Newport Ridge Collection - High Fives
1899 $5 Silver Certificate Fr. 271-281

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Set Details
Note Description: Silver Certificate
$5 1899 Large Size
Grade: XF 45
Country: US
Note Number: 281
Seal Type: Blue
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 Speelman
White
Certification #: 1006187-008  
Owner: GSA_Gem_Quest
Sets Competing: Newport Ridge Collection - High Fives  Score: 2115
Date Added: 2/24/2013
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

This is one of the most popular US currency notes, with the iconic image of the Indian Chief on the face. It is ranked number 10 of the 100 Greatest American Currency Notes (book by Q. David Bowers).

The note depicts the portrait of Running Antelope, an Indian Chief of the Sioux Tribe that signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1868 and received a medal from then President Andrew Johnson. The Chief is wearing the medal in the portrait on the face of the note.

The Chief later traveled to Washington DC to meet the President and had his picture taken. In the original picture, the Chief was wearing only 3 long feathers. The designer of the note changed it to a full-feathered head dress similar to those worn by another tribe.

This note is readily available, but prices remain high due to its popularity. Prices peaked in 2008, and I acquired this note on eBay in 2013 for 60% of the peak 2008 price. Many notes have failed to regain the 2008 price levels, even 5 years later, and due to its high population levels, this note is still well below 2008 price levels.

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