FR 311 "DECATUR" $20 C.G.C. 35PQ
FR. 311 $20 1880 SILVER CERTIFICATE "BLACK BACK" CGC 35PQ! STEPHEN DECATUR 1812 NAVY WAR HERO! THIS NOTE HAS INCREDIBLE MARGINS, BOTH FRONT AND BACK- LITERALLY ALMOST PERFECT! NEVER SEEN MARGINS LIKE THIS ON "ANY" BLACK BACK, LET ALONE A $20 1880! THIS NOTE LOOKS UNC - LITERALLY IN EVERY WAY! THESE NOTE ARE RARELY EVER OFFERED AND ALMOST NEVER IN THIS GRADE!!!
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.
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.