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Banking House of R. S. Battles, 1890-91, Group of I/C Drafts Printed by Western Bank Note Co.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:45.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 150.00 USD
Banking House of R. S. Battles, 1890-91, Group of I/C Drafts Printed by Western Bank Note Co.
SOLD
45.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 May 02 @ 16:40UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Pennsylvania, 1890-91. Lot of 28 I/C Intaglio Printed Drafts, Black on black border with vignette of men together at left, and farmers herding cattle at right, Checks are Punch cancelled, VF-XF condition, WBNC. For nearly a century the Banking House of R. S. Battles had steadfastly offered services to their depositors despite panics, recessions, depressions, robberies, even a presidential proclamation. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries federal banks were regarded as an encroachment on state rights. State banks, which began organizing in greater numbers in the early 1800s, had few restrictions imposed upon them. Banking institutions paid in specie or issued their own notes which were easily counterfeited. Bank failures were a common problem. The general population had greater confidence in an individual to conduct its financial affairs than in the government and often respected merchants were the conduit for money transactions. (28). Sold "AS IS" no returns accepted.