Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 34

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Silver Certificates

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3160		1886, $1 Silver Certificate. . Fr-218. . KL-32. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. As fresh and beautiful a Martha note as you will likely see, with the fancy 1886 back collectors also like to see and display to friends. On January 6, 1759, George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, a young and wealthy widow with two children. Martha had been married to Daniel Park Custis, one of Virginia's wealthiest landowners, until he died suddenly in 1757 (Custis was 20 years her senior). Martha Washington died in 1802, age 70, less than three years after her husband passed away. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,140
Lot 3161		1886, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Choice About New 55. . Fr-220. . KL-34. An ornate design and the first $1 silver certificate series, with the nation's first First Lady depicted on the front. For the reverse, a highly intricate engine-turned design with floral pattern in greeen. The front seal is dark brown with spikes; serial numbers are in deep midnight blue, creating a beautiful combination that collectors just love to see and dream about owning when the note is choice and crisp as seen here. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3162		FR-221. 1886, $1 Silver Certificate. PMG Choice About Uncirculated 58. . Fr-221. . KL-35. George Washington's wife adorns this handsome early $1 silver certificate with the fancy back used only on the 1886 series of notes. A beautiful crisp white piece of paper money with only a faint crease; the margins are wide on all sides. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 3163		Fr-223. 1891, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-223. . KL-37. Bright and fresh as a daisy! The familiar Martha Washington design with the simpler back introduced with the 1891 series. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3164		1896, $1 Silver Certificate. . Fr-224. . KL-38. PCGS Choice About New 55. PQ. Has the look of a crisp uncirculated. note with much paper crinkle although no longer bright white. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 3165		Fr-224. 1896, $1 Silver Certificate. . Fr-224. . KL-38. Beautifully printed with deep colors and eye appeal. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details	Realized $805
Lot 3166		FR-225. 1896, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-225. . KL-39. The beautiful Educational series $1 bill with fantastic detail that you can spend hours looking at with a magnifying glass and never see it all. Fresh, bright, premium paper quality throughout. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 3167		1896, $1 Silver Certificate. . Fr-225. . KL-39. CGC Superb Gem 66. A pristine, original example of this design "History Instructing Youth", with fresh red Treasury seal, fresh blue serial numbers, and refreshingly free of anything even approching a problem. This design was prepared by Will H. Low with engraving by Charles Schlecht. The central vignette or design is surrounded by a border that includes 23 continuous wreaths, each enclosing the name of a famous American historical figure. The reverse depicts George and Martha Washington. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,175
Lot 3168		Fr-230. 1899, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. . Fr-230. . KL-45. Star Note, Black Eagle. A rare Gem quality Star note of this popular design, often a collector's first entry into the fascinating world of Star notes, unusual serial numbers, and other curiosities in the paper money field. Bright and desirable. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,400
Lot 3169		FR-232. 1899, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-232. . KL-47. Very interesting serial number of this gem black eagle: M11111888M, it almost makes a buzzing sound in your head as you stare at the combination of numerals! You could almost call this the M&M note from the serial letters. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 3170		FR-232. 1899, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-232. . KL-47. Another odd and curious serial number from the same block, M11111400M. Bright, vivid, crisp, well centered, and that's just the way collectors prefer to see this note. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 3171		1899, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-232. . KL-47. A delightful gem specimen whose bright paper and endless crispness comports nicely with the bold dark black elements of the design and contrasting blue seal and serial numbers. The black eagle is over the heads of Presidents Lincoln and Grant and is engraved by who else but G. F. C. Smillie, a name that pops up time and again in the history of America's paper money. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details	Realized $1,020
Lot 3172		Fr-232. 1899, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-232. . KL-47. A wonderful example which has bright white paper, vivid blue overprint on the front, and nice centering, although the top margin is the closest of the 4 margins. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $863
