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  • Lot 20103

    Descripción:
    Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co. Vignette Proof Sample Sheet - Undated (Ca. 1825 or 1826) and Untitled with Center Imprint Style with Audubon Running Grouse Vignette. PCGS Very Fine 35 Apparent. An extremely significant banknote company vignette proof sample sheet. Over the course of more than fifty years of research by a number of scholars, the search for confirmed banknotes with the running grouse vignette by Audubon led in the direction of a Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co. company sample sheet. These vignette sample sheets served as a map in the hunt for the elusive bird upon banknotes, and three different sheets were discovered with the running grouse vignette. Banknote companies prepared large plates for printing these vignette proof sample sheets, displaying them in their main and branch offices so that clients could select designs for their notes. The sheets could also be sent with traveling salesmen or posted to major clients for viewing at their own premises. The Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co. sample sheets are among the earliest observed; this and the following two types are all rare. All three sheets from the Newman Collection with the running grouse vignette are cataloged here. The only such occurrence was in the March 2011 Stack's Bowers Galleries Baltimore sale. Those sheets were avidly sought after the 2010 publication of the Peck and Newman article, "Discovered! The First Engraving of an Audubon Bird", and were all obtained by the same private collector. This extremely important sheet type likely dates to approximately 1825 or 1826. There is a contemporary "1826" notation in the backing sheet margin of the similar sheet sold in the March 2015 Archives International Auction. No matter what the exact printing date may be, it apparently is the first appearance of the Audubon running grouse vignette, before any proof or issued banknotes known with the vignette. An India paper Proof on a large sheet, from a single copper plate, by Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co., with the imprint near the center. Approximately, 32 cm x 41 cm. Undated and untitled. No title block, but there are eleven rows with 66 engraved elements. There are no dies or counters, only a solitary ONE panel block at the center. The smaller elements, such as base vignettes, are near the top and bottom; the larger main vignettes are closer to the center. Classic vignettes from FDU's catalog appear on this sheet. The rare scene of Penn's Treayting with Indians is in the third row from the top along with the Barbary horseman (appearing on the Long Island Bank, Brooklyn, notes which also used the running grouse vignette on the $3 and $20 notes). The running grouse vignette adapted from Audubon is on the bottom row, second from the right. This is a very visually impressive sheet. Noted with "Small Splits." These petty faults are typical to these large sheets that often received multiple folds. The juncture holes are small and visible from the back. We have seen only one other, in addition to the two examples cataloged here. The example sold in the mentioned SBG auction, lot 5018, realized $3,162.50 in equivalent condition. It is now closely held in a private collection. This choice example presents a remarkable opportunity to obtain a historic piece of art history and will display beautifully. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20103, realized $3360.

  • Lot 20103

    Descripción:
    Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co. Vignette Proof Sample Sheet - Undated (Ca. 1825 or 1826) and Untitled with Center Imprint Style with Audubon Running Grouse Vignette. PCGS Very Fine 35 Apparent. An extremely significant banknote company vignette proof sample sheet. Over the course of more than fifty years of research by a number of scholars, the search for confirmed banknotes with the running grouse vignette by Audubon led in the direction of a Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co. company sample sheet. These vignette sample sheets served as a map in the hunt for the elusive bird upon banknotes, and three different sheets were discovered with the running grouse vignette. Banknote companies prepared large plates for printing these vignette proof sample sheets, displaying them in their main and branch offices so that clients could select designs for their notes. The sheets could also be sent with traveling salesmen or posted to major clients for viewing at their own premises. The Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co. sample sheets are among the earliest observed; this and the following two types are all rare. All three sheets from the Newman Collection with the running grouse vignette are cataloged here. The only such occurrence was in the March 2011 Stack's Bowers Galleries Baltimore sale. Those sheets were avidly sought after the 2010 publication of the Peck and Newman article, "Discovered! The First Engraving of an Audubon Bird", and were all obtained by the same private collector. This extremely important sheet type likely dates to approximately 1825 or 1826. There is a contemporary "1826" notation in the backing sheet margin of the similar sheet sold in the March 2015 Archives International Auction. No matter what the exact printing date may be, it apparently is the first appearance of the Audubon running grouse vignette, before any proof or issued banknotes known with the vignette. An India paper Proof on a large sheet, from a single copper plate, by Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co., with the imprint near the center. Approximately, 32 cm x 41 cm. Undated and untitled. No title block, but there are eleven rows with 66 engraved elements. There are no dies or counters, only a solitary ONE panel block at the center. The smaller elements, such as base vignettes, are near the top and bottom; the larger main vignettes are closer to the center. Classic vignettes from FDU's catalog appear on this sheet. The rare scene of Penn's Treayting with Indians is in the third row from the top along with the Barbary horseman (appearing on the Long Island Bank, Brooklyn, notes which also used the running grouse vignette on the $3 and $20 notes). The running grouse vignette adapted from Audubon is on the bottom row, second from the right. This is a very visually impressive sheet. Noted with "Small Splits." These petty faults are typical to these large sheets that often received multiple folds. The juncture holes are small and visible from the back. We have seen only one other, in addition to the two examples cataloged here. The example sold in the mentioned SBG auction, lot 5018, realized $3,162.50 in equivalent condition. It is now closely held in a private collection. This choice example presents a remarkable opportunity to obtain a historic piece of art history and will display beautifully. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20103, realized $3360.

