Lancaster, New Hampshire. White Mountain Bank. 1864 $2. PCGS Currency

Desirable New Hampshire Santa Claus Obsolete Lancaster, New Hampshire. White Mountain Bank. 1864 $2. PCGS Currency Fine 15 Apparent. Minor Tape Repaired Edge Tears at Left. No. 854. Plate A. A popular design for reasons that need little in the way of explanation. This $2 Obsolete issued by the White Mountain Bank of Lancaster (New Hampshire) is anchored by a rather festive occupational vignette depicting the likes of Santa Claus seated in his sleigh along with a load of toys and gifts and a team of reindeer who labor arduously in gaining altitude while a moonlit village accounts for the background. Per Roger H. Durand in his book Interesting Notes About Christmas, this arrangement is dubbed the "Type I" vignette and accounts for a sight best represented among surviving $2s issued by the White Mountain bank which ultimately failed to gain a National charter in 1865. Today the $2s of the White Mountain Bank are items of desire in the eyes of collectors and this well-circulated (and somewhat imperfect) example is sure to demonstrate once again the popularity of this festive Christmas-related design. PCGS Banknote comments "Minor Tape Repaired Edge Tears at Left." Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000. Provenance: From the Caine Collection. Earlier ex. Roger H. Durand Santa Claus Collection.

Estimate:£1,794.46

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