Friedberg 231. 1899 $1 Silver Certificate. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. The Napier-Thompson signature combination is the rarest in the entire Black Eagle series. President William Howard Taft nominated Carmi A. Thompson as the 23rd Treasurer of the United States after his predecessor, Lee McClung, resigned. Thompson held the post only from November 22, 1912 to March 13, 1913. Taft did not win reelection in 1912 and incoming president Woodrow Wilson would have his own appointee to the position (John Burke). Just 218 Napier-Thompson signed Black Eagles are recorded in the Track & Price census with the presently offered piece among the finest available to collectors. This well embossed note is sharply printed on bright, well margined paper. The embossing is so prominent that PMG has added a comment for it on the back of the holder. PMG has graded just two Fr.231s finer than the example offered here. <em>From Frank Nowaks Fixed Price List of October 1992; our (Stacks) sale of September 1999, lot 140; our (Coin Galleries) sale of November 1999, lot 3757.</em>
