Stack's Bowers Galleries Offers Uncut Sheet of Continental Currency Certified by PMG

A rare uncut sheet of Continental Currency is among more than 700 notes certified by Paper Money Guaranty® (PMG®) that are being offered in a series of sales presented by Stack's Bowers Galleries. Bidding is already underway for the Spring 2025 Showcase Auction, which includes Session 6: U.S. Currency Part 1: Colonial Notes and Confederate Currency and Session 7: U.S. Currency Part 2: National Bank Notes, which are each being held on April 3, 2025. Bidding is also underway for Session 8: U.S. Currency Part 3: Small Size, Large Size & Error Notes, which is being held on April 4, 2025.

One of the top PMG-graded highlights in the sessions is a Continental Currency February 17, 1776 Sheet ($1 to $8) graded PMG 58 Choice About Uncirculated (Session 6, lot 20130), with an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000. The February 17, 1776, authorization was the first of four that were made during the year in which the United States declared its independence. The sheets that have survived from this particular date are the earliest Continental sheets known to have been issued. This is the only known double pane sheet of non-fractional denominations of this issue, according to the auction house.

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The auction also includes several rare Silver Certificates certified by PMG. To learn more about those notes, click here.

Other PMG-certified Revolutionary War notes in the auction include:

• a Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1 graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Session 6, lot 20129), with an estimate of $10,000 to $15,000
• a Continental Currency February 17, 1776 Half Dollar graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Session 6, lot 20123), with an estimate of $8,000 to $12,000
• a Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $8 graded PMG 65 Gem Uncirculated EPQ (Session 6, lot 20149), with an estimate of $6,000 to $8,000
• a Continental Currency May 10, 1775 $20 graded PMG 25 Very Fine NET (Session 6, lot 20116), with an estimate of $5,000 to $7,000
• a Massachusetts Colonial Note November 17, 1776 36 Shillings graded PMG 25 Very Fine (Session 6, lot 20034), with an estimate of $5,000 to $7,000

Estimates are provided by the auction house. The $ symbol represents US Dollars.