Choctaw City, Indian Territory. National Treasurer of the Choctaw Nation. 1864. Auditors Warrant. PMG About Uncirculated 50. Uniface. Printed on thin dark brown paper. Medium size part printed form. 130mm by 85mm. Local typeset in black, with floral pattern ends, without imprint. Top and bottom borders are solid. Central texts: "The National Treasurer of the Choctaw Nation Pay /TO____(payee)/OR BEARER,/___(written denomination)/out of any money in the Treasury appropriated for common National expenses/Given at Choctaw City this the___(date) A. D. 1864". PMG notes Minor Ink Burn, Annotation. Signature space at the lower right for "Auditor." At the top, "CHOCTAW AUDITORS WARRANT" with serial No. space at the top. Signed at lower right by "William Roebuck". Written serial No.145. Denomination written at upper right margin "37.50". Durand IT-15, listed as Rarity-5 (11 to 25 known). Burgett 1, listed as Rarity-5. Shull Cr.CHOC5, listed as Rarity-9 (16 to 50 known). Similar to 1987 Ball-Richmond Sale (NASCA/Smythe): Lot 1099. Similar to Ford XX: Lots 3119-3120. The wider Shull rarity rating is certainly accurate. This is the first of at least three listed styles (one might be consider it a typesetting variety and not a major type) of this particular form. This is the first type with engraved 1864 date, and is perhaps the most available. Over the years, fewer and fewer have been seen. This is a bold example and one of the finer examples we have seen. More than likely from the notes that passed through Ball and Ford decades ago. We sold this Auditors Warrant for about $1,100 a dozen years ago as part of the Minot collection. <em>From Schingoethe Part 11 (R. M. Smythe & Co., July 5-7, 2007, lot 3798); Herb and Martha Schingoethe Collection.</em>
