Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. $10 1882 Brown Back. Friedberg 480. The Gettysburg NB. Charter #611. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Offered is an incredible $10 Brown Back from this historically significant Pennsylvania town that will forever be known as the location of one of the most pivotal battles of the American Civil War. This note is vividly printed and well signed on bright, broadly margined Gem quality paper. The $10 Brown Backs of 1882 feature a vignette at left titled <em>Franklin and Electricity,</em> depicting the founding fathers famous kite experiment. At right is the vignette <em>America Seizing the Lightning.</em> The motifs on the face are evocative of an early nation just seizing upon the benefits of the electrical revolution. Bold brown overprint inks are seen on the face, with a scalloped Treasury Seal to the lower right of center, charter number 611 at right and SERIES 1882 vertically in small letters left of center. This Friedberg variety bears the engraved signatures of Treasury officials Bruce and Wyman. The back is vividly printed in striking brown inks and displays the state seal at left and an eagle upon a shield at right. The charter number is boldly presented at center in blue-green ink.The First National bank of Gettysburg was chartered in April 1864 while the Civil War was still raging. It issued nearly $2.7 million in National Currency through the end of the note issuing era in 1935. This note is a real treat to behold and should be hotly contested when it crosses the block. <em>From Lyn Knights sale of August 2005, lot 2447. </em>
