Ware, Massachusetts. Hampshire Manufacturers Bank. 1850s. $10. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63. Remainder.(MA-1250 UNL) Plate A. 18__ Remainder/Archival Specimen. Seven POCs along the signature lines. Printed on banknote paper. Imprint of Patent Stereotype Steel Plate. Red protectors "10" left and right of center. Far left panel, "MASSACHUSETTS". Plenty seated at left. Right end center, Massachusetts Arms. The bank was incorporated in 1825 and remained in business until it became the Ware National Bank in 1864-65. This note is not technically a proof and the couple we have sold we have termed Archival Specimens. The only example we have seen of this denomination with protectors and for years it has been presumed likely unique. Cancelled.
