Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 104

June 10-13 2018 Pre Long Beach Sale

Broken Bank Notes

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 474		1857 Western Exchange Fire & Marine Insurance Co. and 1857 City Of Omaha, Nebraska. 2 Uncut Sheets. One of the many commune settlements that flourished in the Mid-19th Century, Bishop Hill, was located 150 miles southwest of Chicago was founded in 1848 by 38 year-old self proclaimed prophet, messiah and religious reformist, Eric Johnson and 700 Swedish emigrant followers. Hugely successful in agriculture they invested their profits in railroading and purchased the charter of the Western Exchange Fire and Marine Insurance Co. of Omaha to issue currency. Extremely Fine uncut sheet signed with 1, 2, 3 and $5 denominations signed by Johnson. normal age toning, 16 x 11" 1857 The City of Omaha, Nebraska Territory, which extended to the Canadian border and to the Continental Divide. Uncut Sheet of 4 notes, $1, $1, $3, $5. Extremely Fine with normal age tone.� these colorful, artistic notes feature detailed vignettes of Native Americans, allegorical figures, and modes of transportation. In addition, each note bears the prized handwritten signature of Jesse Lowe � a founder and the first mayor of Omaha � who is widely credited with naming the city. 16 x 11". Each housed in a wooden frame. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $540
Lot 475		Pittston Bank, Pittston, PA. $10.00 18__ ABNco. Proof, Haxby 560-G10. PCGS Very Choice New 64PPQ. This lovely proof from the American Banknote Company archives is hole punch cancelled as is typical, but, unlike many proofs from this era, it displays none of the tears or toning spots that are commonly seen and is completely problem free for the grade. Estimate Value $200 - 250 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $480
Lot 476		Hulme Ville, PA. Farmers Bank of Bucks County ca. 1810s $3-$2-$1-$1 Uncut Sheet. Haxby 185-G6-G4-G2-G2. This uncut sheet of remainders from the 1810s is a much less often seen sheet. This one has a few scattered folds and typically rough edges, but is certainly better than most from this era. Estimate Value $150 - 200 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $66
Lot 477		$1.00 June 25, 1855, Central Bank of Tennessee, Nashville, TN. PCGS Fine 12 Apparent. Whitman-720-001-G010a, Haxby 140-G2a, Garland-918. This piece is unremarkable, except that it bears a curious stylized overstamp on the back of a chicken or similar bird. This is the only bank for which this cataloger has seen this overstamp, which was presumably added by the bank on some of its notes to deter counterfeiters. While the host note itself is quite common, this is only the fourth example of this overprint that this cataloger has seen in more than three decades. While undoubtedly there are other survivors, it is certain that no more than a handful of examples are still in existence.The note has a hinge repaired internal tear near the left end, and some mounting remnants on the back. Estimate Value $100 - 150 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $60
Lot 478		Citizens' Bank of Louisiana Uncut Sheet. Haxby 15-X3, W-200-005-US030. A nice sheet of four $5 Remainders from this ubiquitous New Orleans bank. Estimate Value $75 - 100 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 479		Cr. 7, $20 March 2, 1872. State of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. PMG Gem Uncirculated 66EPQ. A pretty Gem example of the Revenue Bond Scrip issue of 1872, which was printed with the intention to relieve the state of its guarantee of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company. The state legislature acted to prevent these notes from being placed into circulation when it was discovered that the corrupt Reconstruction-era state covernment had apparently duplicated the order of these notes from the American Bank Note Company, resulting in $5 million in notes being shipped--once to the governor and once to the