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Winchester, IL - $1 Original Fr. 382 The Peoples NB Ch.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:3,125.00 USD Estimated At:12,500.00 - 17,500.00 USD
Winchester, IL - $1 Original Fr. 382 The Peoples NB Ch.
<B>Winchester, IL</B></I> - $1 Original Fr. 382 <B>The Peoples NB</B></I> Ch. # 1821<BR>We sold this note as part of the Lynn Shaw Illinois National holdings in January of 2002, describing it at that time as follows: "An absolutely beautiful note from a bank which is prohibitively rare and has not been available to collectors at public sale since its only prior appearance in a 1979 auction. While the census from this bank, which issued First Charters only and had just $503 outstanding in 1910 stands at six, most all of these notes are in the possession of one collector, who is not disposed to part with any of them. That leaves the entire collecting public to share this one note, and a beauty it is, grading a solid <B>Extremely Fine,</B></I> with spectacular colors and the appearance of a screaming gem until removed from the holder. Expect this rarity to see bidding quickly enter the range of...$3,000-6,000." At that sale it realized $6325. Now, almost five years later, the census has been adjusted down to five pieces, with this one still the only example available to the collecting public. With rarity and desirability evident here in equal measure, and in a much more mature market, expect a realization now in the range of...