Friedberg Unlisted (W-Unlisted). Act of March 3, 1863 $50 National Customs Note. PCGS Currency Choice About New 58. Face Essay Proof.Hessler-NC2. Plate A. Imprint of the American Bank Note Company, New-York. Bond paper. Bronze overprinted NATIONAL/CUSTOMS NOTE. Left end, America with hand on the Bible and Constitution. Lower right, Alexander Hamilton. Engraved signatures. Unlisted essay series in Friedberg. The notes were never used and the essay is a hybrid of the One Year Treasury note face plate and the bronze overprinting. Short oblong punch hole cancels, one on each signature. Rare and unusual. Minor handling on an essentially as made note. Trimmed into the bottom left margin slightly. Last offered in our March 2012 Baltimore Whitman Expo sale where it realized $6,325.pAs this proof is of a series never made for circulation it is especially important. We would not be at all surprised to see it glide past its previous sale record.From our March 23, 2012, Baltimore Whitman Expo Sale, lot 5417; Christies sale of the Hon. J.W. Middendorf II Collection, March 22, 1994, lot 169; Sothebys New York Sale, October 28-29, 1985, lot 67.