$5 1907 Legal Tender Fr. 85 WOODCHOPPER Pioneer Family 2nd Finest PMG Gem Unc 66EPQ

A lovely Napier-McClung $5 Woodchopper, this piece has nice even margins along with great color and embossing. According to the census, exactly 17 pieces have been graded higher than this piece of the 862 pieces reported. More impressively, PMG seems to have very strict standards to awarding Superb Gem on Fr. 85s as exactly one 67EPQ is known with nothing graded higher by the service. As such, it's quite impressive to have one of the second highest graded examples of this Friedberg number for PMG notes. Congratulations to the collector that doesn't hesitate on this high-grade trophy!