Jackson, Michigan, 1840 $5 Detroit & St. Joseph Rail Road Bank $5 (Issued)
# 2359
Jackson, Michigan, 1840 $5, Detroit & St. Joseph Rail Road Bank $5, Signed, issued, and countersigned "Ford Brothers & Co." under strongly embossed overprint, "We Guarantee the Payment of This Note at Cincinnati, O" Scarce Bowen 8, Type B, which includes the vignette of Commerce and cherub and the Native American Tah-col-a-quoit. Wonderful vignettes and exceptional condition for an issued obsolete. To our knowledge, this note is far and away finer than any of the few examples that have appeared at auction.