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Premier Auction - Session I - March 24, 2023

Fri, Mar 24, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 669

Confederate Currency Group: Advertising & Fantasy Notes with Printing Blocks

Estimate: $200 - $400

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
mid 20th century advertising notes for Eastern Air Lines ($500); Rich's Department Store ($10); Georgia Stamp and Coin Company ($100); J.H. Elliott Antiques ($500); K.A. Fraternity celebrating "Old South Day" ($20); three various stage examples of reproduction Lucy Pickens $100 along with genuine example with serial # 33292; three various stage examples of reproduction Stonewall Jackson $500 along with genuine example with serial # 18278; wood and copper printing block for the preceding $500 (front); a second printing block for "FIVE HUNDRED" reverse; a third printing block with unknown intended usage; signed Grover Criswell communication from 1979 offering to pay the sum of $40 for "the $500 CSA note and reproduction thereof"; two letters from 1958 discussing costs and process to reproduce Confederate notes

Condition

genuine notes with expected wear and typical issues including discoloration, minor edge splits, pinhole(s), wrinkled paper; typical wear to other ephemera present; one advertising note (Elliott) with writing on back; printing blocks showing little appreciable usage
Collection of an Important Atlanta, Georgia Family