(Springfield), IL - Bank of Lucas & Simonds $3 185_ IL-765 G6 SENC. Proof. PCGS Very Choice New 64. Another very beautifully designed type from this tie-note title. The $3 Lucas & Simonds position is on the first sheet layout type with $1A-$1B-$3-$5 denominations. An India paper proof mounted on original card by Danforth, Bald & Co., Cincinnati. The railroad vignette used at bottom center on the Page and Bacon $3 in this sale is at top center, sandwiched between the two halves of the title. Dizzying denomination dies are in the upper corners. The Auditor's seal is perpendicular at lower left, and a framed portrait bust of a young woman is at lower right above a THREE block. Plate A. Noted as \"Hole Punch Cancelled\" and \"Mounted on Card Stock\" as made. This card proof is as bright and fresh as the day it was printed; it appears \"PPQ\" in our opinion. Ex: Christie's Important Early American Bank Notes 1810-1874 from the Archives of the American Bank Note Company, September 14-15, 1990, part of lot 383; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society. \n\n
From Newman VIII (Heritage Auctions, 11/2017), lot 28543, realized $960. Image and description courtesy of Heritage Auctions, https://ha.com.
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