state treasurer. Estimate Value $75 - 100 View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 480		25¢ Dec. 1, 1861, Bank of Tennessee, Nashville, TN. PCGS Choice About New 58 Apparent. W-690-00.25-G460b, Haxby 195-G60b. This is an attractive high grade example of an issue that is popular both for the Spanish reales coins pictured on the face, and for it being printed by J. Manouvrier of New Orleans, who also printed the Confederate States $5 T-12 issue. This note has a couple of mounting remnants on the unprinted back, otherwise it is nearly flawless in appearance. Estimate Value $75 - 100 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $42
Lot 481		50¢ Dec. 1, 1861, Bank of Nashville, TN. PCGS Very Fine 25. W-690-00.50-G470b, Haxby 195-G62b. Two Spanish 4 reales coins, with their distinctive pillars design, flank the central vignette of a steam locomotive on this Manouvrier-printed note. Estimate Value $40 - 50 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $48
Lot 482		$5 Nov. 18, 1846. Havre-de-Grace Bank, Havre-de-Grace, MD. PCGS Good 4 Apparent. The PCGS Currency holder notes "edge damage and tears." Estimate Value $30 - 40 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $18
Lot 483		Five Notes from the Nashville Branch, Bank of Tennessee. A group of five notes from the Nashville branch of this bank, all graded by PCGS: $1.00 May 1, 1861 (W-690-001-G200, Haxby 195-G472), Very Good 10 Apparent, stains, small internal tear at center; $1.00 May 1, 1861 (W-690-001-G210, Haxby 195-G474a), Very Good 10; $2.00 May 1, 1861 (W690-002-G240, Haxby 480a), Fine 12 Apparent, minor damage and repairs, small stains, minor mounting remnants on back; $5.00 Nov. 1, 1858 (W-690-005-G270a, Haxby 195-G486a), Fine 15 Apparent, small edge tear at bottom left, minor mounting remnants on back; and a $20.00 June 1, 1861 (W-690-020-G360c, Haxby 195-G500c, G-894), Very Fine 20 Apparent, HPC, rust stains, small edge tear at bottom left, minor stains. Lot of 5 notes. Estimate Value $250 - 300 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details	Realized $228
Lot 484		Central Bank of Tennessee Quartet. A group of four PCGS-certified notes from the Central Bank of Tennessee issued in Nashville, including: $1.00 June 25, 1855 (W-720-001-G010, Haxby 140-G2, G-917), Extremely Fine 45 Apparent, stains, minor ink erosion at bottom edge, small hole near top center, small edge tears; $2.00 June 25, 1855 (W-720-002-G020, Haxby 140-G4, G-920), Fine 12 Apparent, minor edge damage at top left of center; $5.00 July 10, 1855 (W-720-005-G030, Haxby 140-G12, G-925), Fine 15 Apparent, hinge repaired edge tear at top left; and a $10.00 July 10, 1855 (W-720-010-G040, Haxby 140-G18, G-926), Very Fine 20. Lot of 4 notes. Estimate Value $200 - 250 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details	Realized $84
Lot 485		Bank of Nashville Overstamps on South Carolina and Georgia Banknotes. In the 1850s, the Bank of Nashville acted as an agent, corresponding bank, and even a clearinghouse for several banks from other Southeastern states. Many banknotes from Georgia and South Carolina were as common in circulation in Tennessee as those from Tennessee banks, and so counterstamps from the Bank of Nashville are occasionally seen on these notes. All four examples here are graded by PCGS Currency, and include: $5.00 July 1, 1852, Bank of Augusta, GA (G-812, W-110-005-G180, Haxby 30-G66), Fine 12 Apparent, CC cancelled, damage in LL corner, small rust stain and hole near center; $10.00 July 4, 1850, Bank of Augusta, GA (G-812, W-110-010-G240, Haxby 30-G84), Fair 2 Apparent, CC cancelled, splits, tears, and damage; $5.00 Aug. 30, 1853, Farmers & Exchange Bank, Charleston, SC (G-815, W-110-005-G010a, Haxby 15-G2a), Very Good 10 Apparent, edge damage, small rust stains; and a $5.00 Nov. 29, 1853, Exchange Bank of Columbia, SC (G-814, W-250-005-G010b), Fine 12 Apparent, small edge tears, minor stains. Lot of 4 notes. Estimate Value $150 - 200 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details	Realized $72
