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1859 Bank of Western Canada $2 with RARE McMicken signature

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:500.00 CAD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,250.00 CAD
1859 Bank of Western Canada $2 with RARE McMicken signature
SOLD
550.00CADto floor+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2014 May 29 @ 22:40UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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1859 Bank of Western Canada $2 with RARE McMicken signature - CH 795-10-06, AG. This note is extremely rare with the engraved G. McMicken signature at right. Only two other privately owned examples are known, in addition to one held by the National Currency Collection. McMicken demanded that all notes bearing his signature be rounded up and destroyed, and a new printing was completed with the more common Richardson signature. Unfortunately the note is missing upper left and lower right corners, and a tear at the right ends in a hole.