New York, New York. Original $5 Fr. 397a. Irving NB. Charter #1357.

ew York, New York. Original $5 Fr. 397a. Irving NB. Charter #1357. PMG Choice About Uncirculated 58. A handsome note issued by the Irving National Bank of New York (Charter# 1357) before 1874. This specific example offers signs of faint technical circulation while a single lamentable comment for "Pinholes" has been noted by PMG. Yet these elements are immaterial when held against an exceptional degree of color and eye appeal. Here a bold and intense shade of fire engine red accounts for the Treasury overprint while a sharp albeit subtle gradient of neutral tones account for the engraved elements of the face design including the left and right vignettes entitled Columbus in Sight of Land and America Presented to the Old World. The back design which is anchored by an engraved reproduction of Vanderlyn's Landing of Columbus emphasizes a similar palette of neutral tones, but its accompanying elements seen along the margins are accomplished in a contrasting shade of green evocative of an evergreen that offers a contrast seldom matched by anything seen towards to lowest ends of the grading spectrum effectively upholding this veritable survivor as a premium representative of this design. PMG comments "Pinholes." Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000. Click here for certification details from PMG.

Estimate:£897.03

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