 Massachusetts Bank. $10.00. No plate letter. Boston, MA. '17' late 80-early 90's. India paper Proof on card, a ''Specimen'' or reprint from the original plates without an imprint. Typeset with various fonts, indent border at the left. MA-270 G218. Newman page 218. This plate proof was catalogued by Doug Ball in the NASCA New England Sale catalogue (January, 1978) as a ''Specimen''. In that sale, there were some later series notes that clearly were ''Specimen'' type issues and similar to notes offered from the New England Bank Note Co. archive books broken up in 2000. This note is from the September 21, 1789 series as listed by Newman. A genuine note from this series would be a significant four figure item. Very collectible. Very Choice.
Ex New England Collection Sale (NASCA, January 23-25, 1978, lot 1839).
There were $1,080,000.00 in notes authorized to be printed by Joseph Callender. This series is much scarcer than the later series ''reprints'' created by the bank on its anniversary.
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