Exciting Opportunities for US Banknote Collectors in November Stack's Bowers Galleries Sale Featuring PMG-certified Rarities
Posted on 10/21/2024
Collectors are eagerly anticipating a remarkable selection of rare and historic US banknotes, ranging from Colonial paper money to modern issues with errors or fancy serial numbers. A seldom-seen Legal Tender Note is among more than 250 rarities certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ November 2024 Showcase Auction of US Currency on November 22, 2024.
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The 1880 $50 Legal Tender graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 7103) has an estimate of $80,000 to $120,000. This rare note, one of only seven with this catalog number that are available to private collectors, boasts a prestigious provenance, having passed through the collections of Amon Carter Jr. and Frank Levitan. It boasts the second-highest grade of only five examples in the PMG Population Report.
Other PMG-certified notes in this auction include:
- a 1934 $20 Federal Reserve Note (Dallas) with Serial Number 1 graded PMG 63 Choice Uncirculated EPQ (lot 7237), with an estimate of $70,000 to $90,000
- an 1886 $5 Silver Certificate graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 7123), with an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000
- a 1922 $500 Gold Certificate graded PMG 35 Choice Very Fine EPQ (lot 7182), with an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000
- an 1886 $5 Silver Certificate graded PMG 66 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 7124), with an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000
- an 1896 $5 Silver Certificate graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 7125), with an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000
- a 1907 $1,000 Gold Certificate graded PMG 30 Very Fine (lot 7183), with an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000
- a 1928 $500 Gold Certificate graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated (lot 7309), with an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000
- an 1891 $20 Silver Certificate graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (lot 7137), with an estimate of $30,000 to $40,000
- a Confederate States of America 1861 $5 graded PMG 25 Very Fine (lot 7059), with an estimate of $25,000 to $35,000
- a 1918 $1,000 Federal Reserve Note (San Francisco) graded PMG 30 Very Fine (lot 7171), with an estimate of $25,000 to $35,000
- a group of two 2013 $1 Federal Reserve Notes (New York), each graded PMG 30 Very Fine with a Duplicate Serial Number Error (lot 7310), with an estimate of $2,000 to $3,000
Estimates are provided by the auction house.
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