Cahawba, Alabama. State of Alabama. Comptroller's Warrant. 1821 $20.

Cahawba, Alabama. State of Alabama. Comptroller's Warrant. 1821 $20. PCGS Currency Very Fine 35 Apparent. Cross-Cut Cancelled; Missing Upper Right Corner Tip; Small Edge Tear at Top. No. 3753. Plate A. From the earliest days of Alabama Statehood, this rather unassuming piece was authorized by the State Legislature via the Act of December 15, 1820 and was used to facilitate state payments and the payment of state taxes and other uses. This individual piece was made payable to one Samuel Dale who was among one of the state's earliest settlers and informally known as the "Daniel Boone of Alabama." Dale had previously served under the command of General (later President) Andrew Jackson during sporadic conflicts with the Creek from 1813 to 1814 and later served as a member of the Alabama General Assembly from 1817 to 1829 making this piece contemporary to his service in that position. A rather subtle cancellation is nonetheless evident and noted upon the encapsulation, a trait that hints at the circumstances that led to the unlikely preservation of this piece of history from what was once an untamed frontier along the surveyed boundaries of a young and expanding nation. PCGS Currency comments "Cross-Cut Cancelled; Missing UR Corner Tip; Small Edge Tear at Top." Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500. Provenance: From the Caine Collection.

Estimate:£453.06

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