Archives International Auctions Sale 52 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins and Security Printing Ephemera May 14, 2019

Archives International Auctions - Sale 52 156 May 14,2019 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 1064 1064State of Missouri, University Bond, 1872, $1,000 Bond Signed by Benjamin Gratz Brown as Governor. Jefferson, Missouri. $1000, I/C bond, Black with brown border, For the benefit of the Mechanical College of Missouri and the School of Mine and Metallurgy, and the Seminary Fund. Brown, state seal flanked by miners, dog, anvil and agricultural products. VF details, trimmed close to the borders. Benjamin Gratz Brown (May 28, 1826 – December 13, 1885) was an American politician. He was a Senator, the 20th Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872. He became an ally of Thomas Hart Benton and Francis Preston Blair Jr. in the struggle for control of the state Democratic Party against pro-slavery forces. As the 1850s progressed, Brown continued to speak against slavery, and he helped found the Missouri Republican Party.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-180 New York 1065 1065City of Brooklyn, Museums of Art and Science Bond, 1891 Specimen Gold Bond Brooklyn, New York. $Odd Specimen Odd% Museums of Art and Sciences Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint on horizontal format, Seal of New York at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. The Brooklyn Museum of Art is part of a complex of nineteenth-century parks and gardens that also includes Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and the Prospect Park Zoo. McKim, Mead &White won the 1893 competition for the museum’s design, envisioning a monumental Beaux-Arts structure. The original design was meant to house comprehensive collections of art, natural history, and science objects, as well as myriad educational and research activities. The ambitious building plan, had it been fully realized, would have produced the largest single museum structure in the world. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-600 1066 1066State of NewYork, Bureau of Canal Affairs, 1895, Specimen Bond. New York, Horizontal Specimen 3% Bond, Black border with canal image flanked by allegorical figures, POC’s, VF condition, ABNC. Canal improvement loan. ��������� Est. $150-250 North Carolina 1067 1067City of Asheville, 1891 Specimen Bond North Carolina. $500 Specimen 5% School Bond. Black print with a green border and under tint in a horizontal format. Ariel view of the city at top of certificate. Specimen overprints, POC’s, Fine-VF condition with all coupons attached. ABNC.�������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 Ohio 1068 1068City of Cincinnati, 1888 Specimen Bond Ohio. $1,000 Specimen 4% City Hall Coupon Bond, Black print on brown border and under tint, Arial view of city at top, Specimen overprints and POC’s, Fine-VF condition with toning around edges and splitting at fold lines, ABNC.����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400 1069 1069City of Cincinnati, 1906 Specimen Bond Ohio. $1,000 Specimen 3 1/2% Municipal Coupon Bond issued for Terminal Facilities and Permanent Betterments for the Cincinnati Southern Railway, Black print on green border and under tint, View of Cincinnati across the Ohio River, Specimen overprints and POC’s, VF-XF condition, ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200