Fr. 327 $50 1880 PCGS VF 35 Second Finest Known

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Large Size Type Notes > Silver Certificates

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Fr. 327 $50 1880
Grade: PCGS VF 35    

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Design 79a. Large brown seal. This is an early example with the portrait of Edward Everett shown at the right, the large brown seal and Roman numeral "L" below, blue serial number and the ornate back. This is the second finest of six known examples of this excessively rare type outside of museums and government hands. The only reason I would say second finest known is that the other note was from the James A. Stack Collection and the grades were conservative on average. This note appeared in Stack's October 2001 sale and realized $25,300. While the James A. Stack piece sold for $27,500 in 1990. This Bruce-Wyman signature combination, with the large brown seal, is and has been very elusive. I have long considered this to be one of the rarest of all Silver Certificates but that is because there are so few of them that have ever appeared. I called this note XF in the Great Lakes Collection and PCGS later adjusted that grade a bit to VF 35. Regardless, this is a wonderful piece of paper money in every way.

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