Friedberg Unlisted (W-Unlisted). ND (Circa 1902) $5 National Bank Note. PCGS Currency Choice About New 58. Face Wash Drawing.Hessler-NBE33. The Hessler Plate Note. Original wash drawing art for a proposed Series of 1902 National Bank Note face. Attributed to Ostrander Smith. Pencil, chalk, and water color on thin Bristol board. Left end, female as Union and Civilization and at the right end, female as Commercial History (as attributed in Hessler). Seal and serial details, Washington Monument and Capitol in the interior details. The centers with just some sketched lines. Original art for banknotes is not often seen. A unique, hand crafted piece of art for the bank note scholar. Banged around a bit over multiple decades. The drawing sliced in two long ago down the center and the lower corner is shaved off, but just away from the drawing into the corner. Matted and framed it would display very well. Last sold in the Stacks sale of the 52 Collection, Part II, where it realized $4,887.50.From the Arthur M. Kagin Collection; Stacks sale of the 52 Collection, Part II, January 25, 2011, lot 3319; R.M. Smythes sale of June 13-14, 2003, lot 2458.
