Fr. 172. 1880 $100 Legal Tender Note. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Just eleven of this rare Friedberg number are available to collectors while three are permanently impounded in institutional collections. This broadly margined and sharply printed gem from the Pogue Collection is the finest graded example of the catalog number.<p><p>The 1880 $100 Legal Tender Notes continue with the portrait of Abraham Lincoln, a small vignette of Miss Liberty, and the vignette titled Reconstruction. A large brown spiked Treasury Seal with plain border is seen right of center. The serial number, Z27007, is boldly printed in blue at the lower left and upper right. Wonderful embossing is noticed from the verso.<p><p>This is an exceptional example of this impressive design type and the finest that will likely ever be available for the catalog number. This note will be a tremendous addition to any elite currency collection. PMG has added "& Embossing" to the end of their EPQ qualifier. PMG Pop 1/None Finer. <em>Provenance: From Lyn Knights sale of June 1998, lot 220; Lyn Knights sale of December 2000, lot 97; Jay Parrinos Fixed Price List of February 2002; Sterling Crum; Dave Rickey; Lyn Knights sale of October 2005, lot 34; Stacks Bowers sale of March 2020.</em>
