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Auction: 324 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1430

Merchants and Mechanics Insurance Company of Philadelphia 1857. 10 shares Capital Stock. Issued, not cancelled. No.31. Men on the beach fire a cannon loaded with a rescue line to a ship foundering in the surf. Sailor and fire hydrants, left. Mechanic, as on Confederate notes, right. Canal barge below. All beautifully engraved and printed by Baldwin, Bald & Cousland, New York. VF+. An excellent example of one of the nicest bank note quality certificates ever issued. Rarely offered.


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$350