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The West Rides Again: Tombstone Museum Part II, Western Art & Navajo Treasures

Sat, Nov 15, 2025 11:00AM EST
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Join North American Auction Company on November 15th for Part II of the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum Collection with other rare items. This extraordinary sale features the largest private collection of Tombstone history, including rare and historic pieces tied to Wyatt Earp, the Earp Brothers, and the infamous Cochise Cowboys. From original artifacts, outlaw relics, and C.S. Fly photographs, this is a can’t-miss event for collectors of the Old West’s most legendary chapter.
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Lot 368

US Mint 1881 & Tombstone Signed Letter

Estimate: $400 - $800
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Offered in this lot is an Original Signed Pima County Bank Tombstone Arizona Territory Letter of Deposit Receipt from the Mint of the United States at San Francisco, 1881. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. This letter of deposit from The Mint of the United States at San Francisco, Cal., dated Nov. 1, 1881, is signed by the Mint Superintendent, H. L. Dodge (Henry L.), acknowledges the receipt of the original certificate of deposit from the Assistant Treasurer U. S. at San Francisco, on account of Standard Silver Dollars, No. 413, and delivered to Wells Fargo Express $1000 in Silver Dollars, consigned to Pima County Bank, Tombstone, A. T. (Arizona Territory). The Agency Pima County Bank was opened in Tombstone in the spring of 1880. It was a branch office of the Pima County Bank in Tucson begun by Lionel and Barron Jacobs. The name was changed when Cochise County was established to Cochise County Bank in 1882. Tombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory. It became one of the last boomtowns in the American Old West frontier. It is best known as the site of the Gunfight at the O. K. Corral. The top of the letter is titled "FORM 106 C." The bottom left corner is labeled, "(Ed. 10-16-'80--1,000.) Museum code, "EX34). Letter features standard bank check mark "V" across the face, standard three fold seams for mailing. The letter of deposit is in nicely preserved condition in a clear protective plastic sleeve. Letter is in good overall condition, age tanning consistent with age and use. Measures 8"W x 10"L, sleeve is 8.375"W x 10.25"L, weight is U6.

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