186x年即期票据5美元 PCGS Currency 64
Friedberg Unlisted (W-Unlisted) ND (186x) $5 Demand Note. PCGS Currency Very Choice New 64. Essay Face Proof.Hessler-DE1 The Hessler Plate Note. Plate B. Printed on India paper, mounted on original wide margin card. No imprint, by the National Bank Note Company. Intricate frame, style of the NBN Co. with micro-lettered FIVE repeating pattern. Gothic title across, act date above it. Upper left, Lincoln portrait. Underneath, outlined FIVE counter on intricate oblong die. Upper right, 5 counter. Below, rectangular die with clause RECEIVABLE/IN PAYMENT/OF ALL/PUBLIC DUES. Penciled lower right is "Baldwin." Last sold in our January 2011 sale of the 52 Collection, Part II, where it brought $43,125. Here is one of the highlights of this remarkable federal proof collection, a representative of what can be considered the first Demand Note. PCGS Currency mentions "Minor Stains" in the comments section of the holder, reflecting what is just trivial foxing.pThis and certain other federal notes, as well as some notes of state-chartered banks, bore the image of living President Lincoln. After a minor scandal involving Spencer M. Clark (head of the National Currency Bureau), quietly placing his portrait on a 5-cent Fractional Currency note, a rule was set whereby no living person could be depicted on federal currency -- a rule still in effect today. In contrast, the images of living people have been used on coins.pFrom Stacks sale of the 52 Collection, Part II, January 25, 2011, lot 3297; Arthur M. Kagin Collection; Stacks 2002 Americana Sale, January 12-13, 2002, lot 2310; Stacks 2000 Americana Sale, January 12-13, 2000, lot 1013; Property of a Retired Gentleman.
