Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 51

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Miscellaneous

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2728		Army Allotment Checks. An uncut sheet of four "Army Allotment" check remainders, drawn on the Assistant Treasurer of the U.S. in New York. Each features an alegorical vignette of "True Patriotism" at left and a portrait of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton at right. About New overall. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details	Unsold
Lot 2729		Complete Set of Eighteen Different Naramore Counterfeit Detector Photo Cards. This is a complete collection of 18 Naramore photo cards, nine First Charter Nationals and nine Legal Tenders each in the denominations printed from $1 to $1,000, that has been well preserved. An act of Congress and cooperation of the Treasury Department gave R.C. Naramore the permission to photograph these notes at 25% of their original size in 1866. The government's consent was withdrawn shortly thereafter. This was the first time that United States paper money had been officially photographed for distribution to the public. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details	Realized $414
Lot 2730		Lloyds Bank Travellers' Cheques and Letters of Credit Specimen Booklet. This "Booklet for Instructions for Payment" was issued by Lloyds Bank Limited of London, and includes instructions to bank employees and correspondents on receiving different financial instruments issued on the bank. Included are 12 specimen travellers' cheques, a specimen Letter of Credit, and a specimen Letter of Indication. These instruments date from the late 1950s and early 1960s, and in this form are indoubtedly scarce. This is the first booklet of its kind that we have seen. It is well preserved and basically in as issued New condition. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $546
Lot 2731		Miscellaneous Stocks and Bonds. Fourteen different various stocks and bonds from around the world, including a couple of U.S. mining companies. A nice starter collection or group for display. Lot of 14 items. Estimated Value $200 - 400. View details	Unsold
Lot 2732		Three 1878 Distilled Spirits Internal Revenue Sheets. Three attractive BEP-printed sheets, each featuring four subject Distilled Spirits and Distillery Warehouse receipts printed for the Internal Revenue Service in 1878. The first features a vignette of Columbia, and the second and third feature different sized portraits of President Zachary Taylor. The sheet with the smaller portrait of Taylor is torn at the bottom right edge, while the other two sheets are basically problem-free and New as-printed. A fascinating trio that will find interest among collectors of BEP-issed ephemera. Lot of 3 sheets. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 2733		Three Stock Certificates. Three different post-WWII stock certificates, all cancelled: 1969 Reading Company, 1977 Ford Motor Company, and 1946 Kaiser-Frazer Corporation. All nice transportation issued stock certificates with attractive vignettes and designs. Lot of 3 certificates. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 2734		Chicago, IL 1907 and 1933 Clearing House Certificates. Two sets of emergency scrip issued during a pair of 20th century financial panics, including: $1, $2, $5, and $10 1907 Chicago Clearing House Association notes, Choice AU to Choice CU; $1, $5, $10, $20, and $50 Chicago Clearing House Certificates, Choice AU to Choice CU. All are hole punch cancelled, and each is a striking reminder of financial panics that were not unlike that being experienced today. Also included is a typewritten letter explaining the significance of these notes, written by Monroe F. Cockrell who wrote a history of banking in Chicago in 1948. Lot of 9 notes. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details	Realized $115