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1866-67 Bonds of The Irish Republic issued by the Fenians in the USA - a unique collection.
Signature: Medium: Dimensions: Provenance: The Collection of John E. Herzog; His sale, Smythe, Memphis, 1992; Private collection. Exhibited: Literature: This collection includes the extremely rare higher denominations of One Hundred Dollars and Fifty Dollars, along with the usual Ten Dollars and Twenty Dollars, all in large format issue, with printed ... signature of John O'Mahony The Fifty Dollar is unissued with counterfoil still attached, the others are issued as follows: One Hundred Dollars to William Sullivan, dated 20 February 1866, Twenty Dollars to John Davy on 17 February 1866, and Ten Dollars to Timothy A. Nugent on 30 March 1866. Also included are extremely rare, if not unique, five die proofs of the portrait vignettes intended for inclusion on the bonds, including Robert Emmett and Lord Edward Fitzgerald Three of these were used on high value bonds including One Hundred Dollars and and Five Hundred Dollars signed Sullivan and Scanlan. A very desirable collection of these historic financial documents, treasured by scripophilists, banknote collectors and historians. These bonds were issued in America to fund the Fenian Rising of 1867 and were "redeemable six months after the acknowledgement of the Independence of the Irish Nation". They were redeemed almost eighty years later when Eamon De Valera called the Fenian bonds in. Any outstanding bonds were thereafter valued as collectibles, which today occasionally show up at auction. BANKNOTE more