Printing Plates For Obsoletes In Stack's Upcoming Auction

American Bank Note Co. Printing Plates for "Obsoletes" in Stack's Upcoming July Baltimore Auction

Historic printing press plates used in the process of producing multi-subject 19th century "obsolete" paper money for ten different banks will be offered in a public auction conducted on July 27 and 28, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland by Stack's (www.Stacks.com) of New York City and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The unique, intricately engraved plates are from the legendary archives of the American Bank Note Company.

The number of subjects per plate range from two to eight, and the denominations range from five cents to $100. They are consigned to the auction by Archival Collectibles of Far Hills, New Jersey, which acquired the huge American Bank Note Company archives in 2005.

"We recently discovered these particular multi-subject, obsolete bank note plates among the thousands of one-of-kind, engravings in the archives. One plate was still in its original wax-sealed wrappers, apparently unseen for 149 years," said Steve Blum, president of Archival Collectibles.




The plates and the denominations of the notes in the upcoming Stack's auction are:

The Uncas Bank in Norwich, Connecticut, $3 and $10;

The Commercial Bank of Kentucky in Paducah, Kentucky, $5, $5, $10 and $20;

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