1792 The Union Bank, Boston $100 Contemp. Cft. VF
Massachusetts Currency
Extraordinary October 1, 1792 "The Union Bank" Boston $100 Contemporary Counterfeit Haxby MA-385 C240 SENC Newman page 216
Boston, MA., The Union Bank, $100, October 1, 1792-Dated Federal Period, Contemporary Counterfeit, Rare Bank Issue Listed in the 5th Edition Newman "The Early Paper Money of America" Illustrated Type on Page 220, Very Fine.
Rarity-6. Haxby MA-385 C240 SENC. Denomination reads: "ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS" along the top and "100" at the right. An extremely important early American banknote, even as a contemporary counterfeit. Notes dated in the early 1790's are rarely seen. This bank itself was the Second Chartered in Massachusetts and its ten year charter began on June 22, 1792. This note is from the Boyd Collection and has certainly been off the market for multiple decades and subsequent until now since sold in the Stack's Boyd/Ford Sale in 2005. This early American Bank is listed in the (2008) current 5th Edition by Newman on page 220, no values provided. This Union Bank note is completed with a Hand-dated "October 1, 1792". No imprint, Printed on a quality wove period paper. A contemporary counterfeit $100 note is fully issued and (Signed) by Alex. Hodgdon and Moses Gill, being printed from a well executed engraved Copper-Plate. At the upper left is the Massachusetts Seal, on the left end a panel with "Hundred" flanked by two small vignettes, a Plow at the top and a Ship at the bottom. Fully (falsely) signed and issued. A tiny body pencil point size hole in the body at the right, and with several small scattered water stains present. The blank reverse perfectly clean with a contemporary written "Counterfeit". The Newman plate is a Remainder (unaccomplished) Counterfeit $10 note. A remarkable museum quality note on one of the earliest United States banks that actually circulated. This current example may be the Earliest Known highest $100 denomination note on The Union Bank of Boston. Provenance Ex: Stack's Boyd/Ford Collection Sale, Part VIII, January 2005, Lot 1271 (with its sale holder tag).
KEYWORDS:
Historic American Currency, Colonial Currency, Historic Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, Massachusetts Currency, Revolutionary War Paper Money, Colonial America, Printing Paper Money, Massachusetts Bank, Federal Period, Banking
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Massachusetts Currency
Extraordinary October 1, 1792 "The Union Bank" Boston $100 Contemporary Counterfeit Haxby MA-385 C240 SENC Newman page 216
Boston, MA., The Union Bank, $100, October 1, 1792-Dated Federal Period, Contemporary Counterfeit, Rare Bank Issue Listed in the 5th Edition Newman "The Early Paper Money of America" Illustrated Type on Page 220, Very Fine.
Rarity-6. Haxby MA-385 C240 SENC. Denomination reads: "ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS" along the top and "100" at the right. An extremely important early American banknote, even as a contemporary counterfeit. Notes dated in the early 1790's are rarely seen. This bank itself was the Second Chartered in Massachusetts and its ten year charter began on June 22, 1792. This note is from the Boyd Collection and has certainly been off the market for multiple decades and subsequent until now since sold in the Stack's Boyd/Ford Sale in 2005. This early American Bank is listed in the (2008) current 5th Edition by Newman on page 220, no values provided. This Union Bank note is completed with a Hand-dated "October 1, 1792". No imprint, Printed on a quality wove period paper. A contemporary counterfeit $100 note is fully issued and (Signed) by Alex. Hodgdon and Moses Gill, being printed from a well executed engraved Copper-Plate. At the upper left is the Massachusetts Seal, on the left end a panel with "Hundred" flanked by two small vignettes, a Plow at the top and a Ship at the bottom. Fully (falsely) signed and issued. A tiny body pencil point size hole in the body at the right, and with several small scattered water stains present. The blank reverse perfectly clean with a contemporary written "Counterfeit". The Newman plate is a Remainder (unaccomplished) Counterfeit $10 note. A remarkable museum quality note on one of the earliest United States banks that actually circulated. This current example may be the Earliest Known highest $100 denomination note on The Union Bank of Boston. Provenance Ex: Stack's Boyd/Ford Collection Sale, Part VIII, January 2005, Lot 1271 (with its sale holder tag).
KEYWORDS:
Historic American Currency, Colonial Currency, Historic Paper Money, Early Paper Money of America, Massachusetts Currency, Revolutionary War Paper Money, Colonial America, Printing Paper Money, Massachusetts Bank, Federal Period, Banking