Lot 3173		Fr-233. 1899, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. . Fr-233. . KL-48. Serial No. V9V. Extremely bold design with bright colors and pristine paper freshness; the margins are wide and perfectly balanced, which complements the rarity of the V9V serial number. The price on these single digit notes has risen substantially over the years with the increase in interest and growth in the number of collections being assembled. Estimated Value $7,500 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3174		Fr-233. 1899, $1 Silver Certificate. CGA Gem New 66. . Fr-233. . KL-48. Popular black eagle Type. A fresh, crisp example with spendid paper and vivid color. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 3175		1899, $1 Silver Certificate. PMG Very Choice New 64. *. Fr-235. . KL-50.** Star Note. A rare and desirable star note, this is the widely recognized "black eagle" $1 silver certificate, used extensively in the 1899 to 1929 period with a dozen signature combinations. Gems are very popular. Odd serial numbers extremely popular. And star notes "the cat's meow!" The current specimen, grading Choice New 64 is very choice bordering on gem quality, with full margins (the lowest margin is close to but does not touch the design), and fresh white paper. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,185
Lot 3176		Fr-236. 1899, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Choice New 63. . Fr-236. . KL-51. Excellent for a Type set since this is one of the more plentiful signature pairs (Speelman & White). Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $432
Lot 3177		1923, $1 Silver Certificate. PMG Gem New 65. *. Fr-237. . KL-52.** Star Note. If you are a collector of large size paper money and want to own just a single star note, this would be the one to acquire since it is of Gem quality, has bright color, is moderately scarce, and is very affordable compared to other series notes which can balloon in price due to their extreme rarity. Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 3178		Fr-237. 1923, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. . Fr-237. . KL-52. Serial Nu. E80000009D. A fresh crisp note with great eye appeal. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 3179		Fr-237. 1923, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-237. . KL-52. Note low serial no. A226B. Collectors eagerly chase the 3-digit, 2-digit, and, when they are available, 1-digit serial numbers of this popular black eagle Type. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 3180		FR-238. 1923, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-238. . KL-53. Standard-issue 1923 sivler certificate in bold crisp condition. A gem. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details	Realized $449
Lot 3181		Fr-238. 1923, $1 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-238. . KL-53. The 1923 series of silver certificates continued in use until small size notes were introduced to the public in 1928-29. However, it took years before these "horse blankets" (as the large size notes are known) ceased circulating. The 1923 series of Silver Certificates were followed by a 1933 series ($10) and 1934 & 1935 series for the lower denominations. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 3182		Fr-241. 1886, $2 Silver Certificate. PCGS Superb Gem New 67PPQ. . Fr-241. . KL-122. An ornate design and the first $2 silver certificate series, with the portrait of Civil War general Winfield Scott Hancock. High quality, high interest level, a first-rate 1886 note for the connoisseur! Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. Trask. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,200
Lot 3183		FR-242. 1886, $2 Silver Certificate. CGA Superb Gem New 68. . Fr-242. . KL-123. The notes of the 1886 series are quite popular because of the attractive reverses which are entirely covered with fine, detailed lathe work. This is an utterly fantastic Gem Crisp New example of the rare 1886 "ornate back" Silver Certificate featuring a head of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock at left. Friedberg-242 has a large red seal with scalloped points and blue serial numbers; signatures of Rosecrans and Hyatt. Crisp white paper, perfect colors, ideal balanced margins, and sharp corners are only some of its fine virtues, and the next owner will spend many hours studying it to locate that dozens of other virtues too numerous to list here! Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details	Realized $6,038
Lot 3184		1891, $2 Silver Certificate. PCGS Extremely Fine 40 PPQ. . Fr-246. . KL-127. A nice fresh looking William Windom deuce which has bright colors, white paper, no counting smudge, and grand eye-appeal. William Windom was a hard-money man of the Cleveland administration; that means he favored a gold-back currency for the nation. When he died suddenly in 1891, he was honored, but by mistake the government (which never makes mistakes) placed Windom's portrait on a Silver certificate, which would have horrified him. Then again, the pleasure of seeing his portrait on a note of this great country, might have caused him to wink once or twice to his friend and puff out his chest at the honor. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,530
Lot 3185		Fr-247. 1896, $2 Silver Certificate. PCGS Extremely Fine 45. . Fr-247. . KL-128. Educational Deuce. The front scene has an allegorical representation of Science presenting Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture, while the back has the heads of Samuel F. B. Morse and Robert Fulton. Morse used electricity to telegraph messages while Fulton captured the power of steam to run his (unprofitable) steampship line. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,990
Lot 3186		Fr-247. 1896, $2 Silver Certificate. PCGS Extremely Fine 40. . Fr-247. . KL-128. Educational Deuce. Another well preserved note with plenty of remaining crispness to the paper, plus vivid colors. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3187		FR-248. 1896, $2 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-248. . KL-129. A fresh looking bright colored Gem of the Educational series of 1896. The third issue of United States Notes consisted only of 1, 2 and 5 Dollar notes of the series of 1896. These comprise the famous and ever popular Educational Set, the most historical and certainly the most artistically polished design of all issues of our currency. Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details	Realized $9,775
