Choctaw Treasury Warrant

Armstrong Academy, Indian Territory. National Treasurer of the Choctaw Nation. March 1, 1863Reissued 1865. $5 Choctaw Treasury Warrant. About Very Fine. Very Rare Choctaw Nation Reissued 1865$5 Note

(Haxby-Not listed; Shull Cr.CHOC04, listed as Rarity-10; Burgett-4). Uniface. Printed on ''peachor pink'' rag paper. Typeset within plain frame lines. Left end with floral repeating pattern.Similar to 1987 Ball-Richmond Sale: Lot 1098. The type not in Ford XX (had an example that was notreissued. Serial 52, Series 1. Written issuance and back countersigned by Allen Wright and reissuedin 1865 with 5% interest. Rarer reissued type from the Act of 1865, Shull estimates 5-15 known. Agreat rarity reissued and not in Ford's Collection. The Shull rarity rating might be conservativeand considered the second rarest denomination from the series.

Some perspective is in order about evaluating the very rare and historic Confederate era notes.At the time of the Ball-Richmond Sale in 1987, notes from this series were estimated in$1,000-$2,000 range at a time when rare proofs were estimated $200-$300. Nowadays, those proofsroutinely sell for five to ten times those seemingly ancient days. We have always considered theConfederate era Indian Territory rarities to be undervalued. Many of the greatest paper moneycollectors of all time greatly appreciated them such as Amon Carter, the Schingoethe's, MauriceBurgett, Eric Newman, and others.

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Beazell United States Counterfeit Detector

John F. Beazell United States Counterfeit Detector. 1867. Vignette Broadside by Continental BankNote Co. and Original Book. Very Fine.

A significant and handsome pairing of security printing history pieces featuring superbContinental Bank Note Company vignettes engraved and printed to a uniface broadside, but with theoriginal accompanying book by John F. Beazell. The book is much rarer than the large quartodetection broadside and first we have catalogued.

The pair includes; 1) Intaglio printed and titled broadside which was once tipped into anoriginal book. 220mm by 320mm. Full titles and imprint. Four vignettes, four portraits, and sevendies or counters. Numbered 22013. Choice Very Fine with pencil notations at the upper left. 2) 1867John F. Beazell original book ''UNITED STATES COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR -THE INSTANTANEOUS DETECTION OFALL COUNTERFEIT PAPER MONEY, FROM Five cents Up to Five Thousand Dollar Bond''. Octavo. Tan paperwith vignette of eagle and drum. 16pp.

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1891 $1000 Silver Certificate

Fr. 346e Type. 1891 $1000 Silver Certificate. Face Proof. PCGS Choice About New 58. Illustrious$1,000 "Marcy" Silver Certificate Design

No plate letter. Printed on India paper, mounted on card stock. Imprint of the Bureau ofEngraving and Printing lower left border. Black and white portions of the face only. Center,extremely intricate titles with ornate "S" within larger circular die, below the writtendenomination within a guilloche. Left end, Peace cradles sword to her chest with 1000 counter onshield. Right end, different portrait of Wm. L. Marcy than used on the 1878/1880 series within apanel. Engraved signatures. Very similar to Hessler 1411, page 95.

A stunning execution of Federal currency engraving. When this face plate was used for a modernBEP souvenir card, it was very well received. There are only two known issued notes of the typewith the one collectible example being sold privately by us for $2.6 million. We are uncertain ofthe pedigree of the Hessler Plate note, but we presume this face proof is exceedingly rare. We soldanother proof example on wide margin paper with perforations that brought an impressive $111,625 aslot 2201 in our August 2014 ANA sale. An exceptional showpiece and a design that will likely neversee the auction block in issued form in a lifetime.

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1922 $1000 Gold Certificate

Fr. 1220. 1922 $1000 Gold Certificate. PMG Very Fine 25 Net. Repaired, Small Tears. Scarce 1922$1,000 Gold Certificate

This stunning design shows a portrait vignette of Hamilton at center, gold overprints at leftand right, with "$1,000" under-print at left and Treasury seal at right.

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1981 $100 Federal Reserve Star Note. Richmond

Fr. 2169-E*. 1981 $100 Federal Reserve Star Note. Richmond. PMG Choice About Uncirculated 58Net. Offset Printing Error. An impressive full back to front offset error is displayed on thislightly handled $100 Replacement Note. The offset is quite bold with deep green color displayed onthe face.

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City of Albany. 50 Cents. April 17, 1815

Albany, New York. City of Albany. 50 Cents. April 17, 1815. Fine. Harris 72. No imprint."FIFTY CENTS" in left and right panels. Large 50 at center. Black print. Rarity 7 inHarris. Solid paper for the grade. Minor damage in bottom margin. Seen just a few times over thelast 10 years or so.

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