Four individual pieces of ornately engraved Texas currency, all measuring 7 x 3. A $5 note, dated April 1840, signed at the bottom by signed James H. Starr and Mirabeau B. Lamar depicting a Native American contemplating a scene of ruined buildings; a $10 note dated 1840, signed by Starr and Lamar, with depictions of Jupiter holding a lightning bolt aloft in his right hand; at right a ship is under full sail; at top center Venus arises from the ocean with the oyster shell mysteriously positioned atop her head. “Drawn and engraved by Geo. W. Hatch” (below Jupiter figure); a $20 note dated January 15, 1840, signed at the bottom by Starr and Lamar, with depictions of a Native American drawing and aiming his bow; at upper center, Columbia and a Native American rest by a shield with the Lone Star emblazoned upon it; at left, a martial Columbia treads on a prostrate figure, its crown and chains in dust in the foreground and a train running in the distant background; a $50 note dated February 7, 1840, signed at the bottom by Starr and Lamar, depicting Venus rising from the ocean surrounded by sea monsters; at upper right sail and steam ships plough the waters. In fair condition, with ink cancellations to each portrait side, scattered moderate soiling, toning and creasing, and slight paper loss to a couple of edges. The Robert Davis Collection, read more about Robert Davis. RR Auction COA.
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