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ID

City

Bank

 Date Den. Cr. Spec.

Haxby

 Whitman

Description

Grade

Price
MA46261 Boston Cochituate Bank 1852 $1 C601 N/A 130-G2a 400-G10a A well circulated example engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co. with a giant "1" and eagle at the center and over printed with a large box serif "ONE" in red; The centering is excellent within large uniform full margins Ch F/VF $45
MA46201 Boston Cochituate Bank 1852 $1 C601 N/A 130-G2a 400-G10a Engraved by New England Bank Note Co. and Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison with  large spread eagle anf fancy giant "1" at center, this variety is overprinted with a smaller red-brown "ONE"; the margins are tiny with complete frame lines and good centering Ch F/VF $45
MA46151 Boston Cochituate Bank 1852 $1 C601 N/A 130-G2a 400-G10a Very small margins and good centering are seen on this well circulated red-brown "ONE" overprinted variety prepared by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co.;  the trim has penetrated the top frame line slightly F/VF $40
MA46101 Boston Cochituate Bank 1849 $2 Unl N/A 130-G4 400-GUnl This no-overprint variety issue was engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co. and exhibits the usual circulation soil for this grade along with good centering and margins that have been trimmed up to but not through the framelines Ch F+ $40
MA46191 Boston Cochituate Bank 1851 $2 C603 N/A 130-G4a 400-G20a Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co. featured a worker seated amongst his tools, dock side, at the upper left and a female in a basket to the right with a large serif "TWO" in red at the lower center; the centering is very good within uniform medium size full margins with mount remanants verso noted Ch VF+ $85
MA46231 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $2 C603 N/A 130-G4a 400-G20a The margins on this Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co. engraved issue with a large red "2" overprint at bottom center are very tiny, trimmed right up to the frame line at the bottom left; the surfaces are quite clean for this grade VF+ $75
MA46041 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $2 C603 N/A 130-G4a 400-G20a A large red "2" has been overprint at bottom center of this issue designed and engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co.; the surfaces exhibit moderate circulation soil and excellent centering within large uniform full margins Ch F/VF $50
MA46071 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $3 C605 N/A 130-G6a 400-G30a Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co. designed and engraved this issue placing a large serif block "THREE" at the lower center; with a blacksmith at the lower right and seated female with eagle, shield, coins and Washington to the upper left; the margins are medium size, full and uniform with good centering Ch VF++ $95
MA46171 Boston Cochituate Bank 1850 $5 Unl N/A 130-G8 400-G-Unl This Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co. engraved issue with no overprint has seen its share of circulation but still retains its complete frame lines with margins trimmed right up to the lines and good centering F+ $40
MA46112 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $5 C608 N/A 130-G8b 400-G40a This variety has been overprinted in red with a large serif box letter red "FIVE" at the bottom center and "FIVE" in the upper right protector by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co., engravers of this issue; the centering is very good with medium size uniform full margins, mount remnants are noted verso Ch XF $170
MA46131 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $5 Unl N/A 130-G8c 400-G-Unl This variety, unlisted in Criswell and Whitman, was engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co., with "FIVE" overprinted with a wide set smaller fancy serif red-brown font at the bottom center; the margins are tiny to small with good centering Ch VF+ $60
MA46091 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $5 C609 N/A 130-G8d 400-G40d The margins on this blue block serif "FIVE" overprint variety, prepared by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co.,  are semi-uniform, full and small with good centering; a large side wheel sailing vessel is featured at top left with a sailor at bottom right and giant gray "5"at center Ch F++ $50
MA46061 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $5 C609 N/A 130-G8d 400-G40d This variety, engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co., features a large blue serif block "FIVE" overprinted at the bottom center and displaying small , uniform full margins and exceptional centering Ch F++ $50
MA46221 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $5 Unl N/A 130-G8e 400-G40e This smaller sans-serif blue block "FIVE" with expanded lacy filler overprint variety was prepared by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co., with the otherwise same imprints as the other offerings; this example displays exceptional centering within small, uniform full margins Ch VF++ $85
MA46271 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $5 Unl N/A 130-G8e 400-G40e The margins are trimmed to the full frame lines on this smaller blue block letter "FIVE" overprinted variety prepared by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co.; with surfaces that are reasonably clean for this grade VF $80
MA46181 Boston Cochituate Bank 1848 $10 Unl N/A 130-G10 400-G10 This no overprint variety was prepared by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co. and displays margins trimmed right up to the full frame lines seen which yields very good centering; the surfaces exhibit the soil in concert with the posted grade F $35
MA46141 Boston Cochituate Bank 1852 $10 C616 N/A 130-G10a 400-G50a Rawdon, Wright, hatch & Edison and New England Bank Note Co. prepared this issue with a giant gray "X" at center and "TEN" in large serif block red letters at bottom center; conventional banknote paper was used in the preparation of this variety exhibiting small semi-uniform full argins and good centering Ch VF+ $65
MA46241 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $20 C620 N/A 130-G12 400-G60 The margins on this example are tiny, trimmed to the frame line at the top, producing very good centering; The New England Bank Note Co. engraved this issue featuring two giant gray "X"s at the center, a sailor seated dock-side leaning  against a bail at the center- left and a young girl at the lower right XF+ $220
MA46161 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $50 Unl N/A 130-G14 400-G70 Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison engraved this issue with two seated figures at the center with farm products, a standing figure left and cherub in a boat to the right; tiny uniform margins are noted with good overall centering Ch AU++ $135
MA46121 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $50 Unl N/A 130-G14 400-G70 This example, printed on semi-translucent paper, exhibits small-to-medium full margins with good centering and was engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison with no overprinting, as most of the smaller denominations were Ch XF++ $115
MA46081 Boston Cochituate Bank 1853 $50 Unl N/A 130-G14 400-G70 Medium size uniform full margins and a pin hole are noted, with very good centering; this circulated but well preserved example was printed on semi-translucent paper and exhibits relatively clean surfaces, for this grade Ch VF+ $85
MA44200 Boston Lafayette Bank 1854 $3 Unl N/A 255-G16 680-G90 A sailor standing on the wharf is placed in the top center vignette by the New England Bank Note Co.; the margins are irregularly cut, just into the top design slightly, otherwise they are tiny, and full F++ $230
MA45231 Boston Lafayette Bank 1837 $10 Unl N/A 255-G24 680-G130 A tiny pin hole is noted at the center of this issue prepared by the New England Bank Note Co. featuring a large industrial complex at the wharf's edge with city in the background at the center of the obverse; the margins are trimmed right to the frame lines with good centering AU $125
MA46211 Greenfield Franklin County Bank 1860 $5 Unl N/A 645-S5a 1790-S10a Small margins are noted on this Spuriously issued note, trimmed to the frame line at the right end and bottom-left; imprinted Bald, Adams & Co. and overprinted with  large block serif red "FIVE" at the bottom center XF $100
MA46371 H.B. Sheldon
Sutler		 14th Mass. Regiment ca 1862 $0.25 Unl N/A Unl Unl The 14th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Regiment issued this Sutler Note at the height of the Civil War for use by its Officers; imprinted A.O. Evans as the printer, the margin is cut just into the bottom frame line, otherwise they are full Ch AU+ $230
  MA46661 H.B. Sheldon
Sutler		 14th Mass. Regiment ca 1862 $1 Unl N/A Unl Unl H.B. Sheldon, Sutler for the 14th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery Regiment, was authorized to issue this Exchange Certificate underprinted with a full lacy green pattern and over stamped with redemption instructions in red Ch AU+ $250

 

 

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