  • Lot 20102

    Descripción:
    John James Audubon. Pinnated Grous - Plate 186 (Havell Edition). This is a beautiful 1834 original hand-colored aquatint accomplished by Robert Havell under Audubon's supervision. It is one of the few images in the four-volume folio Birds of America (London:1827-1838) for which Audubon originally drew all three elements himself -- the birds, the prairie background and the flora. All 435 plates were printed on Double Elephant folio paper in order to accommodate life-sized images. The engraving shows two male grouse, from the Heath Hen subspecies of the Greater Prairie Chicken, courting a female next to a Turks Cap lily, with a background Audubon's writings identify as "original western meadows." The paper for the Havell edition was handmade by James Whatman. (Whatman's paper was also used by Benjamin Franklin to print the promissory notes he issued during the American Revolution.) With trimmed margins, thus not bearing the J. Whatman watermark. Time staining along all four extreme edges; mat burns to the left and right in the margins; buckling to the margins, moving into the image; scattered spots of foxing confined to the margins; trimmed margins. Print Grade: 5/10. Mounted and framed under acrylic. Sheet dimensions 24-3/8 x 35-1/2 inches. Framed size 30-1/4 x 41-5/16 inches. Still, a lovely, full-size depiction of the early Audubon image sought by many for so long. For decades researchers from a variety of fields searched for the image Audubon referenced when he wrote in that "his first engraved illustration of a bird was on a "bank note 'belonging to the state of New Jersey." As will be further discussed in the following lot descriptions, Eric P. Newman co-authored with Robert M. Peck the groundbreaking article "Discovered! The First Engraving of an Audubon Bird" in 2010 (reprinted in the previous pages, widely reproduced online, and well worth reading in its entirety). Their discovery of a running grouse vignette -- an image less than one square inch -- on a circa-1825 banknote engraver's sample sheet was akin to finding the Holy Grail of numismatics and nature. Those who knew Eric P. Newman and his research habits would not be surprised to find that he learned everything he possibly could about John James Audubon. He also could (and did) give an extemporaneous 20-minute lecture on the artist (during a casual phone conversation) on everything from Audubon's illegitimate origins and his original name of Jean Rabin to his methodology while working with his subjects in the field. The Pinnated Grous is a beautiful, original piece of work from America's most revered nature artist, and it has the important pedigree of the remarkable Eric P. Newman's collection. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20102, realized $2640.

  • Lot 20101

    Descripción:
    Philadelphia, PA � David Rittenhouse [as] Treasurer of Pennsylvania Promissory Note for 25 Pounds 10 Shillings to Kammerer [,]Steel[e] and Glentworth for Signing Bills of Credit from the Act of March 16, 1785 November 7, 1785. PCGS Very Fine 35 Apparent. A second Rittenhouse treasurer's office handwritten form for payments made to the signers of March 16, 1785, Pennsylvania currency. It appears three signers acted as a team to sign notes from the issue and received one payment. A manuscript document on laid paper. 19.7 cm x 15.5 cm. Fully accomplished and signed by Charles Biddle, on behalf for David Rittenhouse Esquire [as] Treasurer. Endorsed on back, along the top, once by Glentworth and Kammerer, and on behalf of Steele on November 8, 1785. Docket in central tri-fold, upside down. Face transcription: ________________ For �25,,00,,0 Specie ________________ p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}In Council p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Sir Philada November 7th 1785 p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Pay to Messieurs Kammerer Steel and p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Glentworth or order the sum of Twenty five pounds p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Specie in full of their account for signing Bills of p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Credit of this State according to Act of Assembly p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}passed the 16th of March last _______ according p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}to the Comptrollers Report _________________ p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Chas. Biddle. v.p. [?] David Rittenhouse Esquire p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Treasurer Written vertically on the left edge is John Nicholson Back transcription: Received Novr 8th 1785 the written amount in full for John Stele and self James Glentworth Henry Kammerer Upside-down at the bottom is written: [& Steel?] Glentworth & Kammerer �25-10 Noted with "Edge Splits and Repairs; Minor Edge Damage." Heavy tri-folds and some edge roughness, but an excellent content document related to a specific Colonial Currency act. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20101, realized $780.

