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Date 16.09.2015
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18001 Continental Currency May 10, 1775 $1 PCGS Choice About New 55PPQ. The Continental Currency series with 102 different type notes has enjoyed great popularity in the past few years. The notes are quite interesting as circulating governmental obligations issued by Congress. Later in the Revolutionary War, their rapid depreciation rendered them ess...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18002 Continental Currency May 10, 1775 $20 PCGS Apparent Extremely Fine 40. This Marbled Edge Continental note is unlike any other from the entire series of 102 different pieces. On page 203 of Historical Sketches of American Paper Currency, published in 1866, Henry Phillips, Jr. said, "The note is a very peculiar one, being entirely different from ...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18003 Continental Currency May 10, 1775 $20 PCGS Apparent Extremely Fine 40. These $20 notes were printed on weak, thin white paper furnished by Benjamin Franklin. The left end of the notes had a polychrome multicolor anticounterfeiting device that gave the notes a distinctly different appearance. This example of this rare note that, while lightly ci...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18004 Continental Currency May 10, 1775 $20 PCGS Apparent Very Fine 35. The story behind this unique design is chock-full of events and major players from our nation's early history. The Continental Congress approved $3,000,000 in notes to be printed for the May 10, 1775 issue, which ultimately comprised the denominations $1 through $8, $20, and $30....
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18005 Continental Currency May 10, 1775 $20 PCGS Apparent Very Fine 25. This note is the rarest of the Continentals. Different in shape and design than any of the other 101 varieties, it is also printed on thin, weak white paper supplied by Benjamin Franklin. The note bears a polychrome anti-counterfeiting marbling stain at its left edge, giving it a...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18006 Continental Currency May 10, 1775 $30 PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ. This is the only Continental denomination with a double vignette rather than the nature print on the back. The twin vignettes on the back of the Thirty Dollar denomination were utilized on 5 different issues: May 10, 1775, July 22, 1776, November 2, 1776, February 26, 1777 and M...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18007 Continental Currency May 10, 1775 $30 Pink Counterfeit Detector PCGS About New 53. Counterfeit Detectors were printed from the same plates as the genuine notes. They were prepared to distribute to merchants and financial institutions so that they could compare notes that they received in the normal course of business to the detector notes to de...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18008 Continental Currency November 29, 1775 $2 PCGS Apparent New 61. The Apparent grade has been assigned for "Minor Mounting Remnants on Back," which are invisible to us through the holder. The signatures are bold, and the print quality on the well-detailed vignette is sharper than most.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18009 Continental Currency November 29, 1775 Blue Counterfeit Detector $3 PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. PCGS has just recently broken out detector notes from the regular issue Continentals, which shows us that this 66PPQ is the only Uncirculated example of this detector that they have seen. PMG has graded only one of these, an AU 50. These detectors were distr...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18010 Continental Currency November 29, 1775 $3 PCGS About New 53. A well-margined, well-signed, accurately graded note with strong eye appeal. Both grading services combined have graded only four uncirculated examples. In our April auction earlier this year, we sold a PCGS 58 for $1410. This is not worth much less.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18011 Continental Currency November 29, 1775 $4 PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ. While we have no doubt that the Choice About New grade is technically accurate, this beautiful note has wonderful appearance with broad margins, excellent color, and the look of a Choice New. In the past year, Continental notes have been selling more on appearance than on te...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18012 Continental Currency November 29, 1775 $5 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. A lovely looking Continental with strong signatures and an unusually bold vignette. The emblem illustrates a hand that is bleeding due to being pricked by thorns while gathering food. The motto is SUSTINE VEL ABSTINE (either survive or give up). The nature print on the back i...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18013 Continental Currency November 29, 1775 $6 PCGS Choice About New 55PPQ. A strictly original, well-signed and quite handsome November 1775 Continental. The motto is PERSEVERANDO (By perseverance), while the emblem is a beaver gnawing down a tree.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18014 Continental Currency November 29, 1775 $7 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. This note is an unquestioned Gem, very scarce at that grade level. It is Top Pop at PMG and tied with just one other note at PCGS. That PCGS note was sold by us just last April in our Central States Auction for $3055. This is a wonderful Continental that is nicely margined a...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18015 Continental Currency November 29, 1775 $7 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 Net. The Net grade has been assigned for the somewhat cryptic PMG comment "Retouched." The note certainly has the full appearance of a Choice New piece, and carrying the "Net" and the comment it is likely to prove a bargain at right around the four figure mark. In July of 2014...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18016 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1/6 PCGS Choice About New 55PPQ. "The February 17, 1776 small denomination notes are fascinating, with Benjamin Franklin designed motifs on both sides. The face has the Fugio design used on the Continental Dollars, and later the 1787 Fugio coppers, with sundial and MIND YOUR BUSINESS. The backs correspond...