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Chicago, IL - $20 Original Fr. 429 The Corn

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD
Chicago, IL - $20 Original Fr. 429 The Corn
<B>Chicago, IL</B></I> - $20 Original Fr. 429 <B>The Corn Exchange NB</B></I> Ch. # 1709<BR> An excessively rare note from the first of two identically titled institutions. This is both a rare early type as well as a rare bank, with only three examples from this issuer recorded in the Kelly census. In fact, according to that census, this specimen is the only Original Series $20 reported to date from any Chicago bank. Only First Charters were issued here, with the bank bowing out after a short nine year run in 1879. Tom obtained this <B>Very Fine </B></I>example from the Walter Herget collection of Illinois Nationals, which we sold back in 2003. Estimated there at $2500-4500, it realized $4830. Now, in a far more sophisticated market for National Bank Note rarities, it will once again likely surpass our conservative estimate of...<BR><I>From The Thomas M. Flynn Collection</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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