply printed while the overprints are boldly inked in blue and red. PMG has graded just two examples of the catalog number finer, both at the 67 EPQ level.From Stacks sale of March 1990, lot 1703; Stacks sale of May 1992, lot 1147; Spink Americana sale of May 1995, lot 349; Lyn Knights sale of March 2001, lot 583; Stanley Morycz Fixed Price Lists of April and June 2001; Frank Viskup Fixed Price List of March 2002; CAA/Heritages sale of May 2002, lot 2718; Heritage Auctions sale of April 2013, lot 18114.
