Bidspirit auction | 1886 $5 Large Size Silver

1886 $5 Large Size Silver Certificate Morgan Dollar Rev President Grant Grades Select AU FR-263 - 1886 $5 Large Size Silver Certificate Morgan Dollar Rev President Grant Grades Select AU FR-263. FR-263 U.S. Grant And The Morgan Silver DollarThe front of the note features a prominent off-center portrait of the 18th President of the United States Ulysses. S. Grant, who was a war hero in the Civil War. Grant died in 1885, a year before this note was printed. But the back of this note—and the reason for the nickname—features five Morgan Silver Dollars surrounded by stylized scrollwork—literally showing that this note was backed by silver!Among The Greatest American Currency Notes Ever IssuedThis 1886 $5 Silver Certificate is ranked at #21 in Q. David Bowers book, The 100 Greatest American Currency Notes. It also comes graded in Very Fine-20 (VF20) condition by Paper Money Guaranty (PMG), one of the world’s leading third-party paper currency grading services.