Archives International Auctions - Auction 110 January 20, 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 110 46 January 20, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 220 220 PA. Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania, 1850, State Appropriation School Fund Warrant Trio. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1850. Lot of 3 Issued Warrants, each payable to local treasurers for school districts under the statewide education appropriation act. All are dated June 3rd, 1850 and signed at Harrisburg, with engraved rural schoolhouse vignettes and allegorical figures representing education and civic virtue. These early state-level school funding warrants reflect Pennsylvania’s mid-19th-century commitment to public education and are appealing examples of early American fiscal engraving. VF condition overall with typical archival handling. UBSH. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �������������������������������� Est. $45-90 221 221 PA. Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania, 1857 to 1866, Assortment of State Appropriation School Fund Warrants Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1857-66. Lot of 5 Issued Warrants payable to county and district treasurers for public school appropriations during the growth of the state’s common school system. Each features engraved allegorical figures, rural school scenes, and the Pennsylvania coat of arms, with forms completed at Harrisburg and signed by state education officials. These mid-nineteenth-century warrants illustrate Pennsylvania’s early state-directed education funding program and show typical archival handling for the period. (5). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �������������������������������� Est. $75-150 South Carolina 222 222 SC. Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina, 1857 to 1859, Issued Banknote Trio. Cheraw, South Carolina, Lot of 3, 1857-59. $5 Issued Banknotes, Black with green underprint with arms of South Carolina at center and other vignettes at left and right, S/Ns 431 pp D, 487 pp C, & 223 pp D, RWH&E. Issued in 1857 by the Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina at Cheraw, this note reflects the currency of an important Pee Dee River trading town whose local banks supported cotton and commercial activity in the years just before the Civil War. Pre-war issues from Cheraw are moderately scarce today. Issued in 1857 by the Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina at Cheraw, these notes represent the circulating currency of an important Pee Dee River trading center whose banks supported the region’s cotton and commercial activity in the years just before the Civil War. Pre-war issues from Cheraw are moderately scarce, and groups from this institution offer an appealing look at South Carolina’s mid-19th- century banking history. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ����������������������������� Est. $120-240 223 223 SC. Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina, 1857 to 1859, Issued Obsolete Banknote Trio. Cheraw, South Carolina, Lot of 3, 1857 to 1859. $5 Issued Obsolete Banknotes, Black with green underprint with arms of South Carolina at center and other vignettes at left and right, S/Ns298 pp B, 741 pp B, and 745 pp B, RWH&E. Issued in 1857 by the Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina at Cheraw, this note reflects the currency of an important Pee Dee River trading town whose local banks supported cotton and commercial activity in the years just before the Civil War. Pre- war issues from Cheraw are moderately scarce today. Issued in 1857 by the Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina at Cheraw, these notes represent the circulating currency of an important Pee Dee River trading center whose banks supported the region’s cotton and commercial activity in the years just before the Civil War. Pre-war issues from Cheraw are moderately scarce, and groups from this institution offer an appealing look at South Carolina’s mid-19th-century banking history. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. � Est. $120-240 224 224 SC. Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina, 1857 to 1859, Issued Obsolete Banknote Trio. Cheraw, South Carolina, Lot of 3, 1857-59. $5 Issued Obsolete Banknotes, Black with green underprint with arms of South Carolina at center and other vignettes at left and right, S/Ns 135 pp B, 620 pp B, 551 pp B, RWH&E. Issued in 1857 by the Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina at Cheraw, this note reflects the currency of an important Pee Dee River trading town whose local banks supported cotton and commercial activity in the years just before the Civil War. Pre-war issues from Cheraw are moderately scarce today. Issued in 1857 by the Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina at Cheraw, these notes represent the circulating currency of an important Pee Dee River trading center whose banks supported the region’s cotton and commercial activity in the years just before the Civil War. Pre-war issues from Cheraw are moderately scarce, and groups from this institution offer an appealing look at South Carolina’s mid-19th-century banking history. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. � Est. $120-240 225 225 SC. Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina, 1857, Issued Obsolete Banknote. Cheraw, South Carolina, 1857. $5 Issued Obsolete Banknote, Black with green underprint with arms of South Carolina at center and other vignettes at left and right, S/N 235 pp C, RWH&E. Issued in 1857 by the Merchants’ Bank of South Carolina at Cheraw, this note reflects the currency of an important Pee Dee River trading town whose local banks supported cotton and commercial activity in the years just before the Civil War. Pre-war issues from Cheraw are moderately scarce today. ��������������������� Est. $50-100