Fr. 282*. 1923 $5 Silver Certificate. No. *15391D. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

Fr. 282*. 1923 $5 Silver Certificate. No. *15391D. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.，This Choice note displays a distinctive design, made more visually striking by the bold blue stars denoting it as a replacement note. The back of the PMG holder notes "Great Margins, Embossing & Color," qualities that are immediately evident when looking at the note.<p><p>The portrait of Abraham Lincoln on this note was engraved by Charles Burt after an 1864 photograph taken of the President by famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady. Bradys name is synonymous with the photographic record of important Civil War-era persons and events, due largely to his images published in 1870 as <em>Bradys National Photographic Collection</em>. His images of Lincoln are among the very finest and most famous. Brady studied daguerreotypy under nventor Samuel F.B. Morse, and established his own studio in New York City in 1844. When the Civil War broke out, Brady sought permission from Lincoln to visit battle sites with his own traveling photographic and development apparatus. Permission was granted and his documentation has proven a priceless historical record. Unfortunately, Bradys project was self-financed and his hopes that the government might purchase his masters did not come to pass, leaving him in debt at the end of his life. However, historians, educators and students of this period will forever be indebted to him for his documentation of the War Between the States.<p><p>While the source for this note was unrecorded, it is clear from the price paid that it was a transaction the collector entered into long ago. At least five or six original sheets of star notes from this issue seem to have been saved at the outset, as the serial numbers from 15374 through 15397 are all in the Census and all but one are Uncirculated. One of the sheets is known to have been handled (apparently in cut form) by Abe Kosoff in November 1955. Judging from the $6 purchase price, there is a good chance that the Vanderbilt Collection already contained this note by that time. Though this small group seems to have been saved, these are quite rare when compared to the usual notes. PMG has graded more than 960 examples of the usual issues, and just 26 star replacements, in all grades. A few are graded finer than this one, but this number does not nearly satisfy the large quantity of collectors seeking these challenging and prized pieces. <p>，From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Purchased from an unrecorded source for $6.，