Archives International Auctions Auction 100 March 26, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 100 48 March 26, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com U.S. Treasury Bond Interest Payment Checks 179 179 U.S., Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the U.S., 3% Loan of 1898 Interest Payment, 1898 IssuedCheck Washington, D.C., 1898. $2.25 I/C Interest Payment due from a 3% Loan of the 1898 Registered Bond Issue, S/N B15307, Black printing, POCs at left, Red printing on back. VF condition. BEP. �� Est. $230-375 180 180 U.S.,Treasurer of theUnitedStates, 1933, 2%PanamaCanal Loan of 1916-1936 Interest Payment Washington, D.C., August 1, 1933. $0.10 I/C Interest Payment due from a 2% Panama Canal Loan, S/N 80,306, Black printing on off white paper, Treasury Department seal at left, Signature at bottom right, POCs at left. Signature and handstamp on back. AU condition with tape remnant on back at center. The U.S. Government issued several bond series in order to support the construction of the Panama Canal. In total, the canal cost the United States around $375 million, making it the most expensive construction project in the country’s history at the time. ��� Est. $450-750 U.S. Federal Bonds - War Finance Committee 181 181 U.S.A., War Finance Corporation, 1919 Specimen Bond Rarity Washington, D.C., 1919. $1000 Specimen 5% Gold Coupon Bond, Series A, “Principal and interest payable At The Office of the Corporation in Washington, D.C.” Black print with green underprint, Allegorical woman at top center, Red Specimen overprints, 0000 S/Ns, and POCs. XF condition. ABNC. The War Finance Corporation was a government corporation in the U.S. created to give financial support to industries and banking institutions essential for World War I. The corporation was created by a Congressional act of April 5, 1918, and abolished on July 1, 1939. Since government borrowing to pay for the war had attracted a majority of private capital, little capital was available for corporations to borrow; the War Finance Corporation was designed to make such capital available. After the armistice in late 1918, the Corporation assisted in the transition to peacetime by financing railroads under government control, and making loans to American exporters and agricultural cooperative marketing associations. Facsimile signature of Carter Glass as Chairman and who also was the Secretary of the Treasury from 1918 to 1920. he co-authored the Glass-Steagall act which enforced separation of investment banks from commercial banks. A Treasury Bond rarity with few examples found. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $4,500-9,000