Very Unique Note, Once in a Lifetime Opportunity to Own a Low Number on the Highly Sought After $5 Educational Note. Here is the #33 that Sold at Stacks Bowers for comparison Fr. 268. 1896 $5 Silver Certificate. PCGS Banknote Superb Gem Uncirculated 68 PPQ. | Stacks Bowers Referred to as the United States' most beautiful piece of paper money, this note features an allegorical depiction of Electricity as the Dominant force in the world. The lavish vignette was originally drawn by Walter Shirlaw and hangs on the wall in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Thomas Morris redesigned the bill itself, and G.F.C. Smilie engraved the figures. The back features the heads of two Civil War generals: Ulysses S. Grant and Phillip Sheridan, flanked on all sides by ornate engraving. The female figure representing Electricity is clad in flowing robes, revealing a bare breast. This partial nudity was said to cause a disturban