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Virginia City, Nevada Territory Mining Checks to Mining Stock Brokers [198235]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:30.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 100.00 USD
Virginia City, Nevada Territory Mining Checks to Mining Stock Brokers [198235]
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30.00USDto G********s+ buyer's premium (7.50)
This item SOLD at 2025 Sep 19 @ 08:51UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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Lot of 2 different. 1) 1863 Wells Fargo, Empire Mill & Mining check to LB Frankel. Frankel is listed in Collins 1864 VC directory as a grocer. He would eventually be one-half of the mining stock broker firm Frankel & Block in the 1870s. This check is signed by RN Graves. 2) 1864 Stateler & Arrington, Gould & Curry Mine, check to Edward Cahill. Cahill is listed a stock broker in the Collins directory. He is also listed as member of the Washoe Stock & Exchange Board. Signed by Charles Bonner as supt. Mining stock speculation was rampant in the territorial period on the Comstock.
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Date: 1863-64
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Virginia City
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