FR 310 "DECATUR" $20 P.C.G.S. 40
US FR 310 1880 $20 SILVER CERTIFICATE "BLACK BACK" GRADED PCGS 40!!! RARE 16 GRADED! I ORIGINALLY OWNED THIS NOTE ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO (BACK IN EARLY 2000) AND AM VERY HONORED TO HAVE IT BACK IN MY POSSESSION. THIS PIECE IS MUCH RARER THAN ITS COUNTERPART THE FR 311 (WHICH HAS 54 GRADED TOTAL, COMPARED TO ONLY 16 OF THE FR 310'S)! THIS NOTE IS OF MUSEUM QUALITY. IT'S VERY WELL CENTERED AND WITH EVEN BROAD MARGINS, RARELY SEEN ON THIS TYPE. PERHAPS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ATTRIBUTE OF THIS NOTE IS THE INCREDIBLE PAPER QUALITY, THERE ARE NO DISTURBANCES (AT ALL) THROUGHOUT THE FRONT AND BACK, NEITHER IN ANY OF THE FILEDS OR DESIGNS. THERE WAS A VERY TINY CONSERVATION NOTED (BACK OF CGC TAB AND ALSO ON Pcgs TAB) THAT IS COMPLETELY UNDETECTABLE (IN OR OUT OF HOLDER, EVEN BY BACKLIGHTING), WE PRESUME IT TO BE A TINY FILLED PINHOLE PERHAPS IN TOP MARGIN. THE DARK BLACK INKS, ESPECIALLY ON THE BACK, REALLY POP AND GIVE DEPTH TO THE NOTE. THIS NOTE HAS 5 STAR EYE APPEAL AND IS CERTAINLY DESTINED FOR THE MOST DISCRIMINATE, AND ADVANCED, OF COLLECTORS. WE SOLD A SIMILAR NOTE (THE MORE COMMON FR 311) LAST YEAR, IN THE SAME GRADE, FROM OUR EBAY STORE AT $26,000 TO A UNIVERSITY AND WOULD EXPECT THIS MUCH RARER PIECE TO FIND IT'S NEW PLACE IN HISTORY AT HIGHER LEVEL.
FEATURING THE NAVAL WAR HERO STEPHEN DECATUR, BORN 1779, DIED 1820. HE SERVED AS A NAVAL OFFICER AND COMMODORE AND WAS VERY NOTABLE FOR HIS MANY NAVAL VICTORIES IN THE EARLY 1800'S. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST MAN EVER TO REACH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HE SERVED UNDER THREE PRESIDENTS AND LEAD THROUGH SEVERAL FAMOUS WARS, INCLUDING THE WAR OF 1812. HIS LIFE CAME TO AN EARLY END BY DUELING A FELLOW RIVAL OFFICER. HE BUILT A LARGE HOME IN WASHINGTON IN 1818 (FIRST PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN WHITE HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD), KNOWN AS THE "DECATUR HOUSE" ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE, FOREVER MAINTAINING HIS MEMORY.
OFFERED AT: $14,500
FEATURING THE NAVAL WAR HERO STEPHEN DECATUR, BORN 1779, DIED 1820. HE SERVED AS A NAVAL OFFICER AND COMMODORE AND WAS VERY NOTABLE FOR HIS MANY NAVAL VICTORIES IN THE EARLY 1800'S. HE WAS THE YOUNGEST MAN EVER TO REACH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HE SERVED UNDER THREE PRESIDENTS AND LEAD THROUGH SEVERAL FAMOUS WARS, INCLUDING THE WAR OF 1812. HIS LIFE CAME TO AN EARLY END BY DUELING A FELLOW RIVAL OFFICER. HE BUILT A LARGE HOME IN WASHINGTON IN 1818 (FIRST PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN WHITE HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD), KNOWN AS THE "DECATUR HOUSE" ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE, FOREVER MAINTAINING HIS MEMORY.
OFFERED AT: $14,500