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18017 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1/6 PCGS About New 53PPQ. The February 17, 1776 small denomination notes are fascinating, with motifs designed by Benjamin Franklin on both sides. The face has the Fugio design used on the Continental Dollars, and later the 1787 Fugio coppers, with a sundial and "MIND YOUR BUSINESS." The backs correspond ...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18018 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1/3 PCGS About New 53. These fractional denomination Continentals are found only in this, one of eleven different issues. Because of its connection with the Fugio Cent and the design elements that were suggested by Benjamin Franklin, this design type, although not rare, has remained one of the most treasu...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18019 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1/3 PCGS Extremely Fine 40. A lightly circulated but well-margined and well-printed example of this extremely popular Fractional Continental. In our sale of the Newman Collection last April, we sold a PCGS 55 PPQ for $2580. Last January at FUN a PCGS 45 Apparent realized over $820.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18020 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1/2 PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. Both services combined have graded a total of four 66s with nothing higher. We have never sold a 66, or for that matter a 65. We have sold several 64s, most recently in 2010. Last April, we sold a 63PPQ for $3760. This note is in a completely different class and will certa...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18021 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1/2 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. Both the serial number and signature are in bold, deep red, and the print quality of this note is absolutely perfect, with every line of the original design boldly evident. This is one of the most appealing examples we have ever offered of this number, a real beauty. We auc...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18022 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1/2 PCGS Choice About New 55. Last April we auctioned a PCGS 58PPQ example of this same note for $2820. This note falls short of that quality, but not by very much. Only a light sheet fold holds this piece from the uncirculated grade.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18023 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1/2 PMG About Uncirculated 50 EPQ. Fractional Continentals have been extremely hot, and this PMG 50EPQ should prove to be a very popular lot. It's a beauty, ideally centered on both sides among broad margins. Tons of eye appeal! The 63PPQ example which we auctioned last April brought $3760. While this not...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18024 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $2/3 PCGS About New 50PPQ. A well-margined, well-signed example of this extremely popular fractional continental type. We sold two AU last Spring, a PCGS 55 for over $2200 and a PCGS 58PPQ for $4700. This note is no match for the 58, but is quite comparable to the 55.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18025 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $1 Blue Counterfeit Detector PCGS Choice About New 58PPQ. A very rare detector. PCGS does not break out detectors in their Pop report, but PMG does and has reported just one. This note has the look of a perfect Gem with incredible margins. The reason for the assigned 58 grade is not visible through the hol...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18026 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $2 Blue Counterfeit Detector PCGS Choice New 63. PMG has graded only two of these, an indication of the scarcity of detectors from this issue. The note is beautiful with broad margins, excellent colors, and sharp print quality.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18027 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $3 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ. A highly desirable note with sharp printing and bold signatures. The last two examples of this number with EPQ or PPQ in our auctions happen to have been a pair of PPQ notes. The 64PPQ piece brought $2056.25 last April, and a 63PPQ realized $2585 in September 2014.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18028 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $3 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ. For some reason, long lost to history, the survival rate for the $3 notes from this issue is higher than its sheet mates in top grades. Both services combined have graded a total of twelve examples at and above this 64 level. This 64 EPQ has the full appearance of a Gem...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18029 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $3 PCGS Very Choice New 64. Good margins, incredible signatures, and great eye appeal highlight this Choice New $3 Continental. We sold a PCGS 63PPQ in last year's Long Beach Auction for $2585.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18030 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $4 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63. Sizeable margins grace this exceptional Continental note that has been blessed with bold signatures, a sharp boar vignette, and deep embossing. The back centering keeps the Gem grade out of reach.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18031 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $5 PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. This fully Gem Continental is tied with one other note as the second-finest known. Both services have combined for a single 66 and two 65s, one of which is this note. The vignette and nature prints are both well executed, the signatures are fully bright, and the note is very well mar...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18032 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $6 PCGS New 61. The margins are a bit tight, accounting for the conservative New grade. The emblem is a beaver gnawing down a tree, and the motto is PERSEVERANDO (By Perseverance).
