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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1828

State of Ohio, Office of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund $1000 3% certificate of indebtedness, 1894, signed by William McKinley as governor, blue and red, cut cancels affect but do not obscure signature, about VF+. William McKinley (1843-1901) had already enjoyed a long and successful political career after having served with distinction in the US Civil War; just two years after signing this bond, McKinley became the Republican nominee for the presidency; early in his second term in the White House, he was shot by an anarchist and succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.

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