FR 289 "MORRIS- BLACK BACK" $10 P.C.G.S. 53
US FR 289 1880 SILVER CERTIFICATE "BLACK BACK" PCGS 53! THIS PIECE HAS INCREDIBLE CENTERING/ MARGINS AND EXCELLENT PAPER SURFACES. IT'S ATYPICAL TO FIND SUCH BALANCED CENTERING IN BLACK BACKS (OF ANY DENOMINATION). THE FIELDS ARE ALSO VERY NICE AND CLEAN WITHOUT ANY OF THE TYPICAL DISTRACTIONS (SMUDGES ETC...) THERE'S A VERY TINY FILLED IN PINHOLE BUT IS NOT VISIBLE TO THE EYE. BLACK BACKS ARE VERY HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BUT ALSO RARE (IN ANY GRADE) AND NORMALLY ONLY FOUND IN THE MOST ADVANCED COLLECTIONS.
ROBERT MORRIS WAS AN ORIGINAL FOUNDING FATHER AND SIGNER OF THE "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE" AND ALSO THE VERY FIRST "SUPERINTENDENT OF FINACE 1781-1784" IN THE UNITED STATES (8 YEARS BEFORE WASHINGTON SERVED AS FIRST PRESIDENT). HE THEN SERVED AS ONE OF THE FIRST SENATORS OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM 1789 TO 1795. HE INVESTED AS VAST MAJORITY OF HIS FORTUNE (WHICH MAINLY CAME FROM MERCHANT SHIPPING) IN LAND JUST BEFORE THE PANIC OF 1796-97, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO GO INTO BANKRUPTCY IN 1798, ALSO LEADING TO HIM BEING SENT TO DEBTORS' PRISON. CONGRESS PASSED A BANKRUPTCY ACT IN 1801 RELEASING HIM TO SPEND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UNTIL HIS DEATH (1806) IN A MODEST LITTLE HOME IN PHILADELPHIA.
OFFERED AT: $11,500
ROBERT MORRIS WAS AN ORIGINAL FOUNDING FATHER AND SIGNER OF THE "DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE" AND ALSO THE VERY FIRST "SUPERINTENDENT OF FINACE 1781-1784" IN THE UNITED STATES (8 YEARS BEFORE WASHINGTON SERVED AS FIRST PRESIDENT). HE THEN SERVED AS ONE OF THE FIRST SENATORS OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM 1789 TO 1795. HE INVESTED AS VAST MAJORITY OF HIS FORTUNE (WHICH MAINLY CAME FROM MERCHANT SHIPPING) IN LAND JUST BEFORE THE PANIC OF 1796-97, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO GO INTO BANKRUPTCY IN 1798, ALSO LEADING TO HIM BEING SENT TO DEBTORS' PRISON. CONGRESS PASSED A BANKRUPTCY ACT IN 1801 RELEASING HIM TO SPEND THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UNTIL HIS DEATH (1806) IN A MODEST LITTLE HOME IN PHILADELPHIA.
OFFERED AT: $11,500