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Mechanics Bank Uncut Proprietary Proof Sheet.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:1,400.00 - 2,800.00 USD
Mechanics Bank Uncut Proprietary Proof Sheet.
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850.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Jun 25 @ 14:54UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Chicago, Illinois, Uncut sheet of 4 notes, ND (originally printed ca. 1840-50's, these are ca.1960-70's), $1-$1-$3-$5, (Haxby Unlisted), Haxby has no mention of any notes from Chicago with this bank name or designs, evidently better than SENC, Modern "Proprietary Proof Sheet", The $1 note has blacksmith putting on horse shoes on an unhappy horse with partner at the forge hammering, young lady's portrait to right and arm and hammer with anvil on LR, no registration seal is present on any of the denominations and was evidently going to be placed afterwards in a different color; the $3 note has masons laying brick in middle with what looks like a female blacksmith on the LR; the $5 note has blacksmith with hammer at left and men standing by railroad tracks in middle speaking, Black printing without underprint printed on thin white card, Appears Choice Uncirculated condition but the paper is wavy on the top and the bottom. ABNC. Rare and possibly unique sheet from the ABN Commemorative archive, Rare as uncut sheet. (ABN Commemoratives, AIA XI, May 15, 2012)