FR 296  "TOMBSTONE"  $10  C.G.C. 58PQ

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FR. 296  $10 1886 SILVER CERTIFICATE FAMED & RARELY EVER SEEN "TOMBSTONE" FINEST KNOWN CGC 58PQ!  "ONLY 3 GRADED HIGHER!!!"  THIS FR# CATALOGS FOR $35K IN 65,  WHICH THIS NOTE IS LISTED AS CU IN ALL THE OLD CENSUS REPORTS AND CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE A 67+ IN EVERY ASPECT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING IT'S 126 YEARS OLD!  THIS PIECE WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BY US BACK AROUND 10 OR 11 YEARS AGO.  THERE WAS A RECENT SALE OF A 65 (WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY LISTED AS AN AU WITH POOR EYE APPEAL) SELLING IN AUCTINO FOR OVER $45,000!  THIS IS TRUELY AN ORIGINAL AND INCREDIBLE PIECE WITH DEEP RICH HISTORY - FEATURING THOMAS HENDRICKS, BORN IN 1819.  ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 1869 (JUST WHEN GRANT BECAME PRESIDENT).  VP HENDRICKS WAS CHOSEN AS GROVER CLEVELAND'S RUNNING MATE AND DIED ONLY 9 MONTHS AFTER HIS INAUGURATION AS VICE PRESIDENT, HENCE THE FRAME SHAPED AS A "TOMBSTONE" AROUND HIS PORTRAIT.  VERY VERY RARELY SEEN IS A LARGE BROWN SEAL (OF ANY KIND) LET ALONE A LARGE BROWN SEAL TOMBSTONE 1886.  THIS PIECE HAS AN INCREDIBLE PEDIGREE OF BEING LISTED AS UNCIRCULATED; HOWEVER CGC HAS CONSERVATIVELY (WHICH IS TYPICAL) CHOSEN TO GRADE THIS PIECE AS AU 58PQ!  THE CENTERING ON THE NOTE IS BEYOND ANTICIPATED OR WHAT ANY COLLECTOR COULD EVER HOPE FOR!  THE COLORS, WHITE PAPER, SHARP CORNERS DELIVERS THIS EXAMPLE FOR INTO THE 5 STAR EYE APPEAL RATING (WHICH FEW U.S. NOTES HAVE EVER ATTAINED). CANDIDLY, THIS IS "THE" FINEST FR 296 (AESTHETICALLY) THAT YOU WILL EVER SEE, PERIOD!  (WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER 296 LISTED IN EBAY STORE IN AU 55PQ)