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IL84101 Beardstown Champlin, Smith & Co. 185- $10 Unl N/A Unl -- A $10 promissory note at 10% interest, with interest payable at the Banking House of J.C. Leonard, toning at ends XF $290
IL84891 Bloomington La Fayette Bank 1858 $5 Unl N/A 65-C8a -- A counterfeit by Danforth, Wright & Co. with varying size margins, well centered, clean for the grade VF+ $375
IL87271 Chicago Bank of Chicago 1852 $1 Unl N/A Unl -- Toppan Carpenter & Co. prepared this issue with a red ONE overprint; margions are tiny & irregular F+ $165
IL84911 Chicago Chicago Marine & Fire Ins 18-- $2 Unl N/A Unl -- A remainder well centered within uniform  medium sized margins; engraved by New England Bank Note Co.; Additional notes: IL84901, VF @ $190 Ch CU $230
IL46557 Chicago Chicago Marine & Fire Ins. 18-- $3 Unl N/A Unl -- A few wrinkles, as made, on this odd denomination note with uniform full small margins, well centered, remainder; Additional notes: IL41727, AU @ $180 AU+ $185
IL87281 Chicago Merchants & Planters Bank 1838 $100 Unl N/A 175-S6a -- A spurious issue with no engraver noted; margins are irregular and cut to the frame line at the left, red rays verso VF $380
IL86461 Chicago Marine Fire Ins. of Sinipee, WI 1844 $2 Unl N/A 740-G10 -- A very well centered note within tiny uniform full margins; a Wisconsin bank payable at their office in Chicago CU $295
IL20165 Chicago P. Palmer & Co. 186- $0.25 Unl N/A Unl -- A remainder piece of fractional Store Scrip with a colorful well balanced design displaying uniform large full margins and very nice centering Ch XF+ $120
IL13754 Dixon Dixon Hotel Company 18-- $5 Unl N/A Unl -- An unusual combination--a Hotel affiliated with a Banking House; this remainder exhibits small uniform full margins & is well centered Ch CU $275
IL24907 Elgin Elgin Bank 18-- $1 Unl N/A Unl -- This  note, payable at Rome, NY, is full margined and was prepared by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co.; pocket soil noted, a fully issued example Ch VF $155
IL34798 Elgin Elgin Bank 18-- $2 Unl N/A Unl -- Imprinted Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co., this remainder exhibits margins that are full but irregularly cut yielding centering shifted slightly toward the top Ch AU+ $195
IL13764 Golconda Hodge & Carr Scrip 1862 $0.05 Unl N/A Unl -- This private Scrip, "Issued under the law of Necessity", was payable in United States Treasury Notes and presents a fancy red border F++ $435
IL84941 Jackson Exporting, Mining & Mfg, Bank of IL 1836 $5 Unl N/A Unl -- A scarce note in any grade, this pen cancelled issue is clean & bright for the grade & well centered, full margins VF $950
IL39689 Jackson Illinois Exporting, Mining & Mfg, Co. 18 $10 Unl N/A Unl -- Imprinted Western Bank Note Co & Woodruff & Mason, this remainder depicting a female at center with grain and an olive branch (?) with full small uniform margins and very good centering Ch AU $275
IL92192 Kaskaskia Bank of Cairo 1840 $5 C-110 N/A 435-G24 --
The margins are irregular but full on all sides of this issue by Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty
 		 AU+ $425
IL13774 Kewanee Union Savings Bank 1861 $0.25 Unl N/A Unl -- A private Scrip issue by the Philadelphia Cash Store with irregular margins cut to the frame line left & top; a very clean note for the grade VF/XF $215
IL84961 Lockport Branch State Bank at Chicago 1839 $1 B-156 N/A Unl -- An Illinois & Michigan Canal Co. time draft with good centering within tiny margins, cut cancelled VF+ $60
IL13824 Lockport Branch State Bank at Chicago 1839 $2 B-159 N/A Unl -- A 90-day IL & MI Canal draft with close cut margins on three sides, the left end full margined, hammer cut cancelled AU+ $95
IL29447 Lockport Branch State Bank at Chicago 1839 $100 Unl N/A Unl -- This Time Certificate has been hammer cut cancelled a clean example and margins trimmed into design at the top AU+ $155
