Friedberg 69. 1878 $5 Legal Tender Note. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. Vividly printed inks are exhibited by this amply margined and extremely well preserved 1878 $5 Legal Tender. This catalog number is has the engraved signatures of Treasury Officials Allison and Gilfillan. Bold reddish-pink overprint inks are displayed on the face including the spiked Treasury Seal at left and the scalloped ornamental counter with a large Roman numeral V at center. The green printed back has imprints of both the Columbian Bank Note Company and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. PMG has graded nearly 200 examples of this catalog number with none exceeding the grade level of this lovely Pogue example.
