Number 1 Porthole Comes In
The biggest large-size type note sensation at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money show at Rosemont, Ill., in August was the appearance of the number 1 Lincoln porthole $5 silver certificate. This important note, a Fr. 282, came in as the crown jewel in a large accumulation of large size notes marketed by the grandson of the person who acquired them. The porthole note was quickly snatched up.
Whenever a previously unreported number 1 type note comes onto the market, it is big news and cause for celebration (more so if it is from
