1800's $2 The Searsport Bank note from Searsport, Maine.
This bank operated from 1853 until it closed in 1867.
An attractive Maine note printed by the American Bank Note Company with a large ship Vignette unofficially known as Baltic.
Baltic subsequently operated as a coastal steamer along the East Coast of the United States, and later served as a transport for the Union cause during the American Civil War before briefly returning to transatlantic service. In her final years she was converted into a sailing ship. Baltic was scrapped in 1880.
This note is PMG Graded Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ (Exceptional Paper Quality) with printing wrinkles observed.
1800's $2 The Searsport Bank note from Searsport, Maine.
This bank operated from 1853 until it closed in 1867.
An attractive Maine note printed by the American Bank Note Company with a large ship Vignette unofficially known as Baltic.
Baltic subsequently operated as a coastal steamer along the East Coast of the United States, and later served as a transport for the Union cause during the American Civil War before briefly returning to transatlantic service. In her final years she was converted into a sailing ship. Baltic was scrapped in 1880.
This note is PMG Graded Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ (Exceptional Paper Quality) with printing wrinkles observed.
