Washington, District of Columbia. Metropolitan Bank. 1854 $5. PMG Very Fine 30. (DC-295 UNL) Plate A. No. 226. Feb. 1, 1854. Imprint of Wellstood, Hanks, Hay, and Whiting, New York. This is an Unlisted variety in Haxby because it has a partially engraved date and a blue back. Large red "FIVE" protector and loads of varied vignettes. The District of Columbia had innumerable fraudulent banks during the 19th century and this was one of them. Really scarce and very handsome for the grade.
