.00 Series 1899 Silver Certificate, Indian Chief Banknote, FR# 274, Fine-!

Description

Up for auction is this .00 Series 1899 Silver Certificate, otherwise referred to as a .00 Onapapa / Indian Chief Note.
This note features the obverse vignette “
Ta-to-ka-in-yan-ka
”,and was engraved by G.F.C. Smillie.
This is the only issue of U.S. paper money for which a Native American was selected as the central feature.
The .00 Series 1899 Chief Onapapa Note is considered by many to be one of the “Most Beautiful” United States Banknotes that was ever produced!
It garners the interest of Both Paper Money Collectors and Non Collectors as a note they covet to own!
This note has great color and contrast for the grade.
It has nice even margins all around.
The top margin does have some wear and slight paper loss.
The note has some dirt from years of circulation.
The biggest issue with this note is that there are small wear holes and slight paper loss at the very center of the note.
There are 4 wear holes and 18 pinholes most of which are small, but the worst of them are in the facial area of the Chief.
If you don’t see any paper in the scan, you have to assume that its missing or gone!
I have scanned the note with a black and a white background to better help you see the wear holes and paper loss.
The note does not have any rips or tears.
I marked the pinholes in orange and the wear holes in pink.
I would grade this note as a Fine -, because of the wear holes and paper loss in the center of the note.
Please look at the scans carefully and judge the grade and quality of this note for yourself before bidding.
This note should appeal to the budget minded collector, who wants to own an example of this design without spending 0 + for a similar problem free example.
There were 11 different signature combinations / FR#’s for the .00 Series 1899 Silver Certificate / Onepapa / Indian Chief Note.
This note is a FR #274, the fourth the of the 11 combinations.
The Serial number of this note is:
E23296331>
The Treasury signatures on this note are:
Register of The Treasury:
William T. Vernon
Treasurer of The United States:
Lee McClung
I will ship via USPS First Class Mail within the United States with Insurance & Tracking.
New Jersey Sales Tax = 6.625%
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or if you need better scans of the item, Bob [201] 843 1450 EBAY: Vette70
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!