FR 269  "EDUCATIONAL"  $5  C.G.C. 58GL

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FR. 269  $5  1896 SILVER CERTIFICATE "EDUCATIONAL" CGC 58PQ!  THIS PIECE IS LISTED AS GEM UNC. IN ALL THE CENSUS REPORTS AND CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE A 67PQ!  THERE'S AN UNDETECTIBLE (BY 99% OF VIEWERS) CENTER BEND THAT SERIOUSLY TAKES A WELL SEASONED VETERAN DEALER A LONG TIME TO EVER DETECT.  THIS PIECE IS INCREDIBLE!  THERE WAS A RECENT AUCTION (APRIL 2012  IN SCHAMBURG, IL) WERE A 269 IN 67 (THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY GRADED AN AU) JUST SOLD FOR $43,000!  THIS NOTE LOOKS FAR SUPERIOR OF THAT PIECE, BUT IS OFFERED AT A SMALL FRACTION OF THE PRICE!  THIS PIECE LOOKS FAR SUPERIOR OF THE EVEN THE TWO UNCIRCULATED PIECES (BY OTHER GRADING CO'S) IN EBAY CURRENTLY.  THE $5 EDUCATIONAL DEPICTS ELECTRICITY AS THE DOMINATE FORCE OF THE WORLD.  THERE WAS, HOWEVER, A PUBLIC OUTCRY (ALSO FROM THE CHIEF'S OF BUREAU & ENGRAVING'S WIFE, WHO WAS A SOCIALITE) OVER THE DEPICTION OF THE FEMALE BREAST, AND THAT IN PART FORCED THE ENTIRE SERIES TO BE PREMATURELY WITHDRAWN AND CANCELED OUT OF CIRCULATION, REPLACED BY THE 1899 (CHIEF NOTE) SERIES.  THE REVERSE FEATURES ULYSSES S. GRAND AND PHILIP SHERIDAN, BOTH UNION GENERALS DURING THE CIVIL WAR.