2/5 Dollar Silver Certificate Composite Essay Back Proof Bank: Excelsior Bank Note Company (American, active ca. 1870–75)

1900

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Mixed media

Dimensions

3 9/16 × 8 1/2 in. (9 × 21.6 cm)

Credit Line

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund

Accession Number

2020.61.4

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Numismatics Reference Number

Hessler-SCE34

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Excelsior Banknote Company imprint at left. SILVER in large ornate lettering at center. UNITED STATES, CERTIFICATE above and below. "Lazy" 2 counters at left top and bottom corners and 5 die at bottom left of center. Right end, 5 counters at top and bottom corners and 2 die right of center at bottom.
Provenance
Dr. Glenn Jackson Collection, Nasca’s (a division of R.M. Smythe), June 16, 1990, lot 3251; Lyn Knight, August 21-23, 2003, lot 2211 (unsold); Stack's Bowers, The Caine Collection Federal Proofs and Essays, Part II, Baltimore, February 28, 2019, lot 5053; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Selected Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2020–21), 181, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

Proof banknote

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