Republic of Texas 1843 25¢ Exchequer Bill
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Although Exchequer Bills were printed in denominations of $100, $50, $20, $10, $5, $3, $2, $1, 75¢, 50¢, 25¢, 12½¢ (the seemingly odd amount of 12½¢ being a “bit” or ⅛ of a Spanish “piece of 8”), any Exchequer Bill in any condition is very rare.
The note above is a 25¢ Exchequer Bill from the Republic of Texas dated May 1, 1843, that PCGS Banknote graded VF25 Details, with notations of Minor Rust and Restoration. Even given that grade, this is the highest-graded example of a 25¢ note and is tied as the highest-graded example for all Exchequer Notes seen at major auction houses to date.
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Very nice!
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Yes, a very nice example, although the fractional denominations are the "common" ones.
I've found many great rarities in the wild but not this one, yet. I'll bet there's another example or two out there waiting to be discovered.
Keep checking them old scrapbooks. Remember this was worthless paper when they were glued in there along with newspaper articles and recipes, 150 years ago.
I really like that PCGS holder.
Cool
I learned something new today. I had never heard of an "exchequer bill" before.