The U.S. & Ancients Coinage Auction
October 2, 2000

U.S. Currency

Lot 493
Nice Selection of Broken Bank Notes. Forty two pieces in this lot of Broken Bank Notes. Grades are from Fair to Uncirculated. One should take the time to over this lot carefully as you might find some under valued notes.
Estimated Value $500-750.

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Previously Unreported Decatur, Illinois Note. 1860, $1, Decatur, Illinois, The Rail-Road Bank, Haxby IL-215-G2b. Surviving Examples Not Confirmed according to Haxby. This note bears the "ABN" logo while the IL-215-G2a does not. Good to Very Good.
Estimated Value $100-150.

Lot 495
Scarce and Desirable Fractional Notes, Including a C.D. Signed by F.E. Spinner. (1) 1863, 50¢ Note from the Planters Insurance Trust & Loan Company (Remainder). Very Good (1) 18-- , 25¢, 25¢, 50¢, & 75¢ half sheet of notes from Redford Glass Company of Redford, New York, Extra Fine. (1) 1862, 5¢, 10¢, 10¢, 25¢, 25¢, & 50¢, all uncut in one strip. Notes grade from Very Fine to Extra Fine. (1) Certificate of Deposit from Mohawk Valley Bank, 1854. Filled out and signed by Francis E. Spinner, Treasurer of the United States 1861-1875, Very Fine. Total number of items 4.
Estimated Value $175-225.

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Scarce Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Bank of America Note 1859. Mt. Carmel, Illinois, 1859, $2, Bank of America. Haxby IL-545-G4a Very Good. Scarce.
Estimated Value $75-100.

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Silver & Copper Tipped Boots & Shoes Advertising Note. 1870s - 1880s Advertising Note for Silver & Copper Tipped Boots & Shoes. Front is a currency "look-a-like" while the back is a word game with letters and graphics . Issued by Strasburger Bro's. "Dealers in all kinds of Boots and Shoes", Washington, D.C. Very Good with decent margins.
Estimated Value $75-125.

Lot 498
Some High Grade Broken Bank Notes. (1) 18--, $2, The Norfolk Bank, Norfolk, Connecticut, Uncirculated (1) 1867, $5, Bay State Mining Company, Eagle River, Michigan, Extra Fine (1) 1857, $10, The New England Bank, Fairmount, Maine. Fully issued. Almost Uncirculated (1) 1859, $10, The Monogahela Valley Bank, McKee's Port, Pennsylvania, Very Fine. Total number of notes 4.
Estimated Value $175-225.

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State of Arkansas Treasury Warrant 1861. 1861, $1, State of Arkansas Treasury Warrant printed on blue paper with an Indian on the left side. A better Treasury Warrant. Good.
Estimated Value $75-125.

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Texas, Jordan's Saline, 1862, $2 R.W. Rodgers. Much sought-after note that is payable in Confederate Notes. Large riverboat scene on back of note, which bleeds to the front. Very Fine at best with a tattered top margin as shown in photo. Scarce.
Estimated Value $50-100.

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Three Early and Scarce Bank of Vincennes, Indiana Notes. (1) 1810, $10, With overprint "The State Bank of". Very Good (1) 1818, $3, With overprint "The State Bank of". Good (1) 1819, $2, Very Good. Total number of notes 3.
Estimated Value $175-225.

Lot 502
Three Notes, all with nice designs. (1) 1865, $1, The Bank of Montgomery County, Norristown, Pennsylvania. (Shows three Union Generals.), Uncirculated (1) 1836, $5, The Northampton Bank, Northampton, Pennsylvania. (Wm Penn, Indian, and bee hive), Very Fine (1) 1858, $5, The Bank of Greensborough, Greensborough, Georgia. (Three large vignettes, sheep shearing, lumber jacks, and corn harvesting.) Extra Fine. Total number of notes 3.
Estimated Value $75-125.

Lot 503
Two early $3 notes. (1) 1806, $3, Penobscot Bank, Buckstown, Massachusetts, Good (1) 1825, $3, The Derby Bank (payable at Fulton Bank in New York City), Derby, Connecticut, Fine. Total number of notes 2.
Estimated Value $75-100.

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Vermont, Windsor, 1850, Bank Note Size Stock Certificate, American Mining Co. A stock certificate that has the size and looks of a broken bank note. Uncirculated.
Estimated Value $75-125.

Lot 505
1900 to date, various notes and countries. A group of foreign currency including Canadian, German, United States Military scrip, Dominican Republic; Japanese; Mexico; Cuba; Italy; France soup to nuts, you get the picture. Approximately 75 notes, all grades.
Estimated Value $100-UP.