Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Mifflin County Bank. September 17, 1861. $5. Very Fine.(PA-255 G4a) ABNC. Printed in black with red-brown tints. Cherub at top left. Girl with two calves at center. Male portrait bottom right. Tinted V protectors at upper right and left of central vignette. Tinted die with pledge at left. Tinted die counter 5 at top right. Red-brown FIVE DOLLARS in micro letters repeating in signature panel. Haxby just listed a $5 and $10 design for this rare bank which became the Mifflin County National Bank of Lewiston, charter #1579. This is the Haxby plate example for the $5 denomination. The $10 is listed as SENC. Acquired by our consignor as lot #865 of the January 2009 offering from the Schingoethe Collection. Small repair on the back left edge, minor mounting remnants also seen on the back. We have not been able to trace another public offering of a note from this bank.
