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Auction: 313 - Numismatic Collector's Series - Ft. Worth, TX
Lot: 2014

Pan-American Exposition (NY), $500 6% gold mortgage bond, 1900, #3174, signed by John G. Milburn as president, ornate border, "$500" underprint, brown, gold foil seal with crowned face, payment acknowledgement stamps on recto, one coupon remains, crisp folds, good VF+. Held in Buffalo in 1901, this exposition is now remembered chiefly for the shooting of President William McKinley there on September 6; McKinley expired eight days later of sepsis - at the home of John Milburn, who signs this bond.

Estimate
$200 to $300