Rare subscription currency certificate, 7.5 x 3.5, engraved and printed at the Treasury Department, bearing a fantastic portrait of Lincoln to the left side, a personified female Union seated at a funeral pyre, and the text, “National Lincoln Monument Association,” at the top. Issued to A. S. Vose “for subscription to the Lincoln Monument in the City of Washington, D. C.” on May 7, 1868, and signed by the association’s treasurer, Francis E. Spinner. In very good condition, with a central vertical fold, light scattered creases and soiling, and some ink erosion to heavier areas of the signature. These certificates were designed to raise funds for a memorial monument designed by sculptor Clark Mills, and were presented to contributors in exchange for one dollar. RRAuction COA.
