Archives International Auctions Sale 48 May 23, 2018

Archives International Auctions - Sale 48 75 May 23,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com U.S. Colonial Banknotes & Bonds Massachusetts 544 544 State of Massachusetts Bay, 1780 6% Bond. Massachusetts, January 1st, 1780, £301 Pounds, payable to John Walker on or before 1783. S/N 261, Prices when paid would be equivalent to the cost and set amount of beef, wool, leather and corn to prevent inflation and maintain the value of the bond for the soldier of the Continental Army. Fine to VF with splitting at folds, still very attractive and desirable colonial bond. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $600-900 U.S. Obsolete Banknotes Alabama 545 545 City of Mobile, 1873 Scrip Note Pair. Mobile, Alabama. Lot of 2 notes, Includes 25cts and 50cts denominations, similar designs, allegorical young Liberty women with headbands with stars at left, green or blue undertints, backs green, red serial numbers, the 25ct note is Fine with 2 small thins on the back left edge and the 50ct note is VG with wear, small edge faults and additional small faults. Attractive pair of scrip notes. (2) ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $140-250 Alabama & North Carolina 546 546 Southern Obsolete Quartet. Lot of 4 notes, Includes Alabama, 1863, $1 AU/ Unc.; North Carolina, 1962, 25 and 50 cts; and 1861, $1, all Fine to Choice fine. ��� Est. $75-120 California 547 547 ANA Specimen 1983 reprint of Gold Rush Era, Banking House of F. Argenti & Co. San Francisco, CA. 1983 (Reprint of 1850 Note, $100, Modern reprint of this rare note, sailing ships and standing Justice, Specimen overprint on lower left, Pin-punch Specimen on lower right. Uncirculated as printed. ABNC. ����������� Est. $120-200 Florida 548 548 State of Florida, $2 1864, Cr-39, Issued Obsolete Banknote Tallahassee, FL. $2, Cr-39, Issued Obsolete, train, red “TWO”, VF, foxing in the margins. K&B.������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $250-500 Kansas Territory Desirable Kansas Territory Obsolete 549 549 State Bank, Lecompton, K.T., 1856 Issued Obsolete Banknote. Lecompton, KS. Nov. 1, 1856, State Bank, $2, KS-55 G4a, Whitfield 334. Issued obsolete banknote (possibly contemporarily filled out but the bank is only known with remainders), S/N 97, PMG graded Very Fine 20. W. L. Ormsby engraved a few series of notes during the Kansas Territorial period with most from Leavenworth. The State Bank notes from Lecompton are much rarer than the Leavenworth notes. Within the frame of ornate shield corners and filigree, 2 cherubs with floral wreaths frolic across the face of this note in an arcing pattern with two “2” denomination counters flanking the cherubs. The back has 2 intersecting orange dies. Lecompton, founded in 1854, was named for Samuel D. Lecompte, the first Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. In 1855, the town became the capital of the Kansas Territory. Lecompton was home to many pro-slavery advocates; Kansas was a hotbed of debate on the Abolition issue. Eventually, the anti-slavery forces gained control of the legislature in the elections of 1857, disavowed the “Lecompton Constitution” and repealed the pro-slavery territorial statutes. The victorious Free Soil Party took Kansas into the Union in 1861. This is a very rare note that is rarely if ever seen in auction and was missing from the Eric P. Newman collection��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $750-1500 SESSION 2 – (Lots 544 to 998) U.S. Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Security Printing Ephemera & Historic Ephemera Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 beginning no earlier than 4:00 PM Local Time