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  • Lot 20118

    Descripción:
    Franklinton, LA �Parish of Washington $5 Aug. 2, 1862. PCGS Very Fine 25. Parish notes from Louisiana have been well collected for generations because they can be classified into different sets and subsets. A complete set of all known parishes has been achieved by very few. Washington Parish is scarcer, and this note would represent it in any set. Printed on white paper, without imprint. Titles and obligations are across the center with a bolded "$5" top center. The left end has intricate devices, and the right end displays a standing female allegorical figure. The first example of this type we have handled. The condition is splendid, and this is one of the finest encountered from the Parish. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20118, realized $1560.

  • Lot 20118

    Descripción:
    Franklinton, LA �Parish of Washington $5 Aug. 2, 1862. PCGS Very Fine 25. Parish notes from Louisiana have been well collected for generations because they can be classified into different sets and subsets. A complete set of all known parishes has been achieved by very few. Washington Parish is scarcer, and this note would represent it in any set. Printed on white paper, without imprint. Titles and obligations are across the center with a bolded "$5" top center. The left end has intricate devices, and the right end displays a standing female allegorical figure. The first example of this type we have handled. The condition is splendid, and this is one of the finest encountered from the Parish. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20118, realized $1560.

  • Lot 20117

    Descripción:
    Franklin, LA � Marcus Walker 25 Cents May 1862. PCGS About New 53PPQ. Collectors familiar with Louisiana Civil War currency will recognize immediately that this might be the finest known note encountered from the issuer. Once rare, a small pile of notes from the issuer appeared in the early 1980s at a coin shop in New York City. Nearly all had edge disintegration around the perimeter to some degree: tears, faults, and other maladies that often befell such currencies used in humid climates like Louisiana. Despite that, the notes were popularly sold as the historical artifacts they are and reside in many collections today. Printed on thick white paper by Jules Manouvrier. A steamboat is at the top over the title. Denominations appear on the shaded ends. A vibrant blue vignette overprint along the bottom shows an eagle in the foreground of a harbor view. This is the finest we have seen of a formerly rare note and deserves strong consideration due to its grade and overall exceptional eye appeal. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20117, realized $840.

  • Lot 20116

    Descripción:
    Leavenworth City, KS - City Bank $3 November 1, 1856 KS-50 G46a, Whitfield 291. Remainder. PCGS About New 53 Apparent. A three-dollar bill that certainly stands on its own merits or should be of interest to Ormsby and Kansas collectors. The third and highest denomination from this rarer City Bank series. This type has three farmers with scythe vignettes, in a row and slightly inclined upward. The W. L. Ormsby imprint is under the center farmer�s left foot. Three "3" dies are at each end. The red-orange back has three intersecting "target" circles. Well-printed on the face and with a very strong color back. Some scattered foxing is noted as "Minor Stains." An old penned mark on the back lower left corner identifies the Newman pedigree perfectly. This completes a fascinating and attractive trio of interestingly crafted notes. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20116, realized $1680.

  • Lot 20117

    Descripción:
    Franklin, LA � Marcus Walker 25 Cents May 1862. PCGS About New 53PPQ. Collectors familiar with Louisiana Civil War currency will recognize immediately that this might be the finest known note encountered from the issuer. Once rare, a small pile of notes from the issuer appeared in the early 1980s at a coin shop in New York City. Nearly all had edge disintegration around the perimeter to some degree: tears, faults, and other maladies that often befell such currencies used in humid climates like Louisiana. Despite that, the notes were popularly sold as the historical artifacts they are and reside in many collections today. Printed on thick white paper by Jules Manouvrier. A steamboat is at the top over the title. Denominations appear on the shaded ends. A vibrant blue vignette overprint along the bottom shows an eagle in the foreground of a harbor view. This is the finest we have seen of a formerly rare note and deserves strong consideration due to its grade and overall exceptional eye appeal. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20117, realized $840.

  • Lot 20116

    Descripción:
    Leavenworth City, KS - City Bank $3 November 1, 1856 KS-50 G46a, Whitfield 291. Remainder. PCGS About New 53 Apparent. A three-dollar bill that certainly stands on its own merits or should be of interest to Ormsby and Kansas collectors. The third and highest denomination from this rarer City Bank series. This type has three farmers with scythe vignettes, in a row and slightly inclined upward. The W. L. Ormsby imprint is under the center farmer�s left foot. Three "3" dies are at each end. The red-orange back has three intersecting "target" circles. Well-printed on the face and with a very strong color back. Some scattered foxing is noted as "Minor Stains." An old penned mark on the back lower left corner identifies the Newman pedigree perfectly. This completes a fascinating and attractive trio of interestingly crafted notes. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20116, realized $1680.

