Bridgeport, Connecticut. Farmers Bank. 1860 $5. PCGS Currency Very

Bridgeport, Connecticut. Farmers Bank. 1860 $5. PCGS Currency Very Fine 20 Apparent. Hole Punch Cancelled; Mounting Remnants on Back. No. 6947. Plate D. Another tough prospect for the collector who specializes in material from Connecticut. This evenly circulated $5 Obsolete issued by the Farmers Bank of Bridgeport features the signatures of Cashier William Elmer Seeley and President Edmund Summers Hawley and is every bit the unlikely survivor as this institution ultimately became the First National Bank of Bridgeport (Charter# 335) in 1864. PCGS Currency comments "Hole Punch Cancelled; Mounting Remnants on Back." Estimate: $500 - $800. Provenance: From the Caine Collection.

Estimate:$300

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