Shippensburg, PA - Farmers & Mechanics Bank of Shippensburg $1 Nov. 1, 1864 G2a Hoober 368-1 PMG Fine 12.. ...

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Shippensburg, PA - Farmers & Mechanics Bank of Shippensburg $1 Nov. 1, 1864 G2a Hoober 368-1 PMG Fine 12.
There are only few examples known of this very handsome American Bank Note Co., Philadelphia engraved type. In a rather unusual layout, none of the design elements are horizontally centered. In the upper left corner, the head of a horse is depicted, with the visible eye turned toward the viewer. Slightly left of center is the Auditor's seal, which is flanked by green lathe work "1" protectors over swaths of green micro-lettering. A portrait of a small child, P.M. Wolseiffer (who at age 15, in 1872, founded the eponymous stamp dealership), is to the right, next to the counter in the corner. The group of men at lower right discuss a project in a blacksmith shop. The banknote company engraved a vignette that would be impossible to fake. Noted as "Previously Mounted." The Newman example graded PCGS Apparent Very Fine 20 yet still closed in on the $1,000 figure.