FR 341  "MONROE- BLACK BACK"  C.G.C. 53PQ

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FR. 341  $100  1880 SILVER CERTIFICATE "BLACK BACK" CGC 53PQ!   (FRONT GRADE IS COVERED DUE TO THE OWNERS NAME LISTED AS PRIVATE COLLECTION AND WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS).  I FIRST PROCURED THIS PIECE BACK ABOUT 8 TO 10 YEARS AGO, AND PLACED IT IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION.  THE "BLACK BACKS" HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ELUSIVE, OUTRIGHT RARE, EXTREMELY RARE (I'VE ONLY FOUND 6 THAT HAVE EVER BEEN GRADED, 4 OF WHICH ARE OF A MUCH LOWER GRADE THIS THIS PIECE) ....MOST ASTUTE COLLECTORS HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE IN PERSON, EVEN FEWER WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO OWN SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PIECE.  FEATURING "PRESIDENT MONROE" THE 5TH PRESIDENT (1817-1825) BORN 1758, AUTHOR OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE.  HE ALSO AGREED IN 1819 TO BUY FLORIDA FROM SPAIN.  A MAN SO HONEST THAT PRESIDENT JEFFERSON ONCE STATED, "IF YOU TURNED MONROE'S SOUL INSIDE OUT THERE WOULDN'T BE A SPOT ON IT!"  THIS NOTE LOOKS UNC, EVEN UNDER THE HIGHEST SCRUTINY!  I BELIEVE IT WAS 2007 WHEN THERE WERE 2 OF THE FR 341's (IN XF I BELIEVE) THAT SOLD IN AUCTION, ONE FOR $277K AND ONE FOR $312K I BELIEVE.  I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU WHAT A PLEASURE IT'S BEEN TO BOTH HANDLE THIS PIECE AND TO REPRESENT IT IN THE OPEN MARKET.  WHEN HANDLING AN ITEM OF THIS CALIBUR MY HEART IS PUMPING AT GOD SPEED, FULLY REALIZING WHAT SIGNIFICANCE THIS ITEM HOLDS!  I TRULY HOPE YOU'LL ENJOY VIEWING IT AS MUCH AS I HAVE AND TAKE IN THE AMERICAN HISTORY IT REPRESENTS!