Beschreibung:

20-Dollars, Act of July 17, 1861, One Year, American Bank Note Co. (Fr. --; Hessler --; Loans --; described and illustrated in Hessler, Notes that Might Have Been: A Sequel, Paper Money , Mar/Apr, 1991, pp. 48-49; see also Hessler, G., New Information about the U.S. $3 Legal Tender Note, Paper Money , Nov/Dec, 1978, pp. 301-307 and Hessler, G., Notes that Might Have Been, Paper Money , July/August, 1990, pp. 121/122), face essay in black and green, back essay in green, mounted side by side on the same piece of light card, plate position C, cancelled four times along the signature lines, a tear into the face top center and the right portion of the back missing, nevertheless of enormous importance in the dramatic financial events that accompanied the outbreak of the Civil War and unique