 50¢. Fr.1328 to 1330 Type. Spinner. Red back, surcharged A-2-6-5, with spaces for the autographs, but not signed by either the Register, nor Spinner or New as Treasurer. Milton 3R50.14c. Reported as ''Unique'', but at least two known. As such, one of the great rarities in Fractional Currency. The example cited in Milton Friedberg as lot 885 of the Wilcox sale might have been the note we sold last year in Ford III as lot 952. That fabulous note is now in the O'Mara Collection. The cataloguers of the O'Mara sale, to be sold May 6, 2005, consider this a presentation piece, which is an excellent hypothesis. A fascinating note and quite spectacular looking without the signatures.
This ''remainder'' is Choice Crisp Uncirculated. There is some light handling at the left, but this Spinner is well embossed, sharply printed with bright bronze, and well margined like the majority of these Ford-Boyd notes. Unlike the Ford III note, the back is centered perfectly and is deep carmine. Simply lovely. The note in last year's sale saw fierce competition when Tom O'Mara won out. This superior grade note should see considerable bidding since not everyone in the crowd will win out on Tom's ex Ford-Boyd example.
Because these were printed in sheets of twelve, we feel this is a variety that may appear with new discoveries in the future. It would seem logical that some of the other early Fractional Currency collectors received some of these notes off at least one uncut sheet (the one where this came from).
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