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Liberty Loan Bond of 1917 $50 - EX RARE! [186251]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Liberty Loan Bond of 1917 $50 - EX RARE! [186251]
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700.00USDto r*****n+ buyer's premium (175.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Aug 25 @ 17:11UTC-7 : PDT/MST
UNCLAIMED MERCHANDISE: In the event that a successful bidder has paid in full for their merchandise but fails to settle outstanding shipping invoices or make arrangements for merchandise pickup within 60 days, HWAC reserves the right to declare the merchandise forfeited. This forfeiture will result in the merchandise becoming the property of HWAC and the successful bidder shall have no claim to or rights over the forfeited merchandise.
Extremely rare Liberty Loan of 1917 $50, issued June 15, 1917. Vignette of Jefferson at left, Statue of Liberty at right. 12 1/2 x 6 inches, Includes 24 dividend coupons for redemption from 1935-1947. Interest was payable on the 15th of June and December, so the owner only cashed them until 1935. Serial number 1434161. Signed by Houston B. Teehee, Register of the Treasury. Teehee was a Cherokee lawyer and politician from Oklahoma. His name appeared on all Federal notes and bonds during WWI, from 1915 to 1919, under President Woodrow Wilson. He was responsible for the Liberty Loans and other financial measures of the war and it is believed that he signed his name to documents representing more money than ever came under the control of another man in the history of the world at that time. This is the first Liberty Bond issue, authorized by Public Law 65-3 which authorized issue of $1.9 billion in bonds at 3.5 percent. Interest on up to $30,000 in the bonds was tax exempt. 5.5 million people purchased these bonds. If the bonds sold below par, the trader was accused of being "unpatriotic." The Board of Governors of the New York Stock Exchange investigated if "pro-German influences" were at work.

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