***Auction Highlight*** 1923 $5 Large Size Silver Certificate "Lincoln Porthole" FR-282 Grades AU, Almost Unc. The Series 1923 $5 Silver Certificate features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, a man who has become a familiar fixture on our nation’s $5 bills. Lincoln, who served as the 16th president of the United States and helped restore the Union during the Civil War, was assassinated on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., by stage actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. In the years after Lincoln’s assassination came many tributes to the fallen president, including the placement of his likeness on everything from coins to stamps. He was also memorialized on United States paper currency, with posthumous appearances on Fractional Notes and Silver Certificates in the late 19th century.And when the time came for a new round of Silver Certificates in 1923, Lincoln was the subject of choice for the $5 piece. However, the placement of his portrait, within a perfectly circular frame, was not well received by the public. Some thought it resembled the appearance of the President as seen through the barrel of a gun. The fervency behind this controversy eventually subsided and the Lincoln vignette on the note eventually became known by the more benign “Lincoln Porthole” nickname, a reference to the circular windows often seen on ships.Today, the Lincoln Porthole $5 is one of the most sought-after pieces among the expansive catalog of United States large-size notes. Perhaps 5,000 survive today across all grades, and they are particularly scarce in higher grades.