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United States 1929 Type 2 - 10 Dollars National Bank Note - The First National Bank of Easthampton, Massachusetts (Fr. 1801-2, CH 428, PMG 63 EPQ)

The First National Bank of Easthampton, Massachusetts, Charter 428, was organized on May 17, 1864, during the first wave of the National Banking era. Originally titled The First National Bank of East Hampton, it shortened its name to Easthampton in 1903 as the town itself adopted the single-word spelling. The institution served a growing industrial community along the Manhan River, best known for its textile and elastic mills financed by local manufacturer and bank founder Samuel Williston. ... Read more →

Confederate States of America 1864 – 100 Dollars (T-65 CR-121, Pink Underprint, Richmond, PMG 63 EPQ Choice Uncirculated)

The one-hundred-dollar note of the February 17, 1864 Confederate issue, cataloged as T-65 (Criswell 121), was the highest denomination of the Confederacy’s final paper-money series. Printed by Keatinge & Ball in Columbia, South Carolina, this design became the standard visual icon of Confederate finance, widely distributed in the waning months of the Civil War when inflation and military collapse had eroded the South’s economy. The central vignette features an allegorical female portrait often described as Lucy Pickens of South Carolina, the 'Queen of the Confederacy,' crowned with a garland and facing right beneath an arched CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA title. ... Read more →