Stack's Bowers Galleries has announced that their August ANA World Paper Money Salehas been finalized and is posted on their website StacksBowers.com. With the bidding now open, collectorshave the opportunity to add treasures to their collections as many critical and heavily collected areas ofWorld Paper are represented in the offering.

The sale is anchored by a few named collections, including the Panama Collection that features four lots ofPanamanian Banknotes, all of which are the highest graded in uncancelled and issued form (lots 30366, 30668,30370, and 30371). These notes collectively are estimated to fetch well above $100,000, and are available for thefirst time to the public. When asked for his comments on the set, Aris Maragoudakis, the firm's Director of WorldPaper Money, stated,

The Don Allen Collection offers significant Australian and Western Samoan pieces as well as to some significantpieces from British Guiana, British Honduras, and other areas of the Commonwealth. The Bank of Adelaide 1Pound in lot 30011, and the Commonwealth of Australia 5 Pounds in lot 30012 are among the more noteworthyitems in the collection.

The Sao Miguel Collection offers incredible pieces from Azores, such as the 5 Mil Reis Prata from 1905 in lot30017, or the 1905 Banco de Portugal 10 Mil Reis Ouro in lot 30019. The 20 Mil Reis Ouro in lot 30020 is anincredible piece that seldom crosses the auction block.

One of the most unique collections to be offered by Stack's Bowers Galleries, is the Ricardo Collection, a privatelybuilt collection formed entirely without purchases from dealers, or auction houses. The collection, which tookdecades to build, was built primarily by dealing directly with banks and governments, or trading with collectors invarious countries that were visited by the consignor. Part I of this collection covers the areas of Bolivia, Colombia,Iran, Iraq and Russia. A multitude of additional countries will be offered in future sales. Aris Maragoudakis added,

The sale is slated to take place August 16, 2021 at 10:00 AM PDT (1:00 PM EST) in the brand new Griffin Studios,a custom-built, broadcast ready television, film and event facility located at the Stack's Bowers Galleriesheadquarters in Costa Mesa, California. To learn more email info@StacksBowers.com, call 800-458-4646, or visitStacksBowers.com.