Prev Next

Lot # 2103: 1862-1874 U.S. Fractional Currency Collection (24)

Starting Bid:

$200

Bids:

(Bid History)

Current Bid

$
High Bidder Out Bid
Total Bid Cost
Next Bid $
Buyer's Premium $
Sales Tax (estimated) $
Shipping Fee (estimated) $
Total Cost $ *

* Shipping and sales tax calculations are 'best guess' estimates based on your current shipping address. Final calculations may vary at billing.

Login to place a bid

Description

Time to get small, with this 1862-1874 U.S. fractional note collection. Pressed into service due to a coin shortage during the Civil War, these small format notes range in denominations of 3¢ to 50¢. Silver and gold were being hoarded as paper money was being devalued versus precious metals, so coins were carrying a premium at this time of great conflict and upheaval. Seldom will you find an offering of so many pieces at once, making this bundle of shinplasters a sweet score.

Featured are:

1863 3¢ Third Issue with George Washington portrait, Vg details with deference to a couple of holes at center;

1862 5¢ First Issue with Thomas Jefferson, Fn details with slight surface loss on bottom edge;

1863 5¢ Second Issue with Washington, Pr;

1862 10¢ First Issue with Washington (X2), Fn, Vg;

1863 10¢ Fourth Issue with Bust of Liberty (X4), Fn+, Fn, Vg, Vg;

1863 10¢ Second Issue with Washington, Pr;

1863 10¢ Third Issue with Washington (X2), Vf+, Fn;

1874 10¢ Fifth Issue with William Meredith (X4), Xf+, Fn, Vg, Gd;

1863 15¢ Fourth Issue with Bust of Columbia (X2), Fr, Pr;

1863 25¢ Second Issue with Washington, Fr;

1864 25¢ Fifth Issue with Robert Walker, Fn;

1863 50¢ Fourth Issue with Abraham Lincoln, Fr;

1863 50¢ Fourth Issue with Edwin Stanton, Vg;

1875 50¢ Fifth Issue with William Crawford, Vg details with tape repair;

1863 50¢ Third Issue with Francis Spinