VATTEMARE'S MAGNIFICENT 1861 THREE YEAR NOTES
50-Dollars, Act of July 17, 1861, Three Years, American Bank Note Company (Fr. 207; Hessler p. 86 and 87; Loans p. 215, X129A, this piece illustrated), green and black face Proof, with five coupons, on india paper, serial numbers 00000 printed in red, together with a back Proof in green, mounted back to back on the same thin card, plate position A, punch cancelled five times across the signature lines of the note and through Spinner's signature on each coupon, from the remarkable personal collection of Alexandre Vattemare, pristine and unique
Details
50-Dollars, Act of July 17, 1861, Three Years, American Bank Note Company (Fr. 207; Hessler p. 86 and 87; Loans p. 215, X129A, this piece illustrated), green and black face Proof, with five coupons, on india paper, serial numbers 00000 printed in red, together with a back Proof in green, mounted back to back on the same thin card, plate position A, punch cancelled five times across the signature lines of the note and through Spinner's signature on each coupon, from the remarkable personal collection of Alexandre Vattemare, pristine and unique
Provenance
Vattemare Collection, Christie's New York, 9/17/82, lot 1525
Further details
The Great Eagle by W. Croome was engraved by Alfred Jones.