  • Lot 20101

    Descripción:
    Philadelphia, PA � David Rittenhouse [as] Treasurer of Pennsylvania Promissory Note for 25 Pounds 10 Shillings to Kammerer [,]Steel[e] and Glentworth for Signing Bills of Credit from the Act of March 16, 1785 November 7, 1785. PCGS Very Fine 35 Apparent. A second Rittenhouse treasurer's office handwritten form for payments made to the signers of March 16, 1785, Pennsylvania currency. It appears three signers acted as a team to sign notes from the issue and received one payment. A manuscript document on laid paper. 19.7 cm x 15.5 cm. Fully accomplished and signed by Charles Biddle, on behalf for David Rittenhouse Esquire [as] Treasurer. Endorsed on back, along the top, once by Glentworth and Kammerer, and on behalf of Steele on November 8, 1785. Docket in central tri-fold, upside down. Face transcription: ________________ For �25,,00,,0 Specie ________________ p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}In Council p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Sir Philada November 7th 1785 p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Pay to Messieurs Kammerer Steel and p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Glentworth or order the sum of Twenty five pounds p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Specie in full of their account for signing Bills of p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Credit of this State according to Act of Assembly p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}passed the 16th of March last _______ according p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}to the Comptrollers Report _________________ p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Chas. Biddle. v.p. [?] David Rittenhouse Esquire p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Treasurer Written vertically on the left edge is John Nicholson Back transcription: Received Novr 8th 1785 the written amount in full for John Stele and self James Glentworth Henry Kammerer Upside-down at the bottom is written: [& Steel?] Glentworth & Kammerer �25-10 Noted with "Edge Splits and Repairs; Minor Edge Damage." Heavy tri-folds and some edge roughness, but an excellent content document related to a specific Colonial Currency act. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20101, realized $780.

  • Lot 20100

    Descripción:
    Philadelphia, PA � David Rittenhouse [as] Treasurer of Pennsylvania Promissory Note for 37 Pounds 10 Shillings to John Wharton or his Order for Services "Superintending" the Printing of Act of March 16, 1785 Currency July 13, 1785. PCGS Very Fine 30 Apparent. This unique document is directly related to the March 16, 1785, issue of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Currency (Newman, p. 36; Fr. PA-265-272). A manuscript document on laid paper. 19 cm x 15.9 cm. Fully accomplished to John Wharton for "fifty days service in superintending" the note issue. Issued for 37 pounds 10 shillings. Signed by John Dickenson on behalf for David Rittenhouse Esquire [as] Treasurer. Endorsed twice on the back, perpendicularly, with Wharton paid in two installments. Face transcription: ________________ For �37,,00,,0 specie ________________ p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}In Council p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Philadelphia July 13th 1785 Sir p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Pay to Mr. John Wharton or his order the p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}sum of Thirty seven pounds ten shillings specie in p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}full for fifty days service in preparing materials and p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}superintending the Printing of �150,000,,0,,0 p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}as a Trustee appointed by Act of Assembly passed p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}the 16th of March 1795 --- according to the Comptrol- p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}-ler Generals Report.__________________________ [?] David Rittenhouse Esquire John Dickinson Treasurer Written vertically on the left edge is John Nicholson. Back transcription: Received August 20th 1785. of David Rittenhouse Treasurer, twenty one pounds 5s on Account of this written Warrant John Wharton �21 5 Received September 7th. 1785. of David Rittenhouse Treasurer Sixteen pounds 5s. in full of the Written Warrant �16-5 Written vertically on the left edge is J. Wharton Esq. �37.10 Sep. 7th. 1785 Noted with "Edge Splits; Minor Edge Damage." Unique and interesting. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20100, realized $900.

