Abraham Lincoln Related
Popular "Abraham Lincoln" Macerated Currency On Card
Macerated United States Currency Bank Notes, Large Souvenier "Abraham Lincoln" Portrait Bust, on its original gold printed U.S. Treasury Black Card with legend, Choice Extremely Fine.
Well preserved macerated profile bust of Lincoln on card, overall 6.25" x 3.5." With text "Lincoln Made From Old and Worn Out Paper Money. Destroyed at the U.S. Treasury. The Figure Has an Estimated Value in Old Bill of $1,000.00 Washington D.C." There are four tiny pinholes in the corners with creases from prior display. The Macerated Currency Bust of "Abraham Lincoln" remains as made and in a remarkable state of preservation.
Between the mid 1870s to 1928, worn and mutilated United States Currency Banknotes were returned to the Treasury Department where they were reduced to paper pulp and made into Souvenirs for sale to the public. By the 1890s, the pulp was sold to various contractors such as the National Currency Souvenir Co., where it was used to create souvenir busts of prominent Americans, historical images and replicas of various national monuments.