Archives International Auctions Sale 67 May 26, 2021 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Coins, Historic Financial Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 67 98 May 26, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 614 614 Security Banknote Co., ca.1920-30’s Advertising Specimen Bond in Spanish Pennsylvania. Advertising Miniature Specimen Bond in Spanish from the Security Banknote Company, Black text with blue border and undertint, Allegorical woman seated at top center. 0000 serial numbers, XF condition. SBN. ������������������ Est. $90-140 615 615 Thirteenth Biennial International Convention 1987 Folder with Proof Vignettes Pennsylvania. Lot includes several pieces: 13th Biennial International Convention, 1987 commemorative folder with two sleeves, which hold several proof vignettes: United States Banknote Co. “Bit of Americana” choice vignette, featuring a man seated on a rock near a stream; Pair of American Bank Note Co. complimentary vignettes in red, both featuring allegorical women as Liberty; Final piece is a purple vignette of a city scene from a distance, with Bank Note Printers’ Designers’ Engravers’ Siderographers’ Guild of New York text underneath. All are in VF condition. (5) ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $130-200 Philadelphia 616 616 Security Banknote Co. ca.1920’s Specimen of a Specimen Miniature Bond. Pennsylvania….. Specimen Bond page. 5-1/4 x 8-1/8. Green Border. English text. SPECIMEN overprint and POC. Back printed as a bond cover and dividend page. Slight edge tone. Uncirculated. SBNC. ��������������������������������������������� Est. $70-140 South Dakota 617 617 Mount Rushmore Memorial Inscription Competition Specimen Certificate South Dakota, 1941. Certificate of Merit for Texts Submitted for Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Black text with black border, Vignette at top center of George Washington. Red specimen overprints and POCs. VF-XF condition, ABNC. Original plans for the carving of Mount Rushmore included a large inscription called the Entablature. The sculptor of Mount Rushmore, Gutzon Borglum, intended to carve the Entablature in an area shaped like the territory of the Louisiana Purchase using large, three-foot tall letters. By 1934, Borglum took a different approach and worked with newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst to publish a contest to write the text. Thousands of essays were submitted and a grand prize was awarded for the best essay overall. The overall winner was John Edward Bradley. Prizes were awarded in grammar school, high school, and college divisions. ���������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $90-140 Tennessee 618 618 International Paper Money Show, 1991 Souvenir Card & BEP- Federal Managers Association Chapter 216 Souvenir Card Pair Memphis, Tennessee...... Lot of 2 pieces: International Paper Money Show, 1991 Souvenir Card featuring a $20 Treasury Note, series 1890, which features the portrait of John Marshall, at bottom, as well as a blind embossed figure of “Freedom” at left. Light brown text and gold embossed border, U.S. Supreme Court Bicentennial Stamp at top right corner. Memphis Coin Club stamp in navy at top center, more text on back. Fine-VF condition with a fold down center; Lot also includes a Souvenir Card featuring an allegorical justice at center from the Bureau of Engraving & Printing Treasury Department, with Federal Managers Association Chapter 216 at center, states it is 546 out of 800, VF condition. (2) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $85-170