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18033 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $6 PCGS Choice About New 58PPQ. A lovely Continental note that has broad margins, excellent centering, and the eye appeal of a Gem. PCGS obviously spotted something that accounted for the grade but we cannot discern what that is through the holder. It has as much visual impact as the 66 example we auctione...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18034 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $7 PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. A fully Gem, broadly margined, well-signed Continental. Last April the identically graded Newman note realized $2937. This piece should do as well or better.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18035 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $7 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. A well-signed, bright and Gem appearing note with three excellent margins and one oversized margin. The oversized margin appears scissor trimmed, which caused the somewhat silly PMG comment of "miscut." Last April we sold a PCGS 65PPQ for $2937 and a PCGS 66PPQ for $4700. Bot...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18036 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $8 Blue Counterfeit Dectector PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. PCGS does not separate out detectors in its population report; PMG does, and they have graded only a single example of this note. We believe this to be the finest known. This issue is quite rare as few detectors of any issue will ever reach this top Gem grade.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18037 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $8 PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. Tied at PCGS with just one other note, with a single 66 above them. The margins are broad and even, the signatures are perfect, and it is hard to understand what held the grade at 65PPQ. A nicely printed example with clear text and a well-defined emblem, this $8 note includes the mot...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18038 Continental Currency February 17, 1776 $8 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63. This is a very crisp and well-margined Continental note that has superb paper quality and crackling-fresh paper.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18039 Continental Currency Counterfeit Detector May 9, 1776 $1-$2-$3-$4-$5-$6-$7-$8 Uncut Sheet of Eight PCGS Apparent Choice About New 55. Each of the denominations from the $1 through the $8 are represented on this half sheet. PMG mentions internal holes, which are in the blank vertical margin area. Taken individually, each note appears fully Uncir...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18040 Continental Currency May 9, 1776 $2 PCGS Very Choice New 64. PCGS has graded two higher examples of this note, and PMG has graded one. This lovely 64 is probably the visual equal of any of the higher graded notes. It's broadly margined, bright, and beautifully signed. This is another lovely type note from the May 9, 1776 resolution. Visually, i...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18041 Continental Currency May 9, 1776 $5 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. This high end Choice May 9, 1776 Continental is the only Uncirculated example of its denomination at PMG. Its closest rival is a lone AU 58. On the vignette, the motto SUSTINE VEL ABSTINE (Either survive or give up) accompanies the image of a hand that gathers food and bleeds from ...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18042 Continental Currency May 9, 1776 $7 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Crackling fresh, with perfect signatures, sharp printing, good margins all the way around, and ideal centering of both sides. No Continentals are easy to find in this grade, and we've had less than a dozen truly high grade examples from this May 1776 issue in all our sales combine...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18043 Continental Currency May 9, 1776 $7 PCGS Choice New 63PPQ. All Continentals are very scarce in Choice New and higher grades, and this one is a beautiful example. The face margins are broad and even, and the back margins only slightly less so. The note has spectacular color, including unusually bold signatures.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18044 Continental Currency May 9, 1776 $8 PMG Choice About Unc 58. A much scarcer note in high grade, with only three Uncirculated examples reported by both services combined. This high-end AU has all of the appearance of a Superb Gem with extremely broad margins, good centering on both sides, sharp printing, and excellent visual appeal. If this s...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18045 Continental Currency July 22, 1776 $2 PCGS Very Choice New 64PPQ. Our description of the AU example in our Patriotic American Auction in the summer of 2010 read as follows: "To date, this is the highest grade assigned to this number by PMG. Neither service has reported an Uncirculated note. The emblem on this $2 illustrates grain being threshed...