Friedberg 834a. 1914 Red Seal $5 Federal Reserve Note. Philadelphia. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. PMG has graded 48 examples of this Red Seal FRN catalog number, but none that are equal to or finer than the Pogue specimen. This brilliantly printed and excellently centered $5 displays vibrant red overprint inks and wonderfully original paper. These 1914 Red Seal FRNs come in two varieties. Plate Style a exhibits a large bank district numeral and letter at the bottom left and top right while at the upper left is a small plate letter but no bank district letter and number. Plate Style b examples display a large district numeral and letter at bottom left and top right, but also feature a small district numeral and letter at top left and bottom right. Red Seal Federal Reserve Notes were a short lived series. The BEP could not import red ink from Europe after the commencement of World War I in August of 1914 and had to replace the red overprints with blue. <em>From our (Stacks) sale of November 2006, lot 3349. </em>
