拍品描述： United States of America. Consol of 1867, per Acts of May 3, 1865 and April 12, 1866. $1000 6% Registered Consol of 1867 Bond. Hessler X150D. Issued. Fine.It is an amazing feat that this bond certificate still exists and can be collected. These Consolidated loan certificates or "Consols" were first issued in 1867, though they were authorized in 1865. They acted as "Five-Twenty" and ultimately bore no further interest after July 1, 1887. The certificate itself is apparently uncancelled, but was transferred in 1869 to the Columbia Fire Insurance Company, New York. "Engraved and Printed" on bond paper at the Treasury Department, the imprint at the top. 32.0cm by 19.5cm. Green frame surrounds titles and text. At top center is a titled image of the United States Treasury Building. Green 1000 protector. The transfer frame on back printed in red. Plate B. No. 15492. A fully issued, July 30, 1867, and transferred bond. This is a highly important bond. The Hessler Plate Bond is likely a Specimen observed at the Bureau of the Public Debt. This colorful example has multiple folds with some splitting (one edge mended with hinge), though the color is sharp for the grade. There are a few body holes. It is an exceedingly rare and desirable federal loan without cancellations. Another will be difficult to find after this opportunity passes.From the John E. Herzog Collection; 1996 Strasburg Sale #154 (R.M. Smythe & Co., September 20, 1996, lot 2346).