Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 246

Unsold
Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
(NEW YORK CITY.) Printed slip bill "to establish a branch of the mint of the United States in the City of New York." 4 pages, 11 x 7 inches, on one sheet; disbound, worn at edges. Washington, 12 July 1848

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The printed working draft of H.R. 396 before the House of Representatives in the first session of the 30th Congress. This bill never passed; New York City has never had its own mint.