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Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 1005

New York City Bond Pairing. [2], Central Park Commission and Improvement Bond,$1000, 6% interest, New York 1868, #13. Beautiful Bow Bridge in Central Park, IC; Street Improvement Fund Bond of the Corporation of the City of New York, $1000, 7% interest, 1861, #317. City Hall, IU, the first signed by Mayor Fernando Wood, both VF+, and much nicer than similar examples we have seen.

Fernando Wood was the Mayor of New York City during the Civil War Draft Riots. He advocated secession for New York City.

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$130