Lotnumber: 1598
MISSISSIPPI. NEW YORK/McCOMB. Shares of $50. brown, black. No 43. Vignette of train. Some remains of glue at left border. Signed as President by Absolom West, a Confederate general and Mississippi state senator. Issued to and signed on the back by Colonel Henry Simpson McComb. he was one of the original Union Pacificdirectors. He exposed Oakes Ames for improprieties culminating in the Credit Mobilier scandal. Holding company for Sunflower & Eastern RR and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR and subsidiary of Illinois Central.
Themes: RAILROADS
USA
WEST, Absolom
NATIONAL BANKNOTE
Date: 24 January 1878
Quality: EF
Startprice: € 50