VA - Lot of 17 Virginia Civil War Period Issued Local & Savings Banks Notes. A collection that presents an excellent overview of Virginia Civil War-period notes from uncharted savings and other banks or associations, all printed locally under austere conditions. Farmers' Bank of Virginia at Fredericksburg 10 cents 10/26/1861 and printed back of an advertisement showing a vignette of a sewing machine (Jones & Littlefield PF50-40, scarce and 6F). Good to VG; Hillsville Savings Bank 10 cents, 1862 (BH20-06, a 4E that is rarer) Good plus, and tough to find; Lynchburg Savings Bank Dec. 1861 series 10, 20, 25, 50, 75, cents, $1, and $1.50 (BL35-10, 6E). Some are very scarce and hard to find. An undervalued series. Last two are Fine or better; Franklin Savings Bank 25 cents blue and 50 cents black. Scarce; Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank, Portsmouth of Portsmouth $1, 8/1/1861; Portsmouth Savings Fund Society 10, 15 cents, Good; Same. $1 and $2 notes with Spanish coin vignettes. VF and Fine; Suffolk Savings Bank $1, 1861 all blue. Others generally VG, only a few with faults. Difficult to put together, and laden with empirical evidence of the Virginia currency of this period. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society\n\n
From Newman VIII (Heritage Auctions, 11/2017), lot 29127, realized $780. Image and description courtesy of Heritage Auctions, https://ha.com.
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