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18046 Continental Currency July 22, 1776 $3 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63. The only Uncirculated example at PMG, with its nearest competitor an XF 40. PCGS has graded only one Uncirculated example, a 61, leaving this note the finest known at both services combined by a full two points. It is a beautiful note with gem print quality, signatures, and eye a...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18047 Continental Currency July 22, 1776 $5 PCGS About New 50. The emblem is clear and distinct on this lightly handled note that displays good color. As stated by Bowers in the Whitman Encyclopedia of U.S. Paper Money, the emblem and motto represent "either help nourish a movement, such as the independence of America, or abstain." Heritage has yet t...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18048 Continental Currency July 22, 1776 $7 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 Net. PMG has assigned the Net grade because the note has been "Previously Mounted." That appears accurate, but the traces are minuscule. Even with the Net grade for the minor problem, this is the only Uncirculated example of this Continental seen by either service in the 44 combin...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18049 Continental Currency July 22, 1776 $8 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ. Tied for finest known at both services combined and the highest graded at PMG. The note is boldly signed, with broad even margins and terrific eye appeal. The July 22, 1776 issue has always been, in this cataloger's opinion, the sleeper issue for high grade Continentals. This...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18050 Continental Currency July 22, 1776 $30 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. Both services combined have graded seven Uncirculated examples, with none grading higher than 64. Both services together have graded a total of 50 examples, with a single 64 at PCGS and this and one other at PMG. The margins are huge, the signatures strong, the paper bright, and...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18051 Continental Currency July 22, 1776 $30 PMG About Uncirculated 55 Net. The Net grade is for "Foreign Substance," which is a bit of paper adhering to the lower corner of the back that is very likely easily removable without a trace. The note has much of the appearance of a choice uncirculated piece. We have auctioned two other AUs recently, one f...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18052 Continental Currency July 22, 1776 $30 PMG About Uncirculated 50. We recently sold two 58s: one in 2014 and one in 2015, both of which realized $1410. This note is not quite in that class but should approach, if not exceed, the four-figure mark.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18053 Continental Currency November 2, 1776 $2 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. Both services together have graded only three examples of uncirculated November 2, 1776 $2 notes. PMG has assigned the Choice New 64 grade to this note and has commented "Foreign Substance." They have not Net graded the note, which indicates to us that it is just a small trace...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18054 Continental Currency November 2, 1776 $3 PMG Choice About Unc 58. An extremely tough note in top grade, PMG has yet to grade an Uncirculated example and PCGS has graded two - a 62 and a 64. As a 58, this note is the third-finest known. The note is signed by Robert Dorsey and William Govett. Both have signed in brown, which is not correct: one o...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18055 Continental Currency November 2, 1776 $4 PCGS Choice New 63. A fully Choice New example. Both services combined have graded only eight Uncirculated $4 November 2, 1776 notes. This piece is mid-pack of those eight. The red signature is that of Benjamin Levy, the only Jewish signer of Continental Currency, and his signature adds considerable valu...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18056 Continental Currency November 2, 1776 $30 PCGS Choice About New 55PPQ. Although not mentioned on the holder, this note is signed lightly in red by Benjamin Levy. Levy is the only Jewish signer on Continental Currency. Until recent years Ben Jacobs was also considered Jewish, but recent research has established otherwise. Levy's signature is rel...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18057 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $3 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Tied for Top Pop at both services combined. PCGS has not graded a single uncirculated example of this $3 Baltimore Issue. PMG has graded two Uncs., this piece and one other 65EPQ. We auctioned that other 65EPQ in September 2009 for $2,185. That result is ancient history in a...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18058 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $3 PCGS Blue Counterfeit Detector Choice About New 58PPQ. Another gorgeous detector from this group. It is both extremely rare and very beautiful. A minor fold somewhere has caused the 58PPQ grade; but through the holder, it appears every bit as nice as the Baltimore $6 66 in this run.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18059 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $3 PCGS Choice About New 55PPQ. A well-printed example with two bold signatures. This is one of the more elusive denominations of this issue.