Friedberg 334. 1891 $50 Silver Certificate. PMG Superb Gem Uncirculated 67 EPQ. This is a remarkable note and truly beautiful in this level of preservation. The printed design elements are all boldly inked, including the dignified portrait of Edward Everett that appears at right. The vividly inked plate impression is perfectly framed by broad margins on all four sides. The front to back registration is ideal and bold plate and overprint embossing is easily noticed from the back of the note. Sharply printed and well inked overprints add to the overall aesthetic appeal. The presently offered note is the single finest example of the catalog number to be graded by PMG. We sold the only PCGS Currency Superb Gem New 67 PPQ Fr.334 for $60,000 in our March 2018 Joel R. Anderson Collection sale. This note is from the same serial number run and is easily equal to if not superior to the Anderson example. The face of the Series of 1891 notes features the portrait of Edward Everett first used on Silver Certificates of Deposit in 1878, then later series, but with the typography and layout differently arranged. The back is of the "open" style with generous spaces to left and right of the center. These and other Silver Certificates of the era were backed by Morgan-design silver dollars stored at various mints and other Treasury facilities, plus, among emergency measures, at the Philadelphia Post Office.F-334 notes were signed by Vernon and Treat, in office 1906 to 1909 at the end of the Theodore Roosevelt administration. We estimate a printing quantity of 200,000 and that fewer than 75 notes survive.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:#333333;font-family:Avenir, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;" /> <em>From Rarcoas Fixed Price List of 1975; our (Bowers and Merenas) sale of September 1984, lot 3430; Lyn Knights sale of October 2005, lot 77; Lyn Knights sale of June 2007, lot 46; Heritages sale of September 2008, lot 14912; Heritages sale of January 2013, 17435. </em>
