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EMPEROR NORTON BOND AND PHOTO OFFEREDJohn Lumea of the Emperor Norton Trust notified me of the upcoming sale of two great Norton items - a fifty-cent bond and studio cabinet card portrait. The auction is being held by the Sacramento house Witherell's on January 29. Thank you. I always wanted one of the bonds, but only managed to purchase a set of reproductions for my numismatic ephemera collection. -Editor 
A fifty-cent bond issued by the self-proclaimed Emperor Norton I of San Francisco, dated October 12, 1878. Printed note reads: "Promises to pay the holder hereof, the sum of Fifty Cents in the year 1880, with interest at 5 per cent per annum, from date, the principal and interest to be convertible, at the option of the holder, at maturity, into 20 years' 5 per cent Bonds, or payable in Gold Coin. Given under our Royal hand and seal." Signed "Norton I, Emperor." This example is No. 7180 and features his portrait at left with ornate borders and a United States Treasury seal design at right. Emperor Norton I remains a beloved folk figure of California history for his eccentric reign and proclamations as Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
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A studio cabinet card portrait of Emperor Norton I, the eccentric self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. This seated image shows Norton in full uniform with epaulets, feathered hat, and holding his cane, photographed by Houseworth's at 12 Montgomery St., San Francisco. Captioned below the image: "Norton 1. Emperor of the United States of America and Protector of Mexico." Verso features the elaborate Houseworth's Souvenir Photographs backmark.
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