Lot 3825
1896, $5 Silver Certificate. . Fr-269. . KL-239. PMG graded Choice About Unc 58. Scarce popular Eductional $5. Looks like a strictly Choice Crisp Unc to this cataloger! The design for the Series of 1896 $5 Educational note is by Walter Shirlaw, a muralist who was commissioned to design the five and ten dollar notes for this series. The central vignette is entitled "Electricity Presenting Light to the World." The central figure, representing Electricity, holds a light bulb, presumably of the incandescent type perfected by Thomas A. Edison just a few years earlier. Other figures represent Force, to the left, Fame, with the trumpet, and Peace, seen here with a dove.
Estimated Value $7,000 - 9,000.
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| Realized $9,775 |
