DEMAND NOTES
5-Dollars, Act of July 17, 1861, American Bank Note Co. (Fr. 3; cf Hessler p. 35), payable at Boston, green and black face Proof with red serial number 00000, together with a green back Proof, both on india paper, mounted back to back with a thin card border, plate position A, punch cancelled four times across the signature lines, a small round punch hole in the center of the top edge, the extreme pot of the top left hand corner of the back trimmed off, otherwise pristine and an extreme rarity
Details
5-Dollars, Act of July 17, 1861, American Bank Note Co. (Fr. 3; cf Hessler p. 35), payable at Boston, green and black face Proof with red serial number 00000, together with a green back Proof, both on india paper, mounted back to back with a thin card border, plate position A, punch cancelled four times across the signature lines, a small round punch hole in the center of the top edge, the extreme pot of the top left hand corner of the back trimmed off, otherwise pristine and an extreme rarity
Provenance
Vattermare Collection, Christie's New York, 4/1-2/82, lot 696
Further details
Freedom, by Thomas Crawford, was engraved by Owen G. Hanks. The original sculpture was recently lifted from the apex of the Capitol dome by helicopter, restored and then replaced.
Civil War priorities prevented Freedom from taking her position until 12 noon on December 2, 1863. Therefore, the engraving of Crawford's bronze figure appeared on this note before it was placed on the Capitol dome.
The engraved portrait of Alexander Hamilton is based on a painting by Archibald Robertson.
Civil War priorities prevented Freedom from taking her position until 12 noon on December 2, 1863. Therefore, the engraving of Crawford's bronze figure appeared on this note before it was placed on the Capitol dome.
The engraved portrait of Alexander Hamilton is based on a painting by Archibald Robertson.