2017-06-14 Wed

Stack's Bowers Galleries is offering an interesting collection of Confederate paper money put together by a couple over a period of 50 years. The collection is offered at the Official U.S. Currency Auction of the ANA World's Fair of Money in August in Denver. Each note in the collection looks absolutely stunning.

Most of the notes are in the core 72-note type set comprising of the only existing finest grade. The collection was put together in the 1950s when high-quality notes were available in better numbers. The best names in Confederate Currency like Grover Criswell, Dr. Douglas Ball and Hugh Shull have been a part of this effort. When the collection reached its peak in terms of quantity and quality, it was decided that they should be presented to the next generation of collectors.

The next specimens in this collection include: an 1861 $1,000 note graded Extremely Fine 40 by PMG with an estimate of $30,000-$50,000; an 1861 $500 note graded Very Fine 30 by PMG with an estimate of $30,000-$50,000; an 1861 $100 note graded About Uncirculated 50 by PMG with an estimate of $20,000-$30,000; an 1861 $50 note graded Extremely Fine 40 by PMG with an estimate of $17,500-$22,500; an 1861 $50 note graded Choice Very Fine 35 by PMG with an estimate of $7,000-$10,000 etc.