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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2699

National City Bank (NY), Bank checks signed by Cyrus W Field, 1879, black on pink-brown paper, revenue stamps right, cut and lightly punch canceled, VF+. Cyrus W Field (1819-92) first made his money manufacturing paper, but became best known for leading the effort for a transatlantic telegraph cable; his later investments fizzled and he died bankrupt. With period photograph of Field. [11]

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