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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1722

State of Louisiana $1000 8% bond, 1871, #944, to New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga RR, signed by HC Warmoth as governor, Agriculture and Scholarship top, state arms bottom, brown, fold wear including minor separation, deep central crease, still about VF+. Henry Clay Warmoth (1842-1931) was a construction governor born in Illinois, and made extra money during his term speculating in state bonds!

Sold for
$140