MASSACHUSETTS. Selection of Issued Civil War Era Scrip Notes. All are very scarce to rare types, mostly in the Rarity 6 to Rarity 7 range: Dwight Manufactur. Co., per Cashier Cabot Bank. 3¢. Chicopee. Nov. 4, 1862. Red oval. Very Fine; Town of Gloucester. 25¢. Oct. 1862. White paper. Typeset. Fine; Lymen & Chaffee, per Lee Bank. 5¢. Lee. Nov. 1, 1862. Red '5' on back. Very Good; J.L. Caldwell. 3¢. Lynn. Jan. 8, 1863. Typeset, red '3'. Very Good;
Bidwell, Wheeler & Co., per Lee Bank. 25¢. North Becket. Nov. 1, 1862. All green, panel at left. Very rare town and issuer and the first we have seen. Fine to Very Fine; D. H. Bassett, per Pittsfield Bank. 25¢. Pittsfield. Oct. 15, 1862. large format, green tint and red protectors. Back with oval ad stamp; E. Francis, per Shelburne Falls Bank. 50¢. Nov. 1, 1862. Very small typeset note. '50' in center. Fine to Very Fine. Well matched for grade. Many are the first we have seen. 7 pieces.
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