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Boston, MA- Kilby Bank $5 Nov. 30, 1836 G8 PCGS Banknote Choice Fine 15.. ...
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Boston, MA- Kilby Bank $5 Nov. 30, 1836 G8 PCGS Banknote Choice Fine 15.The Kilby Bank was an uncharacteristically short-lived Boston bank. It was incorporated on April 15, 1836, and remained in business for a scant two years, almost to the day, before the Governor signed a bill repealing its charter on April 17, 1838. Apparently the issue was that "...the provisions of the law for securing the payment of an actual and solid capital, by every bank, before it commences operations, were almost totally evaded." In other words, the bank had virtually no real operating capital. The $5 design features an eagle by an anchor with ships in the background flanked by a FIVE end panel at left and a female portrait at right. Once part of The Eric P. Newman Collection, it was surmised in 2015 that this note might well be unique, and nothing has changed in the last decade to alter that opinion.
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2026 January 13 - 16 FUN U.S. Currency Signature® Auction #3600 (go to Auction Home page)
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