Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
November 2013 Baltimore Auction - Sess. B 8 November 2013
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MIXED LOTS. Banknote Vignette Printing Die.
Steal. Small rectangular 1 1/4 X 2 1/2 in. Engraved identification number "V 37136" on face. Features a tiny engraving of an 1805 Mexico 8 Reales showing both sides, but with the reverse overlapping the obverse. Also a fine engraving of an early sidewheel steamship as well as the word "CASH". Probably a transfer die for the base vignettes on an undetermined banknote. Scratches on reverse. From our sale of the J.A. Sherman Collection, August 5, 2007, lot 165; Archives of the American Bank Note Company. Quite unique in style.EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $200
MIXED LOTS. Banknote Vignette Printing Die.
Steal. Small rectangular 1 1/4 X 2 1/2 in. Engraved identification number "V 37136" on face. Features a tiny engraving of an 1805 Mexico 8 Reales showing both sides, but with the reverse overlapping the obverse. Also a fine engraving of an early sidewheel steamship as well as the word "CASH". Probably a transfer die for the base vignettes on an undetermined banknote. Scratches on reverse. From our sale of the J.A. Sherman Collection, August 5, 2007, lot 165; Archives of the American Bank Note Company. Quite unique in style.EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $200