Did I Acquire Another Durand Plate Note?

By: Handini

Page 71 of Durand boasts an image of a sheet of the Perkins Plate Design of notes from the New England Commercial Bank of Newport, Rhode Island. The image shows part of a $3 note, a $2 note, a $1 note and a part of a $1 note. The $3 at the top and the $1 at the bottom are always found trimmed on these sheets. A $2 note I acquired back in March has blotches on it which appear to be identical to the one in the sheet imaged on page 71. Could this $2 note have been cut from the sheet since the book was published?

$2 New England Commercial Bank, Newport, RI (Remainder)
Perkins Plate Design
Durand 617
Haxby RI-155-G32
Image Contribution: Handini

The $2 note in my collection overlaid with the image in Durand
Image Contribution: Handini

A closer examination of the blotches reveal remarkable similarities.

A Comparison Near The Lower Left Of The Note
Image Contribution: Handini

A Closer Comparison Near The Lower Left Of The Note
Image Contribution: Handini

Unfortunately, these blotches appear on other examples of these $2 notes in the same fashion so it would be quite difficult to determine which $2 is indeed the plate note from this book.

2 comments:

  1. How much would one of these be worth if it were real?

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    1. You should be able to find crisp examples, like mine, for under a hundred bucks. Naturally however, a graded note will fetch a little more.

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