FR 1216b $500 "LINCOLN" C.G.C. 35PQ
FR 1216b 1882 $500 GOLD CERTIFICATE CGC 35PQ - FINEST CGC KNOWN! THIS PIECE WAS ORIGINALLY PICKED UP BY US BACK IN ABOUT IN 2004 AND PLACED SHORTLY THERE AFTER. THE $500 GOLD CERT'S COME IN 1882 AS FR # 1216, a AND b AND THE 1922 SERIES IS 1217! ALL OF WHICH ARE VERY SCARCE NOTES, ESPECIALLY IN THIS GRADE! MOST PIECES (OF WHICH THERE WERE APPROX. 36 BACK IN 2004) ARE IN "VG" OR "FINE" CONDITION. TODAY WE'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO FIND 14 OF THESE EXAMPLES TO HAVE EVER BEEN GRADED, WITH 12 OF THOSE TO BE MUCH LOWER GRADE THAN THIS PIECE AND ONLY ONE (1) TO BE REPORTED IN (XF) EXTREMELY FINE!!! I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THE XF WOULD HAVE ANYTHING OVER ON THIS EXTRAORDINARY PIECE! THIS EXAMPLE HAS INCREDIBLE COLORS AND IS TOTALLY ORIGINAL! VERY FEW COLLECTORS HAVE (OR HAVE EVEN HANDLED) A "D" ($500) LARGE SIZE NOTE, LET ALONE A GOLD CERTIFICATE. IMAGINE A 130 YEARS AGO WHAT A $500 GOLD CERT. WOULD BUY, THE FEW SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN THROUGH INCREDIBLE TIMES IN OUR U.S. HISTORY! A RARE OPPORTUNITY!