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Catalog Information
GSID:
386173
Variety:
C: Western river steamboat moving to rt., wharf in bkgd. L: V/oval portrait of Clay. R: 5/oval portrait of Washington. Overprint: red ornate FIVE. Altered from $5 Waubeek Bank, De Soto, NE-30-G8a.
Coin Date:
_1857
Denomination:
$5
Coinage Type:
Altered, Spurious and Unattributed Non-Genuine Notes
PCGS #:
NY2220A5
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Subject: I would like to contribute catalog info to CDN for _1857 $5 C: Western river steamboat moving to rt., wharf in bkgd. L: V/oval portrait of Clay. R: 5/oval portrait of Washington. Overprint: red ornate FIVE. Altered from $5 Waubeek Bank, De Soto, NE-30-G8a. (Fr. NY2220A5)
Body: Referring page: http://livetest.greysheet.com/prices/item/obsolete-currency-new-york-ny2220A5/gsid/386173 GSID: 386173 Title: _1857 $5 C: Western river steamboat moving to rt., wharf in bkgd. L: V/oval portrait of Clay. R: 5/oval portrait of Washington. Overprint: red ornate FIVE. Altered from $5 Waubeek Bank, De Soto, NE-30-G8a. (Fr. NY2220A5)
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Request Pricing_18_ $1 C: 1; woman stdg. with sword and scroll in rt. hand and left arm above cherub with cornucopia; large oval lathework die. L: ornate scrollwork with pledge, "PUBLIC STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE"/ONE. R: ONE/woman std. with distaff, train in distance at left. BS: unknown. Back: brown-orange lathework. (Fr. NY2215G2)
_18_ $1 C: 1; eagle perched on bare branch; 1/large ornate ONE bearing cherubs. L: ONE/square 1/2-length figure of woman wearing bonnet and holding sickle/ONE. R: woman stdg. in large ornate 1, with pledge "PUBLIC STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE" across at left. BS: cupid. Registered in the Comptroller's Office. (Fr. NY2215G4)
_18_ $1 As above, except for change in registration statement from Comptroller's Office to Bank Dept. (Fr. NY2215G4a)
_18_ $2 C: woman std. holding sickle and caduceus, sheaves at left; 2. L: TWO/large oval state die with pledge, "PUBLIC STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE" around it/TWO. R: corn above and below oval view of young man std. with hammer, anvil and cornucopia. BS: sheaf, beehive, etc. Back: red lathework and denomination. (Fr. NY2215G6)
_18_ $2 As above, except has plain back. Registered in the Comptroller's Office. (Fr. NY2215G6a)
_18_ $2 Same as G6a, except registration statement changed from Comptroller's Office to Bank Dept. (Fr. NY2215G6b)
_18_ $5 C: four allegorical figures, woman holding up globe in ctr., Mercury and two lions at rt. L: 5/large oval state die with pledge, "PUBLIC STOCKS" around it/FIVE. R: 5/Minerva std., in oval/FIVE. BS: unknown. Back: red lathework and denomination. (Fr. NY2215G8)
_18_ $5 As above, except Stocks and Real Estate pledged. (Fr. NY2215G8a)
_18_ $5 Same as G8a, except has plain back. Registered in the Comptroller's Office. (Fr. NY2215G8b)
_18_ $5 Same as G8b, except registration statement changed from Comptroller's Office to Bank Dept. (Fr. NY2215G8c)
_18_ $10 Same as G10c, except the pledge around the oval state die at the left reads, "PUBLIC STOCKS" (instead of "PUBLIC STOCKS & REAL ESTATE", and the back has red lathework and denomination. (Fr. NY2215G10a)
_18_ $10 As above, except Stocks and Real Estate pledged. (Fr. NY2215G10b)
_18_ $10 Same as G10b, except has plain back. Registered in the Comptroller's Office. (Fr. NY2215G10c)
_18_ $10 Same as G10c, except registration statement changed from Comptroller's Office to Bank Dept. (Fr. NY2215G10d)
_18_ $5 C: Moneta std. with key in rt. hand, receiving bag of coin from Mercury in clouds at rt., griffin on chest at left; 5 on large die. L: 5 on large die/woman std. on bale, holding balance in left hand, ship at rt. R: FIVE/two allegorical women std. with caduceus, shield and cornucopia. BS: pledge, in circle. Altered from $5 Chippeway County Bank, Sault De St. Mary, MI-390-G8. (Fr. NY2215A5)
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