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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1142

CSA. Act of Feburary 28, 1861, $50, Cr. 1A, B-11, #274, Howell Cobb, Richmond (printed "Montgomery" crossed through and replaced with "Richmond, Va," red "FIFTY" underpring, signed by Clitherall, printed by ABN "New Orleans," though actually printed in New York, edge and fold wear, some foxing and marginal stains, good VF. One of the rarest of all Confederate bonds, less than 150 of these are believed to have been issued; Ball knew of only one still in existence, which must have been #270, pictured in Criswell.

Sold for
$1,800