Lot 3188		1899, $2 Silver Certificate. . Fr-249. . KL-130. PCGS Superb Gem New 67PPQ. Absolutely pristine! Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 3189		Fr-249. 1899, $2 Silver Certificate. . Fr-249. . KL-130. Great colors on the face, but the note has been press and has a light wallet stain on the back. A very presentable note. Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $275 - 325. View details	Realized $374
Lot 3190		FR--250. 1899, $2 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-250. . KL-131. A stunning original Gem of the scarce 1899 deuce with small portrait of Washington flanked by two seated figures said to represent Mechanics and Agriculture. The engraver was G. F. C. Smillie, who is responsible for many of the finest paper money designs of the late-19th and early 20th century. Estimated Value $1,750 - 2,000. View details	Realized $2,990
Lot 3191		Fr-251. 1899, $2 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. . Fr-251. . KL-132. Somewhat scarcer early note with the signatures of Vernon and Treat. And what a "treat" it is for the eye, with vivid blue overprint, strikingly fresh paper, and wide margins on top and bottom as well as the usual wide left-right margins. A thoroughly enjoyable note in this condition! Scarce. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,783
Lot 3192		1899, $2 Silver Certificate. CGA Superb Gem New 67. . Fr-253. . KL-134. Autograph note. This sharp gem specimen has the autograph of Treat, who was Treasurer of the United States at the time (not to be confused with the Secretary of the Treasury, another cushy sinacure job in the executive branch of the government). Collectors will find it a treat to own a note with an actual autograph of the man! Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 3193		Fr-258. 1899, $2 Silver Certificate. PCGS Superb Gem New 67PPQ. . Fr-258. . KL-139. The scarce $2 note registers with collectors and goes nicely with the blue and black front colors. This design has been one of the stellar performers over the last 30 years. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3194		Fr.-268. 1896, $5 Silver Certificate. . Fr-268. . KL-238. An attractively preserved, lightly circulated example of this design with full margins at top and bottom, left and right, excellent detail and bright colors. Also, it lacks the often-seen smudge ("counting smudge") at the upper right corner of the front, another plus for this piece. PCGS graded Extremely Fine 40PPQ. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,175
Lot 3195		Fr-269. 1896, $5 Silver Certificate. . Fr-269. . KL-239. PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. Popular Educational. Fresh and beautiful! The design for the Series of 1896 $5 Educational note is by Walter Shirlaw, a muralist who was commissioned to design the five and ten dollar notes for this series. Once Walter Shirlaw prepared his design, with the winged central vignette approved, G.F.C. Smillie began the process of engraving plates. The various steps in this long and tedious process took months. The central vignette is entitled "Electricity Presenting Light to the World." The central figure, representing Electricity, holds a light bulb, presumably of the incandescent type perfected by Thomas A. Edison just a few years earlier. Other figures represent Force, to the left, Fame, with the trumpet, and Peace, seen here with a dove. An elite Gem Crisp New example of this note, nice balanced margins with sharp corner, bright blue and red overprint, and crisp green and black base colors. Something for the connoisseur of artistic American paper money! Estimated Value $13,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $15,525
Lot 3196		Fr-271. 1899, $5 Silver Certificate. PCGS Superb Gem New 67PPQ. . Fr-271. . KL-241. Scarce, but nevertheless ever-popular Indian chief design, with incredibly fresh white paper, and equally vivid colors, the blue and black overprinting makes a nice frame for the portrait of the Indian chief. Plate position D. These notes were printed in sheets of four with each note bearing a different plate position. The top note is designated position A, next is B, third is C, and the bottom note is position D. Also E, F, G, and H sheets were made. Although most collectors are content with a "type note" illustrating each design, some specialists seek to acquire examples of each signature combination. Very few desire to own examples from each plate position. Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,200
Lot 3197		Fr-272. 1899, $5 Silver Certificate. PCGS Superb Gem New 67PPQ. . Fr-272. . KL-242. Another absolutely superlative example of this handsome $5 denomination. The head is of Te-to-ka-in-yan-ka, also known as Running Antelope, a member of the onc-papa tribe of Sioux Indians. Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,913
Lot 3198		1899, $5 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-272. . KL-242. This is a resplendent Gem "Onepapa" five, an Indian chief note with distinction. It is reported the the grand old chieftain refused to wear the war bonnet provided by the Smithsonian Institution when he sat for his portrait. It wasn't of his tribe and would have been an insult to wear it. So the clever craftsmen at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing posed one of their employees wearing it, and from the composite of the Indian's portrait and the worn headress by this unnamed individual, the complete Indian chief was rendered. (No word has come down to historians as to how the proud chief felt when he saw what the Bureau had done.). Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details	Realized $5,750