IL13814 Lockport IL & MI Canal 1842 $50 I-420 N/A Unl -- This high denomination Indebtedness cert is both pen and cut cancelled; printed on the reverse of former State Bank notes Unc $195
IL29457 Lockport State Bank 1840 $5 S-436 N/A Unl -- This fully issued hammer cut cancelled note has tiny margins irregularly cut to the frame lines; the face is bright & clean for the grade VF+ $90
IL32580 Lockport State Bank 18-- $10 S-440 N/A Unl -- Small semi-uniform full uniform margins on all sides, good centering; engraved by Rawdon, Wright & Hatch CU $100
IL13844 Lockport State Bank 18-- $50 S-452 N/A Unl -- This remainder displays large uniform full margins and is very well centered; drawn on the Illinois & Michigan Canal Fund V Ch CU $160
IL26747 Nauvoo Nauvoo House Association 18-- $50 Unl Rust-31 Unl -- This Nauvoo remainder has large semi-uniform full margins with centering shifted toward the bottom; engraved by J.T. Hammond, St. Louis, MO V Ch CU $725
IL26757 Nauvoo Nauvoo House Association 18-- $50 Unl Rust-31 Unl -- Offered as PCGS Very Fine 30 PPQ, this Ex-Newman remainder has full uneven margins and good centering with clean surfaces; a quality example for any collection Ch VF+ $495
IL85021 Oregon County of Ogle Treasurer 1865 $100 Unl N/A Unl -- A Treasurers Bounty Warrant for Volunteers prepared by Culver, Page & Hoyne; perfect centering in large margins Gem AU $340
IL87331 Rock Island Rock Island Bank 1852 $1 Unl N/A 705-G10 --
Danforth Bald & Co. prepared this note exhibiting tiny uniform margins & well centered
 		 AU $375
IL85031 Springfield State Fund Commis-sioner 1840 $100 F-800 N/A Unl -- A punch and ink cancelled interest bearing Public Works Warrant with no engraver noted; well centered in full margins VF $125
IL51087 Springfield Internal Improvement 1840 $1 I-550 N/A Unl -- Full uniform margins exist on this note by Woodruff & Hammond, issued by the City of Springfield; centering is reasonably good AU $90
IL46607 Springfield Internal Improvement 1840 $2 I-554 N/A Unl --
An issue engraved by Woodruff & Hammond with full uniform margins and well centered 
 		 Unc $125
IL85041 Springfield Internal Improvement 1840 $5 I-568 N/A Unl --
Another Internal Improvement note with choice centering within nice uniform full margins
 		 CU $120
IL24917 Springfield State Bank 18-- $10 Unl N/A 775-G214 -- This variety has the Branch Bank to be filled in and is very well centered within large uniform full margins VCh CU $130
IL13864 Springfield State Bank 18-- $10 Unl N/A 775-G222 -- A remainder of the variety payable at the Phenix Bank in New York City with full uniform small margins and well centered Ch AU+ $130
IL83501 Virginia County of Cass 18-- $1 Unl N/A Unl -- A very clean remainder issued for County business engraved by T.R. Whitney with irregular small full margins CU $265
IL29467 Woodstock Anchor Pickle & Vinegar Co. Scrip 1875 $5 Unl N/A Unl -- This Reconstruction Period Store Scrip documents the origin of the Heinz Pickle Company exhibiting very large uniform full margins with excellent centering, featuring a red-brown anchor with Heinz, Noble & Co. at the center Gem XF+ $425


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Illinois Obsolete Paper Money Reference Archives

These Archives were formed to preserve the research performed to cross reference the various publications that catalog these notes.  The prices noted are contemporary and subject to change with the market fluctuations.  To identify the notes that formed the foundation of these Archives, the ID numbers are color coded BROWN or RED; subsequently added notes are coded GREEN.  To view an enlarged image, click on the thumbnail image; to return to this table, click on the enlarged front or back image.  There are no Specialty (Spec.) listings published for Illinois, therefore not applicable (N/A).  The Whitman #'s will be added when the volume becomes available.

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