COMPOUND INTEREST TREASURY NOTES
100-Dollars, Act of March 3, 1863, no imprint (Fr. 193; Hessler p. 63, this piece listed; cf Loans p. 257, X140D), face Proof in black, lacking overprints, plate position B, several features positioned slightly differently to those on the issued notes, cancelled by four oblong punches along the signature lines, an old repair and a tear at left and evenly aged, the plate poorly inked and impressed, extremely interesting and extremely rare

Details
100-Dollars, Act of March 3, 1863, no imprint (Fr. 193; Hessler p. 63, this piece listed; cf Loans p. 257, X140D), face Proof in black, lacking overprints, plate position B, several features positioned slightly differently to those on the issued notes, cancelled by four oblong punches along the signature lines, an old repair and a tear at left and evenly aged, the plate poorly inked and impressed, extremely interesting and extremely rare
Provenance
Ezra Cole Collection, Bowers & Merena, 1/23-25/86, lot 4015
Further details
The Lansdowne Portrait of Washington was engraved by Owen G. Hanks.