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1862年法定货币票据100美元 PCGS Currency 63
Type of Friedberg 166 (W3432-W3435). 1862 $100 Legal Tender Note. PCGS Currency Choice New 63. Face and Back Proof.Hessler-1120. India paper face and back married on card. The Hessler Plate Note. Plate D. Iconic "Spread Eagle," vignette upper left and three 100 die counters at left, right of center and upper right. Serpentine UNITED STATES across center. "SERIES" printed at bottom right without numbering. Script date of March 10th 1862. Given the series imprint, script date and second obligation back, the proper attribution would be Friedberg 166. That catalog number is listed as "Unknown," in Friedberg and unpublished in this configuration in the Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Paper Money. Otherwise it could be considered a mix of the earlier Fr. 165 type with a later Fr. 167 back. Given the pedigree, we prefer the Fr. 166 attribution as was stated in the 1979 Nasca sale where this note was last publicly offered. Back, full width engraving showing intricate counters woven into the design. Large central circle with obligation within and angled U.S. devices surrounding. The first federal issue to feature an eagle. Of a type that in issued form is incredible rare with this much appeal. Formerly sold in a 1979 Nasca sale where it was described as follows:pem"This proof, when compared with the photographed Friedberg plate note, makes the latter look like a muddy low quality Brockway [counterfeit) product. This note was apparently given to James Gallatin, son of Albert Gallatin, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1801-1813, Minister abroad, President of the National (later Gallatin) Bank, founder of the New York Historical Society etc. His son was among the key New York bankers consulted on tax and monetary policies in early 1862./empem"While he opposed the Legal Tender Act, he suggested the distribution of proofs to key bankers in New York as an anti-counterfeiting device and at the direction of Secretary Salmon Chase, Assistant Treasurer John C. Cisco sent some to the New York bankers including Gallatin./empem"After Gallatins death, these and other items were found among his papers and given to a New York institution which held them for many years and then, some years ago, disposed of them for items more in keeping with its primary functions."/empA truly special item and one of an impressive array of proof notes from this early series in the Caine Collection. Certainly a piece with a prodigious pedigree. PCGS Currency mentions "Small Tears, Minor Stains" in the comments section of the holder.ppEx. Harry E. Jones; Nascas sale of November 12-14, 1979, lot 1664.; Ex. Gallatin Collection. |
