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Carnegie, PA - $5 1902 Plain Back Fr. 609 The Union NB Carnegie, PA

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:375.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Carnegie, PA - $5 1902 Plain Back Fr. 609 The Union NB Carnegie, PA
<B>Carnegie, PA</B></I> - $5 1902 Plain Back Fr. 609 <B>The Union NB</B></I> Ch. # 12934<BR>Despite having spent more years than we like to admit in this business, every once in a while a note comes along that defies rational explanation. This is one of those items. Although this bank had a large size issue of 18924 sheets (all of which were $5 examples) during a three year time frame, this piece is the first large note to be reported from the bank. Both the Kelly census and the Gengerke data, along with our own records, confirm that this piece, is, at least for now, unique in large size. While clearly an anomaly, we can suggest no reasonable explanation why a well capitalized institution issuing almost 20,000 sheets, even if at the end of the large size issuing period, should have only one survivor extant to date. <B>Fine,</B></I> with a small hole at the "U" of Union in the title, an almost impossible note to estimate, although our best guess here is somewhere between...