Friedberg 291. 1886 $10 Silver Certificate. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. Just 400,000 examples of this Rosecrans-Jordan Series of 1886 $10 Silver Certificate were printed, the smallest print run for the entire design type (including Series of 1891 and 1907 notes). This was the first variety issued of the design type. Depicted on the face is Thomas A. Hendricks, who was vice-president of the United States for several months in 1885, before he died in office. Whether surrounding his portrait with a frame curved at the top and giving rise to the name "Tombstone Note," was intentional or inadvertent is unknown. A small red Treasury Seal with plain border is at bottom right and blue printed serial numbers are at bottom left and at right. This variety has a green printed ornate back design featuring large 10 counters at left and right of center with the Silver Certificate language at center.This rare Series of 1886 $10 Silver Certificate variety is represented by just 25 recorded serial numbers in the Track & Price census. Just nine have been graded by PMG with the presently offered example being the finest of that number. The note is well framed and displays a vividly printed plate impression. The overprints are boldly inked with the cherry red Treasury Seal sharply detailed and the deep blue serial numbers deeply pressed into the paper. A PCGS Currency graded Gem New 65 PPQ example from the Joel R. Anderson Collection realized $45,600 in our March 2019 Baltimore auction. While this is example is graded slightly lower, it is one of the nicest examples of the catalog number available in the marketplace. <em>From our (Stacks) sale of December 1992, lot 158; Currency Auctions of Americas sale of May 1993, lot 1362; Currency Auctions of Americas sale of May 1993, lot 1362; Currency Auctions of Americas sale of January 1997, lot 2927. </em>
