St. Louis, Missouri Territory - Bank of St. Louis (1st) $2 Mar. 15, 1819 MO-45 G18. PCGS Very Fine 30 Apparent. A second, and very rare, denomination from this beautifully engraved series -- certainly among the finest known. This is a late-date note from the bank with a rarely seen Wm. M. O'Hara cashier signature. O'Hara was made head teller February 11, 1818, and cashier on September 1, 1818. The bank failed less than a year from that date. He issued and signed notes from his own private, unchartered Missouri Exchange Bank. He also was connected with the Land Office Agency and redeemed notes for the St. Louis & Illinois Team Boat Ferry Company. Few notes from the Bank of St. Louis are known with his signature. This example was loaned by Eric for illustration in Ronald L. Horstman's article, William M. O'Hara Missouri Territorial Banker, originally published by the Missouri Historical Society (July 1979) and updated for Paper Money magazine with added illustrations. Printed on red fiber banknote paper by Leney & Rollinson. The top center vignette, custom for the series and denomination, shows a Native American hunter felling a buffalo (oddly configured in this engraving, or per the Vacca sale cataloger Douglas Ball, a \"preposterously proportioned bison\") in the forest. While the scene is not realistic, it is very finely engraved and detailed. The Gothic title is across the center with obligations and location underneath. As on the previous, finely engraved ends show a moir? pattern at left and shaded pattern at right; each has a differently styled perpendicular TWO denomination. Plate A. No. 149. Signed by Wm. M. O'Hara as cashier and Risdon H. Price as bank president. Noted with \"Minor Ink Erosion,\" which we emphasize is very minor. The Vacca example, lot 393, sold for an astounding $2,415 in April 1981. This higher-graded example has a lovely layout and charming vignette. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society \n\n
From Newman VIII (Heritage Auctions, 11/2017), lot 28353, realized $2880. Image and description courtesy of Heritage Auctions, https://ha.com.
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