Couer dAlene, Idaho Territory. Coeur dAlene Water Supply Company. 1885. $5. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63. (Durand IDT-1) Printed on white bond paper. Banknote size and style scrip. 190mm by 86mm. Lithographed with imprint St. Louis Bank Note Company in the bottom lathe. Above the title and obligation "…it hereby contracts to pay Bearer in Water for mining purposes at any point along the line of its ditch", is a vignette of the St. Louis Bridge (from stock dies of imprint) crossing the Mississippi. At the top is "TERRITORY OF IDAHO" on banner. At the left end, Ceres drops garland on seated mechanic. At the lower right corner, water well digger yells for a bucket to be dragged upward. Embossed company seal at the upper left. PMG notes "Small Tears." Not numbered but dated and signed in heavy pen. A scarcely seen issue that comes darkly inked and broadly margined.
