Fenian bond / Irish National Bonds, 1865

Bond, Fenian Brotherhood. Printed document in black and green on white paper certifying that the party named is entitled to Irish National (Fenian) Bonds of stated value. Blank form No. 2307. On top left, engraving of a soldier holding horses reins over his arm and talking with a blacksmith while another blacksmith sharpens the soldiers sword. Posted on the wall of Smithy is Irish Republican Proclamation. On top right, engraving of arm holding a hammer. Printed by the Continental Banknote Co., New York. Blank example. c. 1865.;