Archives International Auctions Auction 71 November 23, 2021 U.S. & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Security Printing Ephemera, and Historic Financial Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 71 82 November 23, 2021 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Washington, D.C. 419 419 Zachary Taylor Presidential Inauguration Ribbon and Henry Clay Political Ribbon, ca. 1840’s Washington, D.C....., . Lot of 2 Presidential Ribbons depicting Henry Clay and Zachary Taylor. The two men ran against each other in the 1848 Presidential Elections. Henry Clay ribbon is very damaged and is in 4 pieces. Taylor’s ribbon is titled on top “Rough & Ready Club”, it is in VF-XF condition. Both intaglio printed on silk. (2) �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $230-450 420 420 UnionVeteran’s Patriotic League --War Veterans (CivilWar), 1900 Ribbon & Bow Pair 2 pieces: Union Veterans’ Patriotic League, 1900 War Veterans silk ribbon, 3.5 x 9 inches, off-white material with dark blue text, features portraits of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt at center; Also included is a red, white, and blue bow with ribbon, may be a patriotic decoration for a veteran, serviceman, or a related family member, 2.25 x 5 inches. William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. Following his death, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn is as the nation’s 26th president. Roosevelt’s accession to the presidency left the vice presidency vacant. As there was no constitutional provision for filling an intra-term vacancy in that office (prior to ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967), Roosevelt served his first term without a vice president. (2) ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-240 EPHEMERA - PRESIDENTIAL AUTOGRAPHS New York 421 421 Richard Nixon Post-Presidency Signature on Business Card, ca. 1970-80 ND (ca. 1970-80). Post-Presidency Signature of Richard Nixon on a white business card with the imprinted address of 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York 10278, 3.5 x 2 inches. Fine-VF condition with piece of tape across top. This address was the location of Nixon’s office address following his resignation from the presidency in 1974. Richard Milhous Nixon ( January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, Nixon previously served as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, having risen to national prominence as a representative and senator from California. After five years in the White House that saw the conclusion to the U.S. involvement in the VietnamWar, détente with the Soviet Union and China, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency, he became the only president to resign from the office, following the Watergate scandal. ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $60-120 EPHEMERA - U.S. COLONIAL HISTORY France & U.S. Colonies 422 422 The Amazing Life of John Law: The Man Behind the Mississippi Bubble, 1928 Book Mississippi. 1928. The Amazing Life of John Law, translated by M. Georges Oudard, Published by Payson & Clarke Ltd. Bound in a red cover, over 350 pages long, this book is about the life and career of economist John Law. Ex-library with some typical marks throughout, some wear and discoloring on cover with a small indent at center, and binding has almost entirely separated from the cover. John Law (21 April 1671 - 21 March 1729) was a Scottish economist who distinguished money, a means of exchange, from national wealth dependent on trade. He served as Controller General of Finances under the Duke of Orleans, who was regent for the juvenile Louis XV of France. In 1716, Law set up a private Banque Generale in France. A year later it was nationalized at his request and renamed as Banque Royale. The private bank had been funded mainly by John Law and Louis XV; three-quarters of its capital consisted of government bills and government-accepted notes, effectively making it the nation’s first central bank. Backed only partially by silver, it was a fractional reserve bank. Law also set up and directed the Mississippi Company, funded by the Banque Royale. Its chaotic collapse has been compared to the 17th-century tulip mania in Holland. The Mississippi bubble coincided with the South Sea bubble in England, which allegedly took ideas from it. Law as a gambler would win card games by mentally calculating odds. He originated ideas such as the scarcity theory of value and the real bills doctrine. He held that money creation stimulated an economy, paper money was preferable to metal, and dividend-paying shares a superior form of money. The term “millionaire” was coined for beneficiaries of Law’s scheme. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $35-70