Boston, Massachusetts. Market Bank. ND (18xx). $2. Choice Uncirculated. Proof.，(MA-265 G16a SENC). National Bank Note Company. India paper mounted on card which itself is mounted. Red-orange full width guilloche tinting with micro-titles and denominations framing vignette. Top center, framed in color pattern border, family of elk with fawns and doe. Lower left, corn basket. Lower right, male portrait. Stunning design balance and riveting color. The excellent design is sharply printed in vivid detail. Color Proofs from the National Bank Note Company have always been considered to be the elite of the elite in the obsolete banknote series. The only other example we have seen offered realized $4,993.75 in our 2013 ANA auction.
