Archives International Auctions Auction 74 February 23, 2022 U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Colonial Banknotes, Colonial Fiscal Documents, Historic Ephemera and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 74 83 February 23, 2022 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com CONFEDERATE BANKNOTES, & FISCAL PAPER Louisiana 464 464 City of New Orleans, State of Louisiana. 1862. I/C Confederate Bond. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 20, 1862. $1,000 I/C 6% City of New Orleans Bond Coupon Bond issued under Confederate control. Red and blue printing with light green underprint. Arms of Louisiana at top. VF-Fine condition with slight ink burns in small areas. The bond was issued in an attempt to create funds for the war effort. It was issued a little over a month before the city was captured by the Union Navy. Historic and rare bond. This is the first time we have offered this bond. ������������������������������������ Est. $600-900 U.S. NATIONAL BANKNOTES Vermont 465 465 Bank of Burlington ca.1830’s Obsolete Proof From the Silver City Find. Burlington, Vermont, Bank of Burlington, 18xx (ca.1830’s), $20, Plate A, VT- 45-G44, Proof banknote, black on india paper, Seated allegorical woman with sword and lion with steamboat in background, left with sheaves of wheat, Native American in canoe on bottom, POC’s, PMG graded Choice About Uncirculated 58 condition. Durand, Perkins & Co., New York imprint. Found only in proof. (ex.Silver City Collection, AIA Sale VIII, 2011). ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $550-750 SECURITY PRINTING EPHEMERA New York 466 466 How to Detect Counterfeit Bank Notes 1856, by George Peyton, with 4 Plates by Rawdon,Wright, Hatch & Edson. New York, NY, 1856, 6 inches by 9 inches, 45 pages plus 4 intaglio printed advertising plates with vignettes, numerals, counters and banknote look-a-like subjects. The binding is tooled and missing a portion from the top part of the spine, the top corners have light water staining but luckily only on the text portion, all of the plates are in excellent condition with only very light evidence of stains and very light foxing. Rare and early counterfeit detector book with 4 excellent RWH&E sample advertising sheets. RWH&E. ���������������������������� Est. $450-750 U.S. NATIONAL BANKS Washington, D.C. 467 467 Treasury Department, Office of Comptroller of Currency, Pair of Letters Signed by John Jay Knox Jr., 1869-73 Washington, D.C. Two handwritten letters, both on Treasury Department, Office of Comptroller of the Currency letterheads, and signed by John Jay Knox. The October 13th, 1869 letter regards the Ilion National Bank in New York, and mentions a printing order, and states that “when your bank has returned about $14,000 or $15,000 of the Leonardsville notes, a requisition may be made for the preparation” of a plate; Second piece is from October 28th, 1873, and regards the First National Bank of Leonardsville. The letter admonishes the previous sender, stating that the bank needs to keep 15% of its circulation due to liabilities. Both are in Fine-VF condition. John Jay Knox Jr. (19 Mar 1828 - 9 Feb 1892) was an American financier and government official. He is best remembered as a primary author of the Coinage Act of 1873, which discontinued the use of the silver dollar. Knox was Comptroller of the Currency from 1872 to 1884. An advocate of uniform currency for the national banks of the country, his portrait was featured on the obverse of the $100 United States national bank notes of the Series of 1902. ������������������������������� Est. $140-280