Jun 21, 2018 - Sale 2483

Sale 2483 - Lot 165

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(JACKSON, ANDREW.) Satirical "Petticoat Diplomatic Bank" banknote mocking the controversy among Jackson's cabinet wives. Printed banknote with woodcut illustrations, 2 1/2x6 1/2 inches; printed on thin paper with moderate wear including several tiny holes, mount remnants on verso; encapsulated and graded "12--Fine" by PMG (Paper Money Guaranty). Np, [1837]
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This mock banknote includes a "Promise to pay Miss Venal Urbanity, or Bearer, on demand at their Dutch Banking House, Kinderhook, the sum of One Dollar." It is signed in type by "Mrs. Digested Ingham, Cashier" and "Mrs. Isolated Eaton, President," the two main antagonists in the "Petticoat Affair." These notes are rarely seen. We have traced $5 and $50 denominations of the same design, but find no other examples of this $1 version.