Lot 486		Wesley Wheless Overstamps on Bank of August Notes. Wesley Wheless was a Tennessee merchent who was in the banking business with his father-in-law Nicholas Hobson, owned the Bank of Nashville, and was an agent for several other banks. He died at the early age of 37, when he took his family to Liverpool, England and developed a fever while there which killed him. According to family legend, his wife, Susan Hobson Wheless, had his body hidden in a piano box packed with salt, stowed in the hold of the ship, and transported back with the family to America. Since civil war had just broken out in the U.S., this was undoubtedly a voyage undertaken with some risk of peril. These four notes, all on the Bank of Augusta, GA, carry overstamps of Wesley Wheless as agent. Each is also graded by PCGS Currency: $5.00 May 1, 1849 (G-1069, W-110-005-G190, Haxby 30-G68), Good 4, CC cancelled; $10.00 May 1, 1849 (G-1069, W-110-010-G230, Haxby 30-G82), Fine 15 Apparent, CC cancelled, edge damage, rust stains, minor ink erosion; $20.00 Sept. 3, 1836 (G-1069, W-110-020-G280, Haxby 30-G96), Very Good 8 Apparent, CC cancelled, edge damage and tears, partial postage stamp affixed to back; and a $20.00 July 4, 1850 (G-1069, W-110-020-G290, Haxby 30-G98), Fine 12 Apparent, CC cancelled, edge splits, tears, and damage, stains, pinholes. Lot of 4 notes. Estimate Value $150 - 200 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details	Realized $36
Lot 487		Two Notes from Otis Anolo & Co. (Nashville, TN) - Savings Bank of Louisville, KY. Two notes from this scarce issuer, one with a printed date and one with a handwritten date, both graded by PCGS Currency: $2.00 May 1, 1838 (printed date, Garland-973), Very Fine 25; and $2.00 Jan. 9, 1838 (handwritten date, Garland-974), Good 6 Apparent, edge splits and tears. Lot of 2 notes. Estimate Value $150 - 200 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details	Realized $60
Lot 488		Manouvrier-Printed Group from the Bank of Tennessee. A denomination set of notes from the Bank of Tennessee in Nashville, all from the Dec. 1, 1861 issue that was printed by J. Manouvrier in New Orleans. Each is graded by PCGS Currency: 5¢ (W-690-00.05-G410a, Haxby 195-G50a), Very Fine 20 Apparent, small rust stain and hole near bottom left of center; 10¢ (W-690-00.10-G430a, Haxby 195-G54a), Fine 15 Apparent, stains; 25¢ (W-690-00.25-G460b, Haxby 195-G60b), Fine 15 Apparent, small edge tear at left, minor stains, pinholes, mounting remnants on back; 50¢ (W-690-00.50-G470b, Haxby 195-G62b), Very Fine 25; and a $1.00 (W-690-001-G480a, Haxby 195-G64a), Very Fine 20 Apparent, small splits and tears, pinholes, minor mounting remnants on back. Lot of 5 notes. Estimate Value $150 - 200 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details	Realized $60
Lot 489		Three 1873 $1 Cr. 13 South Carolina Notes. Three nice uncertified Cr. 13 $1 notes from the final state issue, which was printed specifically to pay the printer for these notes. Each grades Choice CU with cross-cut cancellations. Lot of 3 notes. Estimate Value $120 - 150 View details	Realized $60
Lot 490		A Group of Broken Bank Notes. 3-signed Notes in VG to Fine; 1-Republic of Texas $20 Note 1839 signed, but torn. Lot of 4 notes. Estimate Value $100 - UP View details	Realized $72
Lot 491		Four Nashville Obsoletes. A group of four certified notes from Nashville, all graded by PCGS, including: $5.00 March 1, 1856, Bank of the Union (W-700-005-G020a, Haxby 205-G4a, G-907), Very Good 10 Apparent, missing UL corner, tape repair and stain; $1.00 Nov. 1, 1855, City Bank (W-740-001-G010a, Haxby 150-G2c, G-930), Very Good 8; $1.00 Oct., 1854, Nashville Life & General Insurance Co. (Garland-966), Fine 12 Apparent, minor stains, small holes near center; and a $2.00 Oct., 1854, Nashville Life & General Insurance Co. (Garland-967), Fine 12 Apparentm, small internal tears, pinholes. Lot of 4 notes. Estimate Value $100 - 150 From the Ora Eads Collection. View details	Realized $48