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18060 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $4 Blue Counterfeit Detector PCGS Very Choice New 64PPQ. It is difficult to see what could possibly limit this gorgeous Baltimore Detector to the Choice New Grade. It is broadly margined, wonderfully original, and sharply printed on both sides. PCGS does not list detectors, but PMG does, and they do not sh...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18061 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $4 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. Both grading services combined have graded five Uncirculated examples. PCGS has graded a 61, a 63, and a 64. PMG has graded a single Gem - a 65 - with this note right below it. This piece stands alone at the top of PCGS census and second when both services are combined. It is...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18062 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $5 PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Alone as the second-finest known at both services combined. PCGS has graded two Uncs., a 63 and a 64. PMG has graded 5 Uncs.: two 63s, this 65, and a single 66 above it. We auctioned that 66 as part of our Midnight Ride Collection, and the note brought $2,875 long before the...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18063 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $5 Blue Counterfeit Detector PCGS Choice About New 58PPQ. We do not doubt the existence of a light fold somewhere on this Baltimore Detector, but it certainly appears like a gem through the holder. A very rare detector, with not a single example shown on the PMG census. PCGS does not report detectors they ...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18064 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $6 Blue Counterfeit Detector PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. Save for a half-sheet of eight that graded About New which we sold in January 2005 for over $3,700, we have never handled any high grade Baltimore Detector notes. This $6 example is an absolute Gem. PCGS does not report detectors, but PMG does, and they have...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18065 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $6 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. An extraordinary piece, with wonderful colors, excellent centering of both sides among broad margins, and tons of eye appeal. The face vignette is unusually sharply printed. It illustrates a beaver gnawing on a tree, and it bears the Latin motto, "Perseverando," which needs n...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18066 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $7 PMG Choice About Unc 58. Broad margins, good signatures, and strong eye appeal all combine on this note that is right at the very edge of the fully Uncirculated grade. This piece is in the top five when both grading services are combined, as there are only three Uncirculated notes listed: two at PMG and...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18067 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $30 PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. This piece stands alone at the top of the population report for both services combined. Below this note, the closest competitor is a 64. PMG has graded two 65s with nothing higher. We sold one of those 65s in September of 2009 as part of our "Midnight Ride" Auction for $3,220. This ...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18068 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $30 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. Both services have graded two 64s of this number for a total of four, and there are three other notes graded above them. This denomination has two emblems on the back that add to the visual appeal. These notes are known as the Baltimore issue because the notes were authorize...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18069 Continental Currency February 26, 1777 $30 PCGS Choice New 63PPQ. This denomination has two emblems on the back, that add to the visual appeal. These notes are known as the Baltimore issue because they were authorized by the Continental Congress when they convened in Baltimore because of the British occupation of Philadelphia. The notes may hav...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18070 Continental Currency May 20, 1777 $4 PCGS New 62. Any Uncirculated May 1777 Continental is a rare find. The only other Uncirculated $4 example at PCGS is a 62, which we sold as part of our "Patriotic American" 2010 auction for $1955. PMG has not graded any Uncirculated piece. This is an important opportunity for the serious collector of Contine...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18071 Continental Currency May 20, 1777 $7 PCGS Very Choice New 64. At both services combined, there are a total of four uncirculated notes. This gem-appearing $7 note is Top Pop at PCGS and tied with one other 64 at PMG. The other two circulated notes are a 63 and 60. We sold the PMG 64EPQ in 2010 for $3220. May 20, 1777 notes are simply not availa...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18072 Continental Currency May 20, 1777 $7 PMG About Uncirculated 50 EPQ. PMG has awarded this decent AU their Exceptional Paper Quality comment. This May 20, 1777 issue, the eighth of eleven issues, is the second scarcest, edged out only by the April 11, 1778 Yorktown issue. These May 20th notes are a challenge to find in any grade, and a decent A...