Stack's Bowers Galleries

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction  –  14 - 21 August 2023

Stack's Bowers Galleries, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction

Live Sessions: Ancient and World Coins, Currency

Part A: Mo, 14.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part B: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part D: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part C: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 3: We, 16.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 16.08.2023, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part 5: We, 16.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 17.08.2023, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part E: Th, 17.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Th, 17.08.2023, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 18.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 10: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Mo, 21.08.2023, from 4:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

Cahawba, Alabama. Bank of the State of Alabama. 1830s $5. PMG About Uncirculated 55. Proof.
(AL-5 UNL) Plate D. 18__ Proof. Printed mid-1820s. Imprint of Fairman, Draper, Underwood & Co. Printed on India paper and mounted to cardstock. No cancellations. There are a couple of allegorical females with a large "5" at center. Portraits of Franklin and Washington on each side. There was a single uncut four-subject sheet in the 1990 ABNCo Archives sale and they appeared again at auction in 2010, realizing prices from $1000-$2500 each. A rare Proof that is not likely to be seen again for a number of years.

Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00

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Price realized 600 USD
Starting price 600 USD
The auction is closed.
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