Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 32

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Colonial Currency

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 4		Continental Currency. Group of common Continental Currency issues. Each note graded by PCGS as follows: VF-25 (12); VF-30 (5); VF-35 (5) and one is VF-35 PPQ. Lot of 23 notes. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 5		Continental Currency. A group of common Continental Currency issues. Each note PCGS graded as follows: EF-40 (9); EF-45 (2) and one is EF-45 PPQ. Lot of 12 notes. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,750. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 6		Continental Currency. Group of common Continental Currency issues. Each note graded by PCGS as follows: Fine 12 (5); Fine 15 (2); VF-20 (9). Lot of 16 notes. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 7		Continental Currency. A half dozen common issue Continental Curreny notes, each PCGS graded as follows: New 60 (3); Choice New 63 (1); Choice New 63 PPQ (2). Lot of 6 notes. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 8		Continentl Currency. Consists of the following PCGS graded notes: May 10, 1775 $4 Apparent EF-45; Nov. 29, 1775 $8 Apparent About New 53; Feb. 17, 1776 Apparent Choice About New 55; Feb. 17, 1776 $1/2 (Fugio design) VF-20; Feb. 17, 1776 $1/6 (Fugio design) Fine 15; Feb. 17, 1776 $2/3 (Fugio design) Fine 12 (2); May 9, 1776 $1 Apparent EF-40; July 22, 1776 $6 Apparent VF-30; July 22, 1776 $8 Apparent VF-25; Nov. 2, 1776 $3 Apparent VF-20; Jan. 14, 1779 $20 Apparent Choice About New 55; Jan. 14, 1779 $45 Apparent Fine 15 . Lot of 13 notes. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 9		Continental Currency. A group of common issue Continental Currency notes, each PCGS graded as follows: Choice About New 55 PPQ (3); Choice About New 58 PPQ (3). Lot of 6 notes. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 10		Continental Currency. Consists of the following PCGS graded notes: : May 9, 1776 $8 About New 50 PPQ; Feb. 26, 1777 $7 About New 50; Sept. 26, 1778 $60 Choice About New 55; Jan. 14, 1779 $45 Choice About New 55. Lot of 4 notes. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details	Realized $776
Lot 11		Continental Currency. Consists of the following PCGS graded notes: Jan. 14, 1779 $70 About New 50; Jan. 14, 1779 $80 Very Fine 25; Jan. 14, 1779 $80 Very Fine 20. All three notes are better denomination issues. Lot of 3 notes. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Unsold
Lot 12		Group of Continental and Colonial Currency. An excellent mixture of Continental and State issues. Mostly Very Good, some better and some worse. Includes some scarce issues. Also included: United States Colonial War of Independence Interest Payment Notes 1789-1790 from the State of Connecticut (3) all VF. A most unusual offering that should be carefully examined prior to bidding. Lot of 42 notes. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 13		Connecticut. Oct. 11, 1777, 7 Pence Colonial currency. Uniface issue on lovely blue-tinted stock. Although slit cancelled, the note is crisp and fresh appearing. A gem! PCGS graded Gem Uncirculated 65. Slit Cancelled. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 14		Delaware. Jun. 1, 1759, 20 Shillings Colonial currency. Center split restored; a faint but readable survivor of the early period of Delaware issuance from 1759. PCGS graded Apparent Very Fine 20. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 15		Massachusetts. Oct. 18, 1776, 8 Pence Colonial currency. One of the elusive cod fish notes with fine detail throughout and a clear single significant signature. PCGS graded Fine 12. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $265
Lot 16		Massachusetts. Oct. 18, 1776, 1 Shilling 6 Pence Colonial currency. Another of the cod fish notes from Massachusetts colony. Closed splits as last. PCGS graded Apparent Fine 12. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 17		Massachusetts. Oct. 18, 1776, 9 Pence Colonial currency. Popular cod fish note -- yes, there is a little cod fish in the design at the top above MASSACHUSETTS STATE on the ribbon. Closed splits, otherwise choice for the grade (rounded corners). PCGS graded Apparent Fine 12. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 18		Massachusetts. May 5, 1780, $8 Colonial currency. A popular, inexpensive series that tends to come in very sharp to crisp condition, as indicated here by PCGS. PCGS graded Choice About Uncirculated 55PPQ. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 19		Massachusetts. May 5, 1780 $8 PCGS graded Apparent EF-45. Together with: May 5, 1780 $4 PCGS graded VF-30. Uncancelled and quite scarce . Lot of 2 notes. Estimated Value $175 - 225. View details	Realized $196
Lot 20		North Carolina. Aug. 8, 1778, $5 Colonial currency. Printed on heavyweight stock with nice sepia signatures. An attractive example. PCGS graded Choice About Uncirculated 55PPQ. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $334
Lot 21		New Hampshire. Apr. 29, 1780 $3 Colonial currency. New Hampshire is the scarcest of the 13 colonies to find, a light issuer of Colonial currency. Hole Cancelled. PCGS graded Extremely Fine 45PPQ. Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $432
Lot 22		New Jersey. March 25, 1776 6 s PCGS graded Superb Gem New 67 PPQ. Together with: Dec. 31, 1763 1s PCGS graded Choice New 63 PPQ. Lot of 2 notes. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $546
Lot 23		New Jersey. Jun. 22, 1756, 1 Shilling Colonial currency. Bold black ink with clear sepia ink signatures of the three signers (though some minor smudges or paper foxing through the right side. This is a scarce early issue before the Revolutioary War. PCGS graded Choice About Uncirculated 55. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $219
Lot 24		New Jersey. Apr. 12, 1760, 3 Pounds Colonial currency. Scarce this nice. Printed in red and black on the front; faint but readable signatures of the three signers. PCGS graded Very Fine 20. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $138
Lot 25		New Jersey. Jun. 22, 1756, 12 Shillings Colonial currency. Better denomination for this colony, an early issue with great eye appeal and crisp quality. PCGS graded Choice Uncirculated 63PPQ. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $299
Lot 26		New York. Aug. 25, 1774, 1 Shilling Colonial currency. An absolutely gorgeous example of this New York Water Works issue, with bright red print combined with standard black on thick paper stock. Clear signatures, decent but not quite 100% perfect centering. The back depicts an early day water pump. PCGS graded Gem Uncirculated 65PPQ. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $489
Lot 27		New York. Sep. 2, 1775, $5 Colonial currency. The year of the Lexington-Concord battle on an historic state. Fresh and choice throughout with two clear signatures, one deep dark brown, the other fainter light brown. PCGS graded Choice Uncirculated 63PPQ. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $546
Lot 28		North Carolina. Dec. 1771, 1 Pound Colonial currency. Very nice for this issue, there are four clear signatures on this petite note whose simple design is uniface, for the back has various payee notations in sepia pen ink. PCGS graded Extremely Fine 40PPQ. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $265
Lot 29		North Carolina. Dec. 1771, 30 Shillings Colonial currency. Minor edge splits onthis simple but attractive North Carolina note. The 30 shilling issue is a much better denomination since only 4,000 were printed. PCGS graded Apparent Very Fine 35. Estimated Value $50 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 30		Rhode Island. July 1780. Uncut double sheet of sixteen notes: $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $7, $8, and $20 Colonial currency. This is one of the most attractive double sheets of Rhode Island paper from the 1780 issue that you will see. The paper is fresh and unfoxed, colors are bright (notes are in red and black), signatures of Comstock and Harris extremely fresh and clear. Oddly the serial numbers are out of sequence, with one sheet numbered 1288 and the other numbered 1263 (all 8 notes in each sheet get the same serial number). Minor fold in the space between the sheets includes two small pinholes also in the fold (neither the folds nor the pinholes affect the notes). Uncirculated 63 or Better. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,175
Lot 31		Rhode Island. July 1780. Sheet of eight notes: $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $7, $8, and $20 Denominations Colonial currency. Notes from the issue of July 1780 of which $130,000 worth in legal tender bills payable in Spanish milled dollars was authorized. The Resolve of June 1788 required their exchange for the fast depreciating notes of May 1786. Signers on this sheet are Comstock and Harris. The shiny specks in the paper are flecks of mica -- as made, and one of the many anti-counterfeiting devices the Colonial issuers used to insure honesty. A lovely sheet of notes printed on two sides. Uncirculated 63 or Better. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,760
Lot 32		Rhode Island. May 1786. Sheet of four notes: 6d, 9d, 1s and 2s6d Colonial currency. This is a pair of the popular 1786 four-subject sheets printed on laid paper with nice wide margins all around. Standard signatures of Allen & Comstock. Very minor foxing. Choice quality. Lot of 2 sheets. Uncirculated 63. Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,438
Lot 33		Rhode Island. May 1786. Sheet of four notes: 6d, 9d, 1s and 2s6d Colonial currency. Sheet of four notes. Uncirculated 63. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $604
Lot 34		Rhode Island. May 1786. Sheet of four notes: 6d, 9d, 1s and 2s6d Colonial currency. Sheet of four notes. Three years after these notes of 1786 were placed into circulation they had depreciated down to 10% of their original value. Over 96% of the issue was burned by the State of Rhode Island between 1793 and 1803. "Death to Counterfeit" was required to be placed on all bills, but was omitted on the four lowest denominations (the four present on this and the other sheets). The humor of the situation is that the State itself was the main counterfeiter by issuing fiat, unbacked paper which became utterly worthless once prices had risen into the stratosphere under the pressures of the post-Revolutionary disruptions! Uncirculated 63. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $633
Lot 35		Rhode Island. May 1786. Sheet of four notes: 6d, 9d, 1s and 2s6d Colonial currency. Another outstanding sheet of Rhode Island small denomination bills, these are from an old-time hoard dispersed decades ago and now a popular item to frame and mount on a wall! Uncirculated 63. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $575
Lot 36		South Carolina. Dec. 23, 1776, $1. One spanish milled dollar, this very attractive specimen has a few mounting remnants but is an outstanding example just the same! Printed on laid paper. PCGS graded Apparent Very Choice Uncirculated 64. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $403
