Auction: 321 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale and Stocks and Bonds of the Americas
Lot: 1037
Act of January 29, 1863, Cotton Loan Bond issued in Europe by J. Henry Schroder & Co. and Emile Erlanger & Co. 1,000 Pounds Sterling, 25,000 French Francs, 40,000 Pounds of Cotton. Ball 159. Cr. 119. #1254. Orange. On high quality heavily watermarked paper. Ornately engraved, with Liberty holding the Confederate "Stars and Bars" flag, and gazing out across the sea. 36 coupons. The most attractive and popular Confederate bond issue, and the highest denomination. VF+, some pinholes.
Sold for
$850