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College Currency
Indiana
997 Terre Haute Commercial College, ND (ca.1870-80) Banknote.
Terre Haute, Indiana, $10, Issued note, Reapers on left, Classroom
view in middle, dog on right, back with aerial view of Terre Haute.
Choice VG to Fine. Scarce Indiana Commercial Business College
note. ..........................................................................
EST. $100-200
Massachusetts
998 Pilgrim Society Oversized Unissued Membership Certificate.
Plymouth, Massachusetts. 1820. Unissued membership certificate.
Black print with black underprint. Large monument by the ocean in
center flanked to either side by allegorical women with cherubs,
Massachusetts State seal on left with Plymouth seal bottom center,
Scenes of Pilgrims in Plymouth bottom left and right. VF condition.
Engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson New York.
EST. $200-400
Washington, D.C.
999 Washington National Monument Membership Certificate And
Assorted Ephemera.
Lot of 4 different items plus various foreign
banknotes, Includes Washington Cert., Issued VG with toning;
Members Pass to the House of Representatives, 1909; A large group
of 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Trade cards showing all of the build-
ings at the exhibition; and an 1959 Philadelphia “Eagles” vs.
Baltimore “Colts” foot ball ticket, All in VG to XF. Also includes
Mexico, Japan and Germany foreign banknotes. .......
EST. $120-240
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Ephemera - Communication
1000 Oral Advertising Device Co., 1898 Letter with Matching
Trade or Calling Card.
New York, 1898, 3 page letter advertising
his contraption that evidently had an early record player in it that
would advertise products. The letter is in VF condition and the card
in XF. Amusing and interesting early marketing effort.
EST. $75-150
Ephemera - Mining
Montana Territory
1001 Beaver Head County, Mining Claim Receipt.
Bannack City, MT
October 12th, 1864, (Montana became a Territory in June of 1864),
Issued mining claim for “Maine Lode located in Montana District
“200 Feet”, Leonard A. Gridley, Recorder, VF condition with small
pin hole on upper right, Early Montana Territory mining claim. As an
added attraction, a S.L. Clemens forgery signature was placed on
the back of this authentic mining claim with note in pencil that this
is a “Eugene Field II - Forgery”. Interesting. ................
EST. $150-300
Ephemera - Political
Pennsylvania
1002 James Buchanan, ND (ca. 1860’s) Photograph Mounted on
Card.
Presidential Photograph, James Buchanan, 15th President of
the U.S. from 1857 to 1861, 2.2” x 3” photograph mounted on card,
Bottom has hand written “Jas. Buchanan, Pa. Ex. President and Old
Funk”. VF condition. ..................................................
EST. $75-150
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