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National Bank Note Pair!

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Exonumia Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
National Bank Note Pair!
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1) Continental Bank Note Company Engravers Plate. This sheet would have been sent to National Banks with samples of what the Continental Company could do. Intense competition for contracts to engrave and print U.S. Treasury bank notes raged among engraving firms prior to 1876. The struggle ended that year, when the government assumed responsibility for printing all currency. Founded in early 1863, the Continental Bank Note Company (CBNCo) promised greater efficiency and profitability than its competitors. It melded business savvy, independent and highly skilled engraving, and well-connected entrepreneurs to secure important contracts, among them the U.S. Treasury Department's sole currency contract. CBNCo triumphed where the National Bank Note, American Bank Note, and Butler & Carpenter failed, an incredible accomplishment for a newly-formed company. And this engraver's sample sheet is what helped to sell this company! Three horizontal folds. Middle is heavy. 1.5" tear on right. 2) Rocky Mountain National Bank check, Central City, Colorado. 1885. From TH Potter to A Ipsen. Potter was also the treasurer of the Central and Middle Park Wagon Road in 1871. Light discoloration top and left. Date: c1870, 1886 Location: HWAC# 53580