Fr. 278. 1899 $5 Silver Certificate. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. This is a highly attractive note in every aspect. The paper is bright and deep blue overprints of the serials, counter and treasury seal pop. The famous Indian Chief $5 has long been one of the most widely desired federal currency types. The man depicted is Running Antelope, a chief of the Hunkpapa Sioux. Running Antelope died in 1896 and thus would not live to see his portrait on the circulating bank notes of the United States. However, perhaps it is just as well since artistic needs required that he be depicted wearing a Pawnee headdress rather than that of the Sioux.
