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District of Columbia, Washington, July 1st, 1873, $50,8% Circulating Bearer Bond, Issued during the

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 550.00 USD
District of Columbia, Washington, July 1st, 1873, $50,8% Circulating Bearer Bond, Issued during the
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Washington, D.C., July 1, 1873. $50, I/C Obsolete Circulating Bearer Bond, Black printing with seated allegorical women on the lower left and right corners, red S/N 2736 at top middle under curved title, $2 coupon pair are uncut and attached on right border, blue cancel overprint, back orange-yellow with vertical overprint "Sewerage Certificate, Approved June 26, 1873 as follows.....construction of sewers and drains therin....", Signed by Horace J. Frost, for Commissioners of Sinking Fund. AU to Uncirculated condition. The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877. The Panic of 1873 and the subsequent depression had several underlying causes for which economic historians debate the relative importance. American inflation, rampant speculative investments (overwhelmingly in railroads), the demonetization of silver in Germany and the United States in 1873 and other major social issues due to wars and migration as well as the major cost due to the 1871 Great Chicago Fire and 1872, Great Boston Fire. Other factors that effected the 1873 Financial Crisis included Jay Cooke & Company's bankruptcy in September 1873. Due to the scarcity of cash and funding due to the financial panic, circulating bonds and scrip of this type were issued to facilitate business and commerce, since the recipients would know that the bond was guaranteed at a high interest rate and would be paid at a later date, with interest only being paid every 6 months to the holder. Printed by Columbian Bank Note Company. Rare and attractive circulating bond similar to Bono de Caja's issued by Mexican banks in the 1890s to 1910.