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Texas Notes and Currency

Texas Notes and Currency

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Texas Notes and Currency

Collection of seven complete Texas treasury notes and currency, as well as a small collection of partial and fragments of notes: five $50 ‘redback’ notes, bearing vignettes of a bare-breasted woman, a ship, and Stephen F. Austin, each signed by Mirabeau Lamarr; a 6.5 x 3.25 five-hundred dollar note issued by the Consolidated Fund of Texas to Robert Hills & Co., dated September 1, 1837, and signed at the bottom by the stock commissioner and Comptroller; and a DS, one page, 11.25 x 9.75, July 22, 1857, acknowledging that Grafton L. Dulang has bought 60 shares of one-hundred dollar bills from the Texas Consolidated Fund totalling $6000, signed at the bottom by the state comptroller and treasurer. Also accompanied by 10 partial notes and fragments of notes. Cancellation cuts to all pieces, with paper loss to the $50 notes, scattered creases and wrinkles, as well as moderate toning, otherwise very good condition. The Robert Davis Collection, read more about Robert Davis. RR Auction COA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Texas & Western
  • Dates: #379 - Ended November 17, 2011