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Pekin, IL - $10 Original Fr. 412 The First NB Ch. # 163 Pekin, IL

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,750.00 USD Estimated At:7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD
Pekin, IL - $10 Original Fr. 412 The First NB Ch. # 163 Pekin, IL
<B>Pekin, IL</B></I> - $10 Original Fr. 412 <B>The First NB</B></I> Ch. # 1637<BR>This note previously appeared in our FUN 2003 Signature Sale as one of the most significant notes in Walter T. Herget's Collection of Illinois Nationals. Here is the original description, "Pekin was Walter Herget's home town, and notes from this city, Tazewell County, and neighboring Peoria County were Mr. Herget's first love. The Pekin and Peoria notes offered below are an extraordinary testament to what one determined collector armed with unbounded enthusiasm and considerable financial resources was able to amass over a twenty five year period stretching from 1967 to 1992. The note we offer here is from a bank which issued First Charters only before its demise in 1875. Only one example is known, and this is it. Our records indicate that this is the first opportunity that collectors have ever had to obtain an example from here, as our data shows no public offerings whatever from this short lived bank during the past sixty years. Notes of this rarity are hard to evaluate in today's considerably more sophisticated market, but our guess is that this pleasing <B>Fine</B></I> example may well surprise before the hammer falls this evening." A second note from here has now been reported, but this piece will still easily reach or exceed...