  • Lot 20115

    Descripción:
    Leavenworth City, KS - City Bank $2 November 1, 1856 KS-50 G4a, Whitfield 290. Remainder. PCGS About New 53. A second denomination from this interesting and scarcer series of Kansas notes which exemplify W. L. Ormsby�s anti-raising vignette devices. The face layout changes with two farmers with scythe vignettes next to each other and a quartet of "2" dies in the corners. The back has two large red-orange "target" circles adjacent to each other within the oval design. Each side�s devices would make it impossible to raise the denomination to a $3 or higher. Like the previous $1, very nicely balanced with wide margins for the type and with perfect centering on both sides. The handling is light on this vibrant piece. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20115, realized $1860.

  • Lot 20115

    Descripción:
    Leavenworth City, KS - City Bank $2 November 1, 1856 KS-50 G4a, Whitfield 290. Remainder. PCGS About New 53. A second denomination from this interesting and scarcer series of Kansas notes which exemplify W. L. Ormsby�s anti-raising vignette devices. The face layout changes with two farmers with scythe vignettes next to each other and a quartet of "2" dies in the corners. The back has two large red-orange "target" circles adjacent to each other within the oval design. Each side�s devices would make it impossible to raise the denomination to a $3 or higher. Like the previous $1, very nicely balanced with wide margins for the type and with perfect centering on both sides. The handling is light on this vibrant piece. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20115, realized $1860.

  • Lot 20114

    Descripción:
    Leavenworth City, KS - City Bank $1 November 1, 1856 KS-50 G2a, Whitfield 289. Remainder. PCGS Choice About New 58 Apparent. Waterman Lily Ormsby has been the subject of much study by Obsolete currency and security printing collectors. His maverick style made him an outsider to the established firms in New York and Philadelphia. The security devices he invented to prevent denomination raising and counterfeiting were revolutionary and just about impossible to thwart. However, he sold most of his contracts to "fly-by-night" outfits whose note-issuing intentions were generally less than noble, and these outfits generally went broke. That left holders of the notes with worthless paper. The City Bank fell into that class, but it actually did open with good intentions. It only had little backing security for its notes, and when the banking crisis swept the nation in 1857, it failed and became a "broken" bank. Oddly, the Territorial Legislature authorized the bank after its failure. The first of three rarer Kansas types which use an interesting style of anti-raising protection devices on the face and back. At the center is a single farmer with long scythe vignette, flanked by a large "1/ONE" dies designed by W. L. Ormsby. The back of the note has a radiating circular "target" pattern of red-orange micro-lettering which emanates from a solitary center based on its $1 denomination in the Ormsby note anti-raising system. A beautiful type and rarely offered. The noted "Small Edge Tear at UR" is a minor fault. Fully margined, beautifully centered on both sides, and a quintessential Ormsby type. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20114, realized $1320.

  • Lot 20113

    Descripción:
    San Francisco, CA � Imperial Government of Norton I 50 Cents "Payable in 1890 or Convertible into 4% Bonds" December 19, 1879. PCGS Very Fine 30 Apparent. A third interesting Emperor Norton I type from the Newman Collection. Fred Marckhoff, in his 1962 groundbreaking article, "Norton I of California," considers this payable in 1890-obligation type as replacements for his outstanding notes as 1880 approached. Most (if not all) note holders certainly did not believe they would get specie for their notes, but this this type would certainly convert anything they turned in. Uniface, printed on soft rag paper. Without imprint, possibly by Charles A. Murdock & Co. as noted in the Marckhoff article. The size of the Norton vignette and style of seal are different. 25.1 cm x 10.7 cm. The size of the Norton vignette and style of the seal are different from the previous, but the overall layout is similar. At left is the half-length Norton I portrait in uniform. At right is the California State seal, but much less detailed than on the previous, with the wavy UNITED STATES. above. The arced title "The Imperial Government of" at top center is over a simple NORTON I. Below, the obligation makes the note due in 1890, with conversion to 4% interest bonds. These were also "payable in Gold Coin." Marckhoff Type 5a. No. 3005. Hand-dated December 19, 1879. Signed at the lower right by Norton I, Emperor. Not stamped with the crude black "seal." A sub-variety in the census compiled by Marckhoff, but this is actually Type 6; an entirely different type from previous issues and apparently the last. The type was not in Ford, and its low quality rag paper would make survivors very rare. Noted with "Small Edge Splits and Tears; Small Repairs." Full size all around with wide margins. This presents very well and fits together with the prior two examples, creating an important trio of these historical San Francisco currency notes. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20113, realized $11400.