Lot 37		South Carolina. Dec. 23, 1776, $4. Part of the same emission as the $1 & $3 note offered in the last lots, and a handsome bill for four Spanish milled dollars. PCGS graded Uncirculated 61PPQ. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $391
Lot 38		South Carolina. Dec. 23, 1776, $3. Payable in Spanish milled dollars, a popular denomination with collectors. PCGS graded Very Fine 20. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 39		Virginia. Oct. 20, 1777, $8 Colonial currency. A popular issue denominated in Spanish milled dollars (meaning the famous "Pillar Dollars" or early Portrait dollars of the day, the main circulating coin in America during Colonial times. Scarce this nice. PCGS graded Uncirculated 62. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $311
Lot 40		Virginia. March 1, 1781 $250 PCGS graded Very Fine 30. Together with: March 1, 1781 $150 PCGS graded Very Fine 35. Lot of 2 notes. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $288
Lot 41		Virginia. Mar. 1, 1781, $1000 Colonial currency. A really impressive high denomination example from Virginia with crisp signatures, bold design, and unsullied appearance. The paper money monster of inflation in those days blew up with a loud report in 1780-81 when prices went to the moon. The public finally rejected paper money and switched back to demanding "specie" payments of gold and silver. PCGS graded VF-35. During the Revolutionary War each state provided troops to the Continental Army. These troops were often paid with IOU's or paper currency like the $1000 Virginia bill offered here. As more equipment and men were needed the Continental Congress and the various states printed more paper money to pay the bills. This flood of paper currency entered circulation causing the value of the currency to quickly depreciat. Concurrently as goods became more difficult to find, prices went up. During the latter stages, around 1780-81, a soldier's pay was depreciating in value daily. By the time Continental soldiers came back home from a long campaign the money in which they had been paid was just about worthless. Today, this $1000 note is worth more (to a collector) than it had in buying power in 1781! Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $357
Lot 42		Connecticut. A group of slit cancelled common issue Connecticut notes. Each PCGS graded Very Fine 20 to Extremely Fine 45. Lot of 18 notes. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 43		Connecticut. A group of slit cancelled common issue Connecticut notes. Each PCGS graded New 60 to Choice New 63. Lot of 7 notes. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details	Realized $719
Lot 44		Connecticut. A group of hole punch canceled common issue Connecticut notes. Each PCGS graded as follows: Gem New 65 PPQ (2); Very Choice New 64 PPQ (1); Choice New 63 PPQ (1); New 62 (1); New 60 PPQ (1). Lot of 6 notes. Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details	Realized $604
Lot 45		Connecticut. A half dozen slit cancelled common issue Connecticut notes. Each PCGS graded About New 50 to Choice About New 55. Lot of 6 notes. Estimated Value $750 - 850. View details	Realized $604
Lot 46		Connecticut. Group of hole punch cancelled common issue Connecticut notes. Each PCGS graded as follows: AU-58 (2); AU-53 (5); AU-50 (2); EF-45 (1); EF-40 (1); VF-20 (1). Most notes are desginated PPQ and 2 include Walter Breen and Don Taxay signed certificates. Lot of 12 notes. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details	Realized $604
Lot 47		Connecticut. A trio of uncancelled October 11, 1777 issued notes. Each is PCGS graded and consists of the following: 7d About New 53 and About New 50; 5d New 60. Lot of 3 notes. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details	Unsold
Lot 48		Connecticut. A mixed group of scarcer Connecticut issued notes. Each is PCGS graded with problems. Grades range from Apparent VF-30 to Apparent Choice About New 55, each with the problems indicated on the red holder. We urge personal inspection on this worthwhile offering. The highest grade reported is Apparent New 60. Lot of 11 notes. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $575
Lot 49		Delaware. A group of 9 Jan. 1, 1776 Delaware issues, each PCGS graded and consisting of the following notes: 20s New 61; 10s VF-30; 6s New 60; 6s About New 53; 5s EF-40; 5s Apparent VF-35; 1s VF-30; 1s VF-20; 18d VF-25. A very desirable group of notes. Lot of 9 notes. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details	Realized $920
Lot 50		Delaware. Group of scarcer Delaware notes each PCGS graded: May 1, 1777 5s VF-20; May 1, 1777 18d Fine 15; May 1, 1777 5s VG 10; May 1, 1777 6s VF-20. These are scarce issues that are rarely seen better. Lot of 4 notes. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Unsold
Lot 51		Maryland. A group of common issue Maryland notes. Each PCGS graded from Very Good 10 to Extremely Fine 40. Includes some designated PPQ . Lot of 21 notes. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 52		Maryland. A group of better quality Maryland notes consisting of the April 10, 1774 issue. Each is PCGS graded and consists of the following: $6 Choice About New 55; $4 EF-45; $2 EF 45 PPQ; $2 EF-40 (2). Lot of 5 notes. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $518
Lot 53		Maryland. A trio of choice quality Maryland notes of the April 10, 1774 issue. Consists of the following PCGS graded notes: $8 Choice About New 58 PPQ; $6 Choice About New 55 PPQ; $1/2 New 61. Lot of 3 notes. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $414

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