Fitchburg, Massachusetts. $5 1882 Brown Back. Friedberg 474. The Safety Fund NB. Charter #2153. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. This incredible $5 Brown Back from a Worcester County bank displays an elaborate "Circus Poster" title layout that is highly popular with National Currency specialists. The Safety Fund National Bank of Fitchburg was chartered in June 1874. The bank issued nearly $5.8 million in both large and small size National Currency notes through the end of the note issuing era in 1935. The bank issued 28,250 sheets of $5 Brown Backs, though today just about a dozen are known. Broad margins and ideally printed inks are featured on this exemplary note. The engraved design elements are vividly detailed and the overprints are boldly presented. The bank officers signatures are neatly penned and appear as they could have been signed yesterday. This is easily one of the finest graded circus poster notes in existence. A true trophy note that will be fiercely contested when it crosses the auction block.