Heritage Offers Rare Colonial Counterfeit Detection Sheet Certified by PMG

More than 180 historic notes from the US Colonial period that are certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) are available in an upcoming Heritage Auctions sale. Online bidding is already underway for Heritage's Winter Colonial Showcase Auction, which will be held on February 25, 2024.

One of the top lots in the auction is a July 22, 1776 Continental Currency Counterfeit Detector Sheet $2-$3-$4-$5-$6-$7 graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 95022) with an estimate of at least $2,500. This partial counterfeit detection sheet was distributed for the purpose of comparing suspect notes of the day, which included intricate emblems and nature prints on each issue. Individual counterfeit detection notes from this era are already scarce, but a sheet of six notes is extremely rare. This is the only example of this six-note counterfeit detection sheet in the PMG Population Report.

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Other PMG-certified notes in the auction include:

• a June 8, 1777 Georgia Colonial Note $5 graded PMG 40 Extremely Fine (lot 95070) with an estimate of at least $1,500
• an October 16, 1786 Georgia Colonial Note 2 Shillings, 6 Pence graded PMG 50 About Uncirculated (lot 95071) with an estimate of at least $1,500
• an October 1, 1773 Pennsylvania Colonial Note 5 Shillings graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 95149) with an estimate of at least $1,250
• a March 25, 1775 Pennsylvania Colonial Note 16 Shillings graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 95156) with an estimate of at least $1,250
• an April 25, 1776 Pennsylvania Colonial Note 2 Shillings graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 95158) with an estimate of at least $1,250
• a February 20, 1776 New Jersey Colonial Note 30 Shillings graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated EPQ (lot 95102) with an estimate of at least $1,250
• a May 1, 1777 Delaware Colonial Note 6 Pence graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 95066) with an estimate of at least $1,250
• a July 22, 1776 Continental Currency $8 graded PMG 55 About Uncirculated (lot 95024) with an estimate of at least $1,000

Estimates are provided by the auction house.