2017-08-11 Fri

Stack’s Bowers Galleries Official United States Currency Auction offered a wide variety of interesting paper money on 2nd August.

A T-31 1861 $5 graded Choice About New 58 from the Cleo Collection of Confederate Paper Money was sold for $30,550. A T-32 1861 $5 graded About Uncirculated 53 by PMG was sold for $28,200. Both lots had estimates of $7,000-$10,000. A T-2 1861 $500 graded Very Fine 30 was sold for $39,950 and a T-35 1861 $5 graded PMG Very Fine 25 was sold for $32,900.

A Fr.1133-A 1918 $1,000 FRN from Boston, graded PCGS Extremely Fine 40 PPQ, the finest of its type was sold for $76,375. A rare Fr.1192 1882 $50 Gold Certificate graded Very Fine 30 “Minor Restoration” was sold for $28,200.

Small size currency like a Fr.2200-L 1928 $500 FRN from San Francisco graded PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ, sold for $25,850. A Fr.2220-F 1928 $5,000 FRN from Atlanta graded PCGS Very Fine 30 PPQ was sold for $129,250.

A serial #1 1882 $10 Brown Back from the American National Bank of Deadwood, South Dakota, CH #4983, graded Very Fine 30 PPQ by PCGS, sold for $64,625. A serial #1 Red Seal from the First National Bank of Bellingham, Washington, graded Extremely Fine 45 PPQ, was auctioned for $39,950.