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Auction: 323 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1620

American Legal Association (New York). 1852. Membership certificate. No.488. Justice, Liberty and an eagle flank a shield. Washington and Webster at the sides. Boats and train. Women and beehive, below.
A magnificent piece of engraving by Danforth, Bald. Nice certificates relating to the practice of law are hard to find. Fully issued, uncancelled. Extremely Fine. Founded in the early 1850s, it was a loose organization of lawyers, created to provide reliable council to those doing interstate business. One of the first national bar associations.

Estimate
$100 to $150