Lot 486
Wesley Wheless Overstamps on Bank of August Notes. Wesley Wheless was a Tennessee merchent who was in the banking business with his father-in-law Nicholas Hobson, owned the Bank of Nashville, and was an agent for several other banks. He died at the early age of 37, when he took his family to Liverpool, England and developed a fever while there which killed him. According to family legend, his wife, Susan Hobson Wheless, had his body hidden in a piano box packed with salt, stowed in the hold of the ship, and transported back with the family to America. Since civil war had just broken out in the U.S., this was undoubtedly a voyage undertaken with some risk of peril.
These four notes, all on the Bank of Augusta, GA, carry overstamps of Wesley Wheless as agent. Each is also graded by PCGS Currency: $5.00 May 1, 1849 (G-1069, W-110-005-G190, Haxby 30-G68), Good 4, CC cancelled; $10.00 May 1, 1849 (G-1069, W-110-010-G230, Haxby 30-G82), Fine 15 Apparent, CC cancelled, edge damage, rust stains, minor ink erosion; $20.00 Sept. 3, 1836 (G-1069, W-110-020-G280, Haxby 30-G96), Very Good 8 Apparent, CC cancelled, edge damage and tears, partial postage stamp affixed to back; and a $20.00 July 4, 1850 (G-1069, W-110-020-G290, Haxby 30-G98), Fine 12 Apparent, CC cancelled, edge splits, tears, and damage, stains, pinholes. Lot of 4 notes. Estimate Value $150 - 200
From the Ora Eads Collection.
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