| Description |
Financial Americana - 1828 Legal Document on Counterfeiting of a Philadelphia Bank $5 Note Plus the Original Counterfeit Example. Two intriguing artifacts of financial history from the Newman Collection: a Philadelphia Bank $5 counterfeit note dated 1824 and a four-page legal report concerning the case about the note. The report shows two different hand-drawn versions of the note, including the correct orientation of the building entrance on the vignette, copied incorrectly on the counterfeit. Unusual and rarely encountered. There are splits on the small folded folio document and the note is Fine, but it has a shaved upper left corner. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
From Newman X (Heritage Auctions, November 2018), lot 20504, realized $660. |
