April 12, 2024
$5 1899 ONEPAPA SILVER CERTIFICATE PCGS F15
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Here is an excellent example of a rare and popular type. When the economy comes charging back and inflation kicks in, expect this rarity and beautiful collector note to surge well into the five figures value wise. Might have graded higher but for splits & tape. A remarkable opportunity, that is equally as rare as the note. In 1868 the Chief Running Antelope penned his signature on the "Treaty of Fort Laramie with the Sioux". He received a medal featuring President Andrew Johnson for this and four years later was invited to Washington to meet the president. It was at this visit that he sat for famed photographer "Alexander Gardner" who took photos, both a full face and a profile shot. In this photograph he was ONLY wearing three feathers in his hair, fur braid wraps, and dentalium earrings, and holding a wing fan and a piece pipe. Very interesting, look at the note and you'll see he's wearing a medal, the very medal (featuring President Johnson) that he received for signing the 1868 Treaty. While the portrait is labeled Onepapa, it is incorrect, his tribe was ONCPAPA pronounced Hunkpapa. Chief died in 1896 and never saw the printed notes since the engraving was not completed until Jan. 7, 1900. Production of the notes ran from 1900 to 1926.
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