Lot 3199		Fr-276. 1899, $5 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-276. . KL-246. Finest Known. Napier & Thompson is the rarest signature combination of the early 20th century, and rarely seen on even a circulated $5 Indian chief note. This almost miraculous Gem will delight the socks off of any collector of paper money. George F. C. Smillie engraved the portrait. This is the only issue of U.S. paper money for which a Native American was selected as the central feature. The note itself: a spectacular gem with burst of bright green color offset by the blue seal and serial numbers, and fully centered with nice full margins all around. Estimated Value $14,000 - 16,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $16,100
Lot 3200		Fr-277. 1899, $5 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 65. . Fr-277. . KL-247. Another outstanding example of this impressive Type. The fourth issue of silver certificates, originally authorized in 1878, consisted of only 1, 2 and 5 Dollar notes of the series of 1899. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,370
Lot 3201		FR-282. 1923, $5 Silver Certificate. PMG Very Fine 25. . Fr-282. . KL-252. Scarce yet popular Lincoln "Porthole" note. Some crispness remains in the paper. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $748
Lot 3202		1886, $10 Silver Certificate. . Fr-293. . KL-418. Large Red Seal and blue serial numbers, this is the scarce 1886 series with fancy engine-turned back. Has the look of a strictly Crisp New note. An impressive looking design featuring Hendricks in a tomb-sharped frame. Choice About Uncirculated. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3203		1891, $10 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-299. . KL-424. Wonderful tombstone note that features a small red scalloped seal and blue serial numbers. Nice wide margins at right and left, with the bottom and top margins (typically narrow) are complete and give nice centering to the main design. Silver certificates were used in place of the actual coin since people didn't want to carry around a purse full of heavy clunking cartwheels when doing their daily shopping. It turns out the $10 denomination is really scarce in Gem condition. Very few are offered each year. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details	Realized $8,050
Lot 3204		Fr-299. 1891, $10 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 66PPQ. . Fr-299. . KL-424. Tombstone Note. This interesting moniker arises from the shape of the frame around the head of Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice President of the United States for only a few months in 1885 (he died in office). The 1891 series reverse has more open space within the design than the more ornate 1886 series $10 silver certificates. This denomination was printed in conjunction with the Martha Washington $1, William Windom $2, Ulysses S. Grant $5, and Daniel Manning $20. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. Ex:Trask. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,763
Lot 3205		1891, $10 Silver Certificate. . Fr-301. . KL-426. PCGS Very Fine 35PPQ. Top margin close to the design, yet this still retains its fresh appearance and crispness despite normal horizontal and vertical folds. Scarce. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 3206		1880, $20 Silver Certificate. . Fr-311. . KL-581. CGC Extremely Fine 40. The Steven Decatur $20 silver certificate is beautifully centered on both sides. It has all of its full original color, and to separate it from the Gem New grade, the very lightest of folds. This handsome piece, which was offered in May of 2005, sold for $20,700 with the buyer's premium. With just under 130 examples known, virtually none are high grade. One of the few reported Uncirculated pieces sold for over $61,000 a few years ago! Born in 1779 to a prominent Philadelphia family, Stephen Decatur was reared in the traditions of the sea. Upon the establishment of the Navy in 1798, the youthful Decatur embarked as a midshipman aboard the new frigate, United States. Decatur learned fast; after he donned his uniform it took him only one year to be commissioned Lieutenant. Decatur's first real act of heroism came in 1804 during the Barbary Wars in the Mediterranean. Under cover of darkness, Decatur led a group of sailors into Tripoli Harbor and seized control of the recently captured U.S. frigate, Philadelphia. Decatur ordered his men to set fire to the vessel and then fight the crew in hand-to-hand combat. Thus, the Philadelphia could never be used by the Tripolitans against the Americans. After this "most bold and daring act of the age," Decatur was promoted to captain. In 1812, Captain Decatur and his men captured the ship the Macedonia and brought her back to the safe shores of the United States. Again, Decatur's exploits were celebrated around the world. Estimated Value $15,000 - 17,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3207		Fr-321. 1891, $20 Silver Certificate. PCGS Gem New 65PPQ. . Fr-321. . KL-591. "Manning" Historical Note, Daniel Manning (now long forgotten except by paper money collectors) was Secretary of the Treasury from 1885 to 1887. The allegorical figures represent Agriculture and Industry; this has the 1891 back with more open areas in the design. Lovely balanced margins and crisp white paper, the colors are also nice and fresh, in fact "vivid" comes to mind when describing their harmonious overlay on the black-ink of the face design. Extremely rare in Gem condition. Only a few are accounted for today. Estimated Value $14,000 - 16,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $15,525
Lot 3208		FR-335. 1891, $50 Silver Certificate. PMG Choice Very Fine 35. . Fr-335. . KL-721. A decidedly crisp and original untampered with high denomination note, one of the scarcest Silver Certificates from this period. The top margin is the closest of the 4, but all are complete and away from the design. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details	Realized $4,600