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Auction: 326 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1233

Gratz, Joseph. Jewish American financier, philanthropist, owned America's first gas manufacturing plant. Northern Liberties Gas Works. Check signed "Jho Gratz", 7" x 4", Jan. 3, 1839. $2,000. Payable to "S. V. Merrick", who signs "S V Merrick" on verso. Merrick (1801-1870) was an industrialist, financier, and first president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Very Fine, with neat slit cancels. From the Collection of John Herzog.

Estimate
$50 to $75