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Lot 1034: Obsolete Currency New York, NY $5

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Lot 1034: Obsolete Currency New York, NY $5
<b>Obsolete Currency</b><hr><b>New York, NY, The Exchange Bank, $5, Extremely Fine with Pen Cancels.</b>
Haxby NY-1590 C30b. Sailing ship at center and hand dated 1817. This Exchange Bank was owned by Jacob barker, a prominent New York business man. Interestingly, the counterfeit type notes of this historic institution are rarer than the genuine notes. At this time, the notes were very heavily circulated throughout New York. This example has pen cancels, but has choice pink paper quality.