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Auction: 10USA - NYC Currency and Stock & Bond Auction
Lot: 1387

GA. Savannah. Bank of the State of Georgia. $10. Mid-1850s-60s. (GA-330 G62a). Green counters and protector. Proprietary Modern Proof. A view of Monterey Square in Savannah with the Casimir Pulaski Monument in the center of the square. A lovely banknote with charming view of one of Savanah´s most picturesque squares! ABN. Uncirculated. The Pulaski Monument in Monterey Square was done by Launitz in 1852. Made of Italian marble, it is approximately 55 feet tall. At the top of the shaft, a statue of Liberty, with an American flag in her left hand and the laurel wreath in her right. The monument honors General Count Casimir Pulaski for his loyalty to the cause of liberty during the American Revolutionary War. Pulaski fought with Washington in Brandywine and Germantown. He was mortally wounded in 1779 while fighting with the Pulaski Legion in the Siege of Savannah. Monterey Square is also home to the first synagogue in the South and the only Gothic-style temple in America in 1878 - Temple Mickve Israel. Also on the square, Mercer House, built by Hugh Mercer and later owned by Jim Williams, was featured prominently in John Berendt´s 1994 novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Today, all but one building (the United Way) are original to the square. Estimate US$ 750-1,250

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$725