 FLORIDA. Drew & Bucki. 5 Cents. Ellaville, Florida. May, 1871. No imprint. Bull's head at the center, small eagle vignette at the bottom. Engraved issuer name. Green security back with ornate style. Harley Freeman 1; Rarity 7 (Florida Obsolete Paper Money and Scrip: SPMC, 1967). Daniel G. Cassidy 86. Not numbered. The issued notes used machined serial numbers as shown in Cassidy figure 85 on page 61 (The Illustrated History of Florida Paper Money. Self published, 1990). Unissued. An extremely rare scrip note from a post Civil War issuer. Similar to the example in the Freeman Sale (lot 655, CSNS Sale, Rarcoa, May 13-15, 1977). The issuer and type not present in the nearly comprehensive Fred Werner Collection (1989 Memphis Sale, NASCA div. of R.M. Smythe, June, 1989). Choice About Uncirculated, some handling and trimmed closely.
Harley Freeman died at the age of 80 in 1977 and was a fifty year ANA member, proposed by Farran Zerbe. His Florida reference was the first of a series of books by the Society of Paper Money Collectors on obsolete currency. His collection was magnificent and included notes that are still unique. Fred ''Freddie'' Werner was a Long Island (later Florida) coin and currency dealer and collector who was friendly with John Ford and also an early NASCA consignor and bidder. He built his superb Florida collection in less than 15 years and owned many of the unique notes from the Freeman sale.
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