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Auction: 326 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1445

Mendenhall, Thomas. "ENTIRE NEW PLAN FOR A NATIONAL CURRENCY; SUITED TO THE DEMANDS OF THIS GREAT, IMPROVING, AGRICULTURAL, MANUFACTURING & COMMERCIAL REPUBLIC…TO WHICH IS ADDED, A PLAN FOR A REAL NATIONAL BANK". Philadelphia. 1834. 32pp. Printed by J. Rakestraw. An argument for paper currency to be backed by the pledge of the government and not necessarily to be redeemable in specie. The last seven pages contain Mendenhall's plan for a national bank to replace the defunct Bank of the United States. Very Good. From the Collection of John Herzog.

Estimate
$300 to $500