FR 1136  "Gold Coin Note"  $5  C.G.C. 35PQ

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FR 1136  $5 1870  "GOLD COIN NOTE"   FINEST KNOWN CGC 35PQ!  "FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO"  THIS NOTE HAS GREAT EYE APPEAL AND CONDITION OF THE BACK (GOLD COINS) HAS HIGH CLARITY OF VIGNETTE  (RARELY SEEN!) FROM "GOLD RUSH ERA"  THESE NOTES WERE ACTUALLY PRODUCED TO INCREASE ACCEPTABILITY OF PAPER MONEY IN A TIME WHERE GOLD (DUST & NUGGETS) TRADED IN A GOLD DOMINATED LANDSCAPE!  THE HISTORY OF THIS PIECE OF THE "OLD WEST" (CALIFORNIA) IS PARAMONT IN AN ERA FILLED WITH AMERICAN HISTORY!   FRONT OF NOTE, LEFT, IS COLUMBUS DISCOVERING AMERICA AND ON THE RIGHT - POCAHONTAS BEING PRESENTED TO THE ROYAL COURT.  THE HAND (PENNED) SIGNATURES ARE INCREDIBLY BOLD, ESPECIALLY FOR ALMOST 150 YEARS OLD!!!  THE RED INKS (SEAL AND CHARTER #'S) HAVE SURVIVED THE LONG JOURNEY (FROM STAGE COUCHES TO GAMBLING SALOONS) THIS NOTE IS SURE TO HAVE GONE THROUGH!!!  BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTE OF THIS PIECE IS THE CLARITY OF THE REVERSE VIGNETTE (GOLD COINS), WHICH IS TYPICALLY OBSCURRED BY EXCESSIVE WEAR BY THE ROUGH OLD WEST!  WE HAVE ONLY HANDLED ONE OTHER PIECE (COMPARABLE CONDITION) ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO.  THIS PIECE WAS ORIGINALLY (CONSERVATIVELY) GRADED BACK 5 YEARS AGO BY CGC!  A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME LUCKY COLLECTOR TO FINALLY "OWN" AN 1870 GOLD COIN NOTE!