Archives International Auctions Sale 50 The Milestone Auction U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Autographs and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 50 21 December 3-4,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 107 107 United States of America, Office of the Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior, Act of March 3, 1855, Certificate for 160 Acres Bounty Land. 1857. Issued and Uncancelled Certificate. Washington, D.C., February 23rd, 1857. 160 Acres, Issued and uncancelled certificate. Issued to Samuel McDowell Reid, Adjutant, Virginia Militia, War of 1812. Signed by Geo. C. Whiting, Commissioner and D.T.Jenks, Printed on bond paper, Large format certificate. Red protector, curved BOUNTY LAND top and ACRES bottom bracket with the 160 in between, Left end, Washington with sword, below portrait of Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy. Right end, Piece, below standing sailor, An exceptionally ornate and very scarce certificate with bright colors and great eye appeal with light ink stains on lower excess margins. A similar example sold in 2011 at Stacks for $2400.���������Est. $1750-3500 A desirable and complete Spanish American War - Three Per Cent Loan of 1898, $20 Bond. 108 108 Spanish American War - Three Per Cent Loan of 1898, $20 Bond. Washington, D.C., 1898, Issued and uncanceled $20 bond Black on brown border and underprint with red Treasury seal lower right and Washington top middle and patriotic eagle at left, All 80 coupons are attached, back green wit seated allegorical woman at center, S/N 42558, Choice VF condition, Outstanding bond with excellent eye appeal. BEP�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $10000-15000 109 109 Third Liberty Loan 4 ¼%Gold Bond of 1928 (issued May 9, 1918). Washington, D.C., $50, Third Liberty Loan Bond 4 1/4% Gold Bond of 1928 Issue May 9, 1918. Jefferson at top middle with rose-red background and undertint, VF to XF condition. This $50.00 Gold Bond with Rose background has 10 coupons attached at left, S/N 976649, pp B, Brown back with impressive eagle.����������������������������������������Est. $2000-2500 110 110 War Finance Corporation, 1919 Specimen $1000 Bond. Washington, D.C.. April 1, 1919, $1,000, P-Unlisted Specimen War Bond, 5% Gold Bond Series A, Due April 1, 1920. “Principal and interest payable At The Office of the Corporation in Washington, D.C.” ABNC. A Treasury Bond rarity. Printed by the 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. Rare bond with only 3 found in the ABN Archives (Ex-John Herzog Collection) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Est. $2000-4000