| Description |
New Orleans, LA � People's Line of New Orleans & Fort Adams Packets $1 Dec. 7, 1861. PCGS Very Good 8 Apparent. There are a few series of notes from this riverboat issuer and all are rare. Though this note is worn, it is still rare and important. Printed on white paper with red protector (somewhat indistinct due to condition). Titles and obligations are across. Denominations are on the end panels, the left with red overprinting. This thinner-paper note appears to be backed contemporaneously and it is noted with "Repairs; Edge Damage at LR" by grading. The first of this type we have handled. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20442, realized $336. |