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18073 Continental Currency May 20, 1777 $7 PCGS Extremely Fine 40. Last January, we sold an AU 55 of this note for $1645. Our most recent sale of an XF was in 2012, when a PMG 40 realized $805. This note, though accurately graded, has the look of an AU. A very scarce issue in high grade.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18074 Continental Currency May 20, 1777 $30 PCGS Choice About New 55. This was the last issue to use the Franklin-emblem backs which were first used on the May 10, 1775 $30 notes and created for the May 10, 1775 $20 Marbled Border notes. This is another sleeper, because it's difficult to find in fully uncirculated condition. The highest graded at PCG...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18075 Continental Currency April 11, 1778 $4 PMG Choice About Unc 58 EPQ. The finest-known Four Dollar Yorktown at both services combined. Neither service has seen an uncirculated note out of the combined 20 that they have examined, and the highest graded at PMG is this 58. This is the lone 58EPQ at PMG, with its closest neighbor a single 55. A very...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18076 Continental Currency April 11, 1778 $6 PCGS Gem New 66. Both services had graded only this single Uncirculated Six Dollar Yorktown and no others. The highest example graded by PMG is a lone 58, and the highest at PCGS is a 66PPQ, with this 66 and only AUs below them. The margins are incredible, and the overall appearance is just what one would ...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18077 Continental Currency April 11, 1778 $8 PCGS Choice About New 58. A very minor fold near the bottom is all that holds this spectacular $8 Yorktown from the gem grade. Both services combined have graded only a single uncirculated example of this note. Last Spring we sold an AU $6 for $3290 and an AU$4 for $5875. With its tremendous eye appeal, th...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18078 Continental Currency April 11, 1778 $20 PCGS Choice New 63PPQ. One of the toughest denominations for Yorktown Notes and tied as the second finest known at PCGS. PMG is yet to grade any uncirculated Yorktown. Last April, as part of our Continental Congress Collection, we sold a 58PPQ for $4465. This note, a full five points better, should easily...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18079 Continental Currency April 11, 1778 $20 PCGS Choice About New 58PPQ. If you are a proponent of labels, this note is a high-end AU. If you prefer currency to labels, it is a Superb Gem. Not to say that PCGS is wrong, but from a visual standpoint they certainly do not appear correct. The note is incredibly margined with ideal color, spot on cente...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18080 Continental Currency April 11, 1778 $30 PCGS Choice New 63PPQ. A superb Yorktown type note with exceptional printing for the series on both sides. The margins on the face are superior to most, and the back is perfectly centered with broad margins. Excellent embossing and the signatures are well accomplished and bold. This is the finest graded b...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18081 Continental Currency April 11, 1778 $30 PMG Choice About Unc 58. This sheet-mate of the high grade Yorktowns in our auction of last April shares the margins and the overall appearance but lacks the technical grade, likely due to a minor sheet fold. Both grading services combined have graded only two Uncs, with a 63 the best of them. There are a...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18082 Continental Currency April 11, 1778 $40 PCGS Choice About New 58PPQ. A high grade example, as both PCGS and PMG have each topped it just once, with no equals. This is the highest third party graded $40 Yorktown appear in any of our auctions. It has wonderful margins, sharp printing, dark signatures, and premium paper quality.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18083 Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $5-$7-$8-$20-$30-$40-$50-$60 Double Sheet of Sixteen PCGS Apparent Very Fine 35. The only double sheet of September 26, 1778 notes that we have handled since 2003. As is often the case, there are some contemporary notations in the wide margin area between the two panes. The sheet was folded into quarters ...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18084 Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $8 PMG About Uncirculated 55 EPQ. Both services together have graded three Uncirculated examples of this number, two 63s at PMG and a single 60 at PCGS. This note would have been a perfect Gem but for a minor sheet fold that is barely visible along the left edge of the back. The visual appeal of this note...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18085 Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $30 PCGS Choice New 63PPQ. Two large and two small margins limit the grade to Choice on this otherwise gem continental. The note has wonderful color and some of the strongest signatures we have ever seen. A few months ago we sold a PCGS 64 for $1410. That note was one point better, but this has a finer ap...