608

Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Company 1824 Proof Advertising Sheet

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:650.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Company 1824 Proof Advertising Sheet
PLEASE CONTACT US TO REGISTER FOR LIVE BIDDING OR ABSENTEE BIDDING AT:

PH: 1-201-944-4800
FAX: 1-201-839-3336
Web: www.archivesinternational.com
Email: info@archivesinternational.com

TheTimed Internet Auction will take place on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 beginning at 11:00 AM EST.
Philadelphia. 1824, 12 1/2" x 15 1/2". With over sixty intaglio engraved vignettes, counters and end panels by one of the premier bank note companies of the 1820s. Near the top is an advertising bank note with an ornamental 5 near the center and Franklin and Washington at the sides. The reason for printing and distributing this type of sheet is made clear by the text on the bank note - "This Specimen of Work to prevent FORGERIES is respectfully submitted to the Banking Institutions of the UNITED STATES." Lightly pasted on to a contemporary ledger sheet that was used as a scrapbook page. Trimmed to the outside border, otherwise Choice VF.