Lot 201
201
California, National Bank of Stockton, 10-Dollars, Second Charter (Fr. 479-492; Hessler p. 167, this piece illustrated), face Proof or Progress Proof in black, india paper on card, with red serial numbers 0000 bottom left, 00000E top right, signature, seal and bank name overprints omitted, excellent condition and probably unique

Details
California, National Bank of Stockton, 10-Dollars, Second Charter (Fr. 479-492; Hessler p. 167, this piece illustrated), face Proof or Progress Proof in black, india paper on card, with red serial numbers 0000 bottom left, 00000E top right, signature, seal and bank name overprints omitted, excellent condition and probably unique
Provenance
Ezra Cole Collection, Bowers & Merena, 1/23-25/86, lot 4030
Further details
Franklin and Electricity, 1752, was engraved by Alfred Jones and James Smillie. Theodore A. Liebler's America Seizing the Lightning was engraved by Charles Burt. Liebler, born in Germany in 1830, came to the U.S. in 1848.