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18086 Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $30 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63 EPQ. One of the more common Continentals in high grade, but an extremely nice example. With margins all the way around, easily seen original embossing, and strong signatures, this note has much of the look of a pure Gem.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18087 Continental Currency September 26, 1778 $60 PMG About Uncirculated 55. Continental Currency in the high AU grades often have better eye appeal than some technically uncirculated pieces. While the technical grade may well be accurate, the visual impact of this note is that of a pure Gem. Were this note in a 65 holder, no one would ever have a do...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18088 Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $4 PMG Choice Uncirculated 64. A lovely note with exceptional margins, clear printing on both sides, good signatures, and ultra-clean surfaces. Super quality. We can see no reason why this beauty did not reach the full gem level, as its visual allure certainly seems to carry it there.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18089 Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $60 PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. This Gem is alone at Top Pop at PCGS and tied with one other at PMG. It is the highest graded example we have yet to sell, although we have sold two 64s that each realized about $1500. This true Gem should more than double that.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18090 Continental Currency January 14, 1779 $60 PCGS Very Choice New 64. Tied with one other note for second-finest known at PCGS. There is a single 65 at each service, with this 64 high up among the finest known. We are not sure what held this note from the PPQ grade, as its originality is clear. Our pre-grading opinion of this note was 65PPQ, and w...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18091 Connecticut Counterfeit May 8, 1740 Redated May 8, 1746 7s PCGS Apparent Very Fine 20. A contemporary counterfeit that was once part of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. "Counterfeit" is penned twice vertically on this example. Both the previous cataloger, in 2004 when this note was raw, and we today believe it must have been a very tough call ...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18092 Connecticut June 1, 1775 20s PCGS New 61. An issue that is almost never found uncirculated. In fact, not only is this piece Top Pop at PCGS, but it is one of only two uncirculated noted for the entire June 1, 1775 issue. Connecticut is not a heavily collected state right now, but if it was there would be no limit for this piece. Likely a very g...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18093 Connecticut June 7, 1776 10s PCGS About New 50. This is very tough to find uncancelled. It is tied for Top Pop with one other at both services combined. We believe all Connecticut notes to be undervalued on the current market. Even a finest known, uncancelled, problem free, About New example such as this note will struggle to reach four figures.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18094 Connecticut June 19, 1776 6d PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. An uncancelled and well-preserved piece, this note last sold for $940 in our 2014 Long Beach Currency Signature Auction. We expect that price level to be a good starting point for tonight.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18095 Connecticut June 19, 1776 1s/6d PCGS Very Choice New 64PPQ. Alone as Top Pop at PCGS and tied at PMG. In 2013 we auctioned a PCGS 63PPQ that realized $558.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18096 Connecticut June 19, 1776 2s/6d PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. A full Gem uncancelled piece with excellent margins, good colors, and deep original embossing.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18097 Delaware January 1, 1776 4s PCGS Superb Gem New 67PPQ. Last April we sold an identically graded example using the following description: "A note that does come nice, it is tied with a few others at this level, with only a single 68 above it. We have not sold a 67 before. We have sold two 66's, one from each service, and they both realized just ...
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18098 Delaware January 1, 1776 4s PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. An enormously margined example of this Delaware issue that has great signatures, bold printing, and exceptional paper quality. We have no idea what could have limited this gorgeous Gem to the 66 level. It looks so much nicer. Only a few serial numbers removed from the 5s and 10s 66PPQs below.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18099 Delaware January 1, 1776 5s PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. Identical and only a few serial numbers away from the 66PPQ 4s that appears above.
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Heritage Auctions, Auction 3537, Lot 18100 Delaware January 1, 1776 5s PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. A real beauty with broad margins and ideal print quality. James Adams, who had previously worked for Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia, engraved the cuts and printed the notes. All three signatures, including the red signature, are wonderfully bold.
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