Lot 2734
Chicago, IL 1907 and 1933 Clearing House Certificates. Two sets of emergency scrip issued during a pair of 20th century financial panics, including: $1, $2, $5, and $10 1907 Chicago Clearing House Association notes, Choice AU to Choice CU; $1, $5, $10, $20, and $50 Chicago Clearing House Certificates, Choice AU to Choice CU. All are hole punch cancelled, and each is a striking reminder of financial panics that were not unlike that being experienced today. Also included is a typewritten letter explaining the significance of these notes, written by Monroe F. Cockrell who wrote a history of banking in Chicago in 1948. Lot of 9 notes.
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
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| Realized $115 |
