FR 263 "MORGAN BACK" $5 C.G.C. 66PQ
FR. 263 $5 1886 SILVER CERTIFICATE FAMED & HIGHLY PRIZED "MORGAN BACK" FINEST KNOWN CGC 66PQ! THIS INCREDIBLE PIECE IS FROM THE CU RUN! *COMP: A VERY CLOSE SERIAL # IN 66 (NO PQ) SOLD IN OCT OF 2012 AT $44,000! THIS FR# CATALOGS FOR $21,850 WHICH IS LISTED FROM AN OLD PRICE AND IS WORTH MUCH MORE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE NOTE IS FROM THE PEDIGREED "CU RUN" AND BEING 128 YEARS OLD! A TRULY ORIGINAL AND INCREDIBLE PIECE WITH DEEP "PUNCH THRU EMBOSSING" AND RICH HISTORY. PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT, GENERAL OF UNION ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND PRESIDENT FROM 1869-1873 (INTERESTING TO THINK THAT HE BECAME PRESIDENT WHEN THE RAINBOW NOTES MADE ITS FIRST APPEARANCE). AN AVERAGE STUDENT AT WEST POINT AND SERVING WITH GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR (12th PRESIDENT 1849-50) DURING THE MEXICAN WAR. ALSO INTERESTING THAT PRES. GRANT RELIEVED GENERAL HANCOCK (DISPLAYED ON THE $2 1886 SILVER CERT. FROM THIS SAME SET FR 244) FOR HIS LENIENT TREATMENTOF THE SOUTH. MOST OF THESE GENERALS OF THIS TIME ERA ALL WENT TO WEST POINT TOGETHER, CERTAINLY MAKES YOU WONDER ABOUT WHAT BONDS AND RIVALRY CAME OUT OF THAT CLASS. PRETTY INTERESTING THAT HE RELIEVED GEN. HANCOCK FROM SERVICE, BUT GEN. HANCOCK STILL MADE IT ON THE $2 BILL IN THE SAME SET AS PRES. GRANT!