  • Lot 20100

    Descripción:
    Philadelphia, PA � David Rittenhouse [as] Treasurer of Pennsylvania Promissory Note for 37 Pounds 10 Shillings to John Wharton or his Order for Services "Superintending" the Printing of Act of March 16, 1785 Currency July 13, 1785. PCGS Very Fine 30 Apparent. This unique document is directly related to the March 16, 1785, issue of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Currency (Newman, p. 36; Fr. PA-265-272). A manuscript document on laid paper. 19 cm x 15.9 cm. Fully accomplished to John Wharton for "fifty days service in superintending" the note issue. Issued for 37 pounds 10 shillings. Signed by John Dickenson on behalf for David Rittenhouse Esquire [as] Treasurer. Endorsed twice on the back, perpendicularly, with Wharton paid in two installments. Face transcription: ________________ For �37,,00,,0 specie ________________ p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}In Council p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Philadelphia July 13th 1785 Sir p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}Pay to Mr. John Wharton or his order the p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}sum of Thirty seven pounds ten shillings specie in p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}full for fifty days service in preparing materials and p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}superintending the Printing of �150,000,,0,,0 p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}as a Trustee appointed by Act of Assembly passed p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}the 16th of March 1795 --- according to the Comptrol- p style="margin-top: 6.66px;margin-bottom: 6.66px;text-indent: 48px;line-height: 1.15;text-align: left;"}-ler Generals Report.__________________________ [?] David Rittenhouse Esquire John Dickinson Treasurer Written vertically on the left edge is John Nicholson. Back transcription: Received August 20th 1785. of David Rittenhouse Treasurer, twenty one pounds 5s on Account of this written Warrant John Wharton �21 5 Received September 7th. 1785. of David Rittenhouse Treasurer Sixteen pounds 5s. in full of the Written Warrant �16-5 Written vertically on the left edge is J. Wharton Esq. �37.10 Sep. 7th. 1785 Noted with "Edge Splits; Minor Edge Damage." Unique and interesting. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20100, realized $900.

  • Lot 20099

    Descripción:
    Pennsylvania � Bond to the Trustees of the General Loan Office of the Province of Pennsylvania for 139 Pounds 10 Shillings September 9, 1736. PCGS Very Fine 30 Apparent. A fully accomplished and early 1736 Pennsylvania bond guaranteeing payments to the Trustees of the General Loan Office. An extremely rare and complex document. Collateral (or part of it) apparently was in Bills of Credit or the "current Money of America," which is an unusual clause observed in "The Condition" portion of the document. Peter Lycam was charged 5% for this loan. This is a printed set-type form in multiple lines with two defined sections, in various fonts, on a large laid paper sheet. No imprint. 21 cm x 32.4 cm. At the bottom are the signatures of two witnesses and the issuee, with his wax seal upon the end of the signature. Transription: [Handwritten text is in bold italics.] KNOW ALL MEN by these Presents, That I Peter Lycan of Moorland in the County of Philadelphia Smith_______ am held and firmly bound unto Andrew Hamil[son?] Charles Read Jeremiah Longhorne Rich.d Hayes and John Wright Trustees of the General LOAN OFFICE of the Province of PENNSYLVANIA in the Sum of One hundred thirty nine pounds ten shillgs. Lawful Money of the said Province, to be paid unto the said Trustees, or their Successors; to which Payment well and truly to be made, I do bind myself, my Heirs, Executors, and Ad- ministrators firmly by these Presents. Sealed with my Seal, Dated the ninth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty six. THE CONDITION of this Obligation is such, That if the Above-bounden Peter Lycan his __________Heirs, Executors or Administrators, do well and truly pay unto the said Trustees or their Successors at the Place where their Office shall be kept for the time being, the Value of sixty nine pounds fifteen shillgs. in Bills of Credit current by the Law of the said Province, or in current Money of America; with Interest for the same at Five per Cent. per Annum; and every Part thereof, in such Pro- portions, at such Days and Times, and in such Manner and Form as is particularly directed by a certain Indenture bearing even Date with the above-written Obligation , and made between the Above- bounded Peter Lycan __________ of the one Part, and the said Trustees of the other Part, for securing the same Money as is herein mentioned, according to the Tenor, Form and Effect of the same In- denture; Ten the above Obligation to be Void and of no effect, or else to be and remain in full Force and Virtue. Sealed and Delivered Peter Lycan [wax seal] in the Presence of us C [Brookolm?] Jno. Duncan At the top of the back is: 1880 Peter Lycan's Oblign. p Act of 1731 Noted with "Splits and Repairs; Paper Toned; Small Piece Missing at LR." An interesting, long document in superior condition. The late docket date is curious. The only example we have seen with a significant "Current Money of America" clause. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20099, realized $1080.

  • Lot 20099

    Descripción:
    Pennsylvania � Bond to the Trustees of the General Loan Office of the Province of Pennsylvania for 139 Pounds 10 Shillings September 9, 1736. PCGS Very Fine 30 Apparent. A fully accomplished and early 1736 Pennsylvania bond guaranteeing payments to the Trustees of the General Loan Office. An extremely rare and complex document. Collateral (or part of it) apparently was in Bills of Credit or the "current Money of America," which is an unusual clause observed in "The Condition" portion of the document. Peter Lycam was charged 5% for this loan. This is a printed set-type form in multiple lines with two defined sections, in various fonts, on a large laid paper sheet. No imprint. 21 cm x 32.4 cm. At the bottom are the signatures of two witnesses and the issuee, with his wax seal upon the end of the signature. Transription: [Handwritten text is in bold italics.] KNOW ALL MEN by these Presents, That I Peter Lycan of Moorland in the County of Philadelphia Smith_______ am held and firmly bound unto Andrew Hamil[son?] Charles Read Jeremiah Longhorne Rich.d Hayes and John Wright Trustees of the General LOAN OFFICE of the Province of PENNSYLVANIA in the Sum of One hundred thirty nine pounds ten shillgs. Lawful Money of the said Province, to be paid unto the said Trustees, or their Successors; to which Payment well and truly to be made, I do bind myself, my Heirs, Executors, and Ad- ministrators firmly by these Presents. Sealed with my Seal, Dated the ninth Day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty six. THE CONDITION of this Obligation is such, That if the Above-bounden Peter Lycan his __________Heirs, Executors or Administrators, do well and truly pay unto the said Trustees or their Successors at the Place where their Office shall be kept for the time being, the Value of sixty nine pounds fifteen shillgs. in Bills of Credit current by the Law of the said Province, or in current Money of America; with Interest for the same at Five per Cent. per Annum; and every Part thereof, in such Pro- portions, at such Days and Times, and in such Manner and Form as is particularly directed by a certain Indenture bearing even Date with the above-written Obligation , and made between the Above- bounded Peter Lycan __________ of the one Part, and the said Trustees of the other Part, for securing the same Money as is herein mentioned, according to the Tenor, Form and Effect of the same In- denture; Ten the above Obligation to be Void and of no effect, or else to be and remain in full Force and Virtue. Sealed and Delivered Peter Lycan [wax seal] in the Presence of us C [Brookolm?] Jno. Duncan At the top of the back is: 1880 Peter Lycan's Oblign. p Act of 1731 Noted with "Splits and Repairs; Paper Toned; Small Piece Missing at LR." An interesting, long document in superior condition. The late docket date is curious. The only example we have seen with a significant "Current Money of America" clause. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20099, realized $1080.

  • Lot 20098

    Descripción:
    Massachusetts � Single Sheet Broadside of "A TABLE, Of Weights and Value of coined Silver and Gold, and English Half-Pence and Farthings, as established by an Act of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [Passed October 23, 1784." PCGS Very Fine 25 Apparent. In impressive condition, this small format Massachusetts broadside announces the enacted equivalents for various foreign coins in circulation in the newly formed United States, prior to the establishment of the United States Mint. Broadsides like this, especially in such choice condition, are rarely encountered. Printed on laid paper, but without imprint. 19.4 cm x 22.9 cm. The typography is similar to some Massachusetts fiscal forms (as listed in the Anderson-Smythe catalog) from the period and appears to be an official state government announcement. The chart lists the various foreign coins in common American use at the time on the left side with their denominations, and sometimes weights, and their pounds-shillings-pence equivalents on the right. The list begins with "an English or French Crown" at the top with various coins underneath. The only copper coins available were English farthings and half-pence with their equivalencies fixed to the local currency. The sheet is untrimmed, as printed, and a bold example. Noted only with some "Small Splits." Embossed lettering is visible to the back and there is a natural deckled edge at the right. A handsome piece and an important period financial document. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20098, realized $3600.