This came with a group of Civil War era paper I recently acquired. The paper has a thicker tissue like feel to it. Any help finding out about this would be greatly appreciated.
If it is thicker, it is usually less circulated than other specimens (or it is fake), but to the looks of it yours is a really nice authentic example of that note! If you don't mind, but how much approx did you pay?
Very nice! Hers is his older (by just over 1000 serial #'s) brother: http://www.treasuredstocks.com/curr...ire-marine-ins-omaha-city-ne-pcgs-61-new.html
i should not have said it was thicker....it feels like tracing paper.....i'm sure its authentic....have no money in it.
It faces up nicely, but I would probably want to show it to someone that deals in Obsoletes so they could authenticate, and give you an estimate on the value of the note.
FWIW: There are many of these unissued remainders on Ebay for anywhere between $95.00-250.00. Most have been unsold in this price range. Apparently it is a fairly common item with uncut sheets also available.
Western Exchange The Western Exchange Fire & Marine Insurance Co. received a charter from the Legislature on Mar. 16, 1855. Leroy Tuttle was the cashier and the teller was A.U. Wyman. The bank folded on Sep. 23, 1857. The Bank of Nebraska was the only other institution awarded a charter by the Nebraska Legislature.The Bishop Hill Colony was a group of Jansonists who had immigrated from Sweden. They were a communal society that pursued Utopia in Illinois and scouted other areas such as Nebraska. The group disbanded in 1861. Increasing dissension in the previous years led the Bishop Hill Colony to be called the "Bishop Hell Colony" by many. The notes were a product of Danforth, Wright & Co., a predecessor of ABNCo.
The central vignette on this $5 remainder is the river steamboat "Omaha." A portrait of Daniel Webster (1782-1852) is seen at the lower left corner. Webster, a graduate of Dartmouth College and a lawyer, was a proponent of American nationalism. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1836 as a Whig party candidate. The Bishop Hill Colony was located in Henry County, Illinois and was the first settlement of Swedes in that state.
