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CA - Grass Valley,Nevada County - 1979 - F. Berton & Co. Check - Gil Schmidtmann Collection

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 500.00 USD
CA - Grass Valley,Nevada County - 1979 - F. Berton & Co. Check - Gil Schmidtmann Collection
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Check no. 74 issued September 20, 1879 in Grass Valley, CA. Issued to A. Hignier(?) for $231 and signed by A. Morateur. Endorsed. RN-G1 revenue stamp. Has tear in center.

In 1876 the San Francisco Clearing House Association was formed with fifteen members, one of which was the Swiss-American Bank. Swiss-American had been incorporated in Geneva in 1873 with $2 million capital. It withdrew from the Association on October 13, 1877 and ceased business is 1878. F. Berton & Co. were successors to the Swiss-American Bank.

[Cross, Ira B. Financing an Empire. Vol. 3. Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1927. p. 187-190.]