ORIG 1903 YELLOWSTONE MONTANA JAIL/COURT BOND w COUPS!! LIVING WESTERN HISTORY!!

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BUY A PIECE OF THIS BUILDING!!! Around the turn of the century, varmints in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana needed a place to overnight and judges needed a place to pass judgment on them. Therefore, in 1903, pursuant to the 1895 Political Code of Montana and a vote of the County Electors, the Board of Yellowstone Commissioners saw fit to issue the offered $1000 bond to finance the construction of a County Court House and Jail. Said $1000 was to be repaid to the Thomas Cruse Savings Bank in Helena at 4% annual interest, and was due in 1923. Based on our research, issued examples of this bond do not exist, and this excessively rare Specimen Bond engraved by the Western Bank Note Co. is the only extant example thereof. So if you are looking for a piece of Montana memorabilia that no one else on your block (or for that matter no one else in the world) has, please consider this one, for the following reasons: It is the real thing, guaranteed authentic and original It is stunningly engraved on bank note quality paper in black and green. It measures approx. 10" x 14.5" and comes with a full uncut coupon sheet of the same size! ALL COUPONS ARE PRESENT! The bond is ornately engraved both on the front and back, as are all the coupons! The front features a superb Western-style header surrounding a spreadwing eagle perched on a U.S. read more

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