Fr. 1216b (W-4216). 1882 $500 Gold Certificate. PCGS Choice About New 55.

Fr. 1216b (W-4216). 1882 $500 Gold Certificate. PCGS Choice About New 55.，Just over 50 examples of this Teehee-Burke signed 1882 $500 Gold Certificate are known and the presently offered note is among the finest. Deeply printed inks contrast nicely against creamy white paper. There are only the lightest traces of handling. The gold undertints are bold in color as they should be. The overprints are sharp and display deep blue and red colors. The color on the orange printed back is brilliant and portrays a majestic eagle grasping the American Flag on the right two-thirds with a large D counter at left. This is an incredibly appealing example of this always popular type.<p><p><p><strong>$500 Gold Certificates, Series of 1882</strong><p>The Series of 1882 $500 Gold Certificate features the portrait of Abraham Lincoln, engraved by Charles Burt from a photograph taken by Mathew A. Brady. The back has a particularly dynamic motif, <em>Eagle with Flag</em>, engraved by George D. Baldwin, who at an earlier time created some of the most elegant artwork seen on notes of state-chartered banks. His <em>Ocean Telegraph</em> vignette appears on the back of the $20 Gold Certificate, Series of 1882, as offered earlier. As with all Gold Certificates the back is printed in orange-gold.<p>The print run for this variety was 40,000. We estimate that fewer than 60 survive.，From the Joel R. Anderson Collection of United States Paper Money, Part I. Earlier from Lyn Knights November 1993 sale, lot 961; Lyn Knights November 2003 sale, lot 2174; Stacks Bowers Galleries August 2011 sale, lot 5665.，