| Description |
New Orleans, LA � Mechanics' & Traders' Bank $3 1862 LA-85-UNL. Remainder. PCGS Very Fine 35PPQ. There were many Louisiana discovery notes in the Newman Collection and this apparently is another. This Civil War-Union occupation period type is not only unlisted as a series in Haxby, but also as a denomination in the Whitman Encyclopedia, volume 7. Only a $1 note is known and plated there. Printed on the back of an original draft form with the National Bank Note Co. imprint (bottom of the Homeward Bound vignette visible) by Malus & Maurice, N.O. The steamboat at top center, within the titles, is flanked by "3" dies. End panels have THREE on shaded backgrounds. Plate B (perhaps printed on six-subject sheets?). Not signed or numbered like the $1 plated in Whitman, but in superb condition. Like the previous, the only example we have ever seen and the first note from the series we have cataloged. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20120, realized $2880. |
