Fr. 355. 1890 $2 Treasury Note. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ.A remarkably rare catalog number in Uncirculated grades with offerings always admired by the collecting community. The entire series of 1890 Treasury Notes are avidly collected and few know of the true rarities which exist within the signature combinations. This is a key and particularly when this nice. PMG shows just five pieces graded in the entire Uncirculated range with this lone 63 EPQ, a single 65 EPQ and a trio of 66 EPQ notes. We have had the fortune of handling two of the finest known examples with the first being offered in our August 2011 ANA sale where it saw aggressive bidding and realized $74,750. The other was sold in our March 2018 sale where it brought an also impressive $55,200.pThis bright Choice Uncirculated note will certainly fit nicely between the high-end Gem pieces known and lesser circulated material. Full appeal of the face and back designs it seen with bold definitive inks throughout with particularly sharp clarity of the important ornate back. The originality is easily seen through the holder and just a tight upper right margin is in our mind the only limiting factor in grade.
