| Description |
Glencoe, MN - Exchange Bank $5 Oct. 5, 1858 MN-35 G6a, Hewitt B140-D5b. PCGS Very Fine 25. The fierce bison hunts that once took place on the Great Plains are portrayed on this dynamically engraved American Bank Note Company note. At top center, a Native American hunter on horseback twists dramatically as he spears the great beast. Background details show the rest of the herd and further mounted hunters. In a completely different style, a framed vignette at lower right shows a veiled woman, chin resting on her hand, gazing pensively. An outlined FIVE on a red protector is at bottom center. There are less than nine issued notes enumerated on the Shawn Hewitt census and none are particularly high grade. Very scarce and attractive. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20125, realized $960. |
