1880s The Carson City Savings Bank Unissued Draft / Check – Carson, Nevada – Anglo-Californian Bank Ltd. Correspondent – Britton & Rey Litho – Crisp Uncirculated (UNC)

Item Overview

• Issuing Financial Institution: The Carson City Savings Bank (Carson, Nevada)

• Drawn On / Correspondent Bank: To the Anglo-Californian Bank, Ltd., San Francisco, Cal.

• Era / Date Line: "Carson, Nev. _______ 188__" (1880s Comstock Lode boom era)

• Check / Remittance Number: No. 14751 (pre-printed red/orange numerator)

• Lithographer / Printer: Britton & Rey, Lithographers, San Francisco (micro-imprint along border)

• Color Scheme: Terracotta / orange-brown lithographic ink on fine cream wove paper

• Document Status: Unissued / Remainder / Blank Bank Draft (never filled out, signed, or canceled)

• Edge Detail: Original pin-perforated stub-separation border along the top/stub edge

Historical Significance & Vignette Details

• Carson City & Comstock Lode Connection: During the late 19th century, Carson City was the financial and processing hub for the fabulously wealthy silver strikes of Virginia City's Comstock Lode, as well as the home of the famed Carson City U.S. Branch Mint ("CC").

• Building Vignette: Prominently features an architectural engraving of The Carson City Savings Bank building, showing horse buggies and pedestrians along the street corner.

• San Francisco Financial Tie: The draft links Carson City silver operations directly to The Anglo-Californian Bank, Ltd. in San Francisco, one of the premier British-backed exchange houses managing Pacific coast bullion shipments and trade finance.

• Britton & Rey Imprint: Produced by San Francisco’s most famous pioneer lithography firm, renowned among Western Americana collectors for Gold Rush maps, lettersheets, and early territorial checks.

Condition & Visual Grade

• Technical Grade: Crisp Uncirculated (Choice UNC)

• Preservation Highlights:

  • Clean, pack-fresh document with zero handling folds, pocket bends, or spindle holes.

  • Pristine white/cream margins free of bleed-through, stains, or ink writing.

  • Intact pinhole perforations along the booklet margin.

  • Crisp, unfaded orange-brown ink impression.