Augusta, Georgia. Union Bank. 185x. $500. PCGS Currency New 61 PPQ. Hole Punch Cancelled. Mounted on Cardstock.GA-70 G16 SENC). An important high denomination Georgia proof that originated in the 1990 ABNCo. auction sale and was the sole example. This one-denomination series, highest denomination note was not in the Alan Dorris Collection which was the most comprehensive Georgia Obsolete note holding ever formed. A superbly styled India paper proof on original card by Danforth, Wright & Co. The vermillion dies, largest at the lower center, using the Durand patents combine into an elegant layout with the allegorical females at each end. We last catalogued and sold this reportedly unique $500 at our March 2015 Baltimore sale for $4,700. Ex Peter Mayer Collection, Part III.
