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Heritage Offers a Western Gentleman’s Collection of Obsolete Banknotes

Heritage Offers a Western Gentleman's Collection of Obsolete Banknotes

Heritage Currency is presenting A Western Gentleman’s Collection of Obsolete Banknotes, open for bidding now and culminating with a live bidding session at 7 PM on Sunday, January 24, exclusively at Currency.HA.com. This collection features over 500 notes from 47 different states and the District of Columbia, with notes of interest to collectors of all budgets.

A highlight of this auction is in fact a three dollar bill – the Boston, MA- Continental Bank $3 Oct. _ 18_ Remainder G6a PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ. Attractive and always in demand, this note’s main drawing card is its central vignette, The White Bear, engraved by De Witt Clinton Hay and adapted from the art of Felix O.C. Darley. Four fur-clad men in a small boat attempt to fend off an aggressive polar bear rising out of the water, his large paw already on the gunwale; their ship is in the far distance. Hay’s The White Bear vignette, though not specifically historic, is relevant to the period of issue. It was engraved at the time of Henry Grinnell’s expeditions in search of ill-fated John Franklin and his ships lost decades before in the Canadian Arctic wilderness. The portrait at right is that of General Joseph Warren, who died a martyr’s death at the Battle of Bunker Hill/Breed’s Hill in 1775. The state auditor’s die appears at left, indicating that this bank, which was in business from 1860-64 before becoming the Continental National Bank of Boston, operated under the state’s free banking laws.

In addition, this auction features diverse highlights such as:

Bid on these Obsolete Banknotes at Currency.HA.com.

Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctionshttps://www.ha.com/
Heritage Auction Galleries is one of the world's largest collectibles auctioneers. Besides offering rare and valuable U.S. and world coins and currency, Heritage offers ancient coins, exonumia, antiques, comic books, sports memorabilia, and many other collectibles. The firm is based in Dallas, Texas.

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