Macerated Paper Money Souvenir of George Washington. 98 mm disc by the National Currency Souvenir Co. Extremely Fine.<strong>Obv:</strong> High relief bust of George Washington, along with inscription FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN / PEACE, AND FIRST / IN THE HEARTS OF / HIS COUNTRYMEN on scrolls to left and right. <strong>Rev:</strong> NATIONAL CURRENCY / SOUVENIR CO. / WASHINGTON, D. C. and MADE OF MONEY / DESTROYED BY / U. S. TREASURY / ESTIMATED AT / $3,000. Overall a creamy beige, lacking the colorful bits of currency sometimes artistically arranged on the surface.From the Ralph A. Edson Collection.
