Lot 17165: Fr. 1215d $500 1882 Gold Certificate

Fr. 1215d $500 1882 Gold Certificate PCGS Very Fine 35.
After an even two dozen years of cataloging spectacular type notes for Currency Auctions of America and now for Heritage Auctions, one becomessomewhat jaded to important items. We have sold more different Friedberg numbers than any other auction house and are missing only a very few from acomplete set. That said, this note, although tied in rarity with several other unique pieces, is the most memorable item this cataloger has seen.Prior to the appearance of this piece last Spring along with the three Thousands that follow, only a single example of Fr. 1215d was known to exist,and that note is permanently impounded in the collection of the Federal Reserve.

When we handled the Cookson Collection of Gold Certificates in 1999, we auctioned the $50 Fr. 1191 and the $100 Fr. 1204 with the Large Red SpikedSeal. At that time, we all speculated that no collector would ever get to own a $500 Gold with the Large Red Spiked Seal. That note was near the topof everyone's "never likely to turn up" list. Here it is. The note is in a comment-free PCGS Very Fine 35 holder. It is broadlymargined with fully fresh ink colors and not a hint of a defect save for the light traces of circulation commensurate with the assigned grade.

When this cataloger and another Heritage representative picked up this consignment last Spring, we entered the small town bank's safe depositarea knowing what four notes we were about to see. Knowing what's there and actually seeing it are two very different things. This note istransfixing.

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Fr. 1215d $500 1882 GoldCertificate PCGS Very Fine 35.. ...(https://currency.ha.com/itm/gold-certificates/fr-1215d-500-1882-gold-certificate-pcgs-very-fine-35/a/3526-17165.s)

Lot 17166: Fr. 1218d $1000 1882 Gold Certificate

Fr. 1218d $1000 1882 Gold Certificate PCGS Very Fine 35.
The first of the three incredible 1882 Thousands to have turned up along with the Red Seal Five Hundred last Spring. This Large Brown Spiked Sealnote now resides in a comment-free PCGS VF 35 holder. In our opinion, the grade is exactly correct. Prior to the appearance of this note, only threeexamples were known, two of which are permanently impounded in government hands.

One is held by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco where it was examined in 1993 and graded Fine. The second was delivered by the TreasuryDepartment to the Smithsonian Institution in 1978, and has been graded as Very Fine. The third and finest of the three known is an About New, thatwas initially owned by Albert Grinnell and sold on March 10, 1945 as lot 566 by Barney Bluestone. That note has changed hands twice privately in thelast 15 years. CAA/Heritage sold it on January 7, 2000 for a then record price of $935,000 and it was re-sold at the 2006 Memphis auction for$1,092,500. It has been off the market since that time. The currently offered note is now the second piece in private hands.

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Fr. 1218d$1000 1882 Gold Certificate PCGS Very Fine 35.. ...(https://currency.ha.com/itm/large-size/gold-certificates/fr-1218d-1000-1882-gold-certificate-pcgs-very-fine-35/a/3526-17166.s)

Lot 17167: Fr. 1218e $1000 1882 Gold Certificate

The final note of the previously three known presents an interesting mystery. It was the plate note in the early editions of the Friedberg catalogand bears serial number C24623. No one knows the origin of the photograph and it appears to have never been seen by any living collector or dealer.At the Memphis show this year, Heritage distributed a "Wanted" poster with a picture of that note offering a nice grade small size $500 toanyone coming forward with the current whereabouts of the Friedberg plate note. Arthur Friedberg, the son of the original author, Robert Friedberg,has no idea where his dad obtained the photo. None of the various currency population report owners have any idea of its whereabouts and a collectorfriend with close ties to all the major government institutions has been unable to locate the note or any information about it. No one has comeforward with even a hint of its whereabouts in the past seven months and we feel quite confident in referring to this present offering as"Unique In Private Hands."

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Fr.1218e $1000 1882 Gold Certificate PCGS Apparent Very Fine 35.. ...(https://currency.ha.com/itm/large-size/gold-certificates/fr-1218e-1000-1882-gold-certificate-pcgs-apparent-very-fine-35/a/3526-17167.s)

Lot 17268: Fr. 1218f $1000 1882 Gold Certificate
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Fr. 1218f$1000 1882 Gold Certificate PCGS Very Fine 35.. ...(https://currency.ha.com/itm/large-size/gold-certificates/fr-1218f-1000-1882-gold-certificate-pcgs-very-fine-35/a/3526-17168.s)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
ASBURY PARK GOLD CERTIFICATES DISPUTED(https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n21a27.html)