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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2828

E Remington & Sons (NY), $100 6% bond, Ilion, 1882, #1677, signed by Eliphalet Remington III as treasurer, Battle of New Orleans (?) at top, militiaman warms hands at fire, black with green underprint, nine coupons remain, folds, about EF. Eliphalet Remington II had begun as a blacksmith, but learned that he could make a greater profit by forging gun barrels. He and his sons built their company on a deserved reputation for high quality, and would later go into the business of manufacturing typewriters as well as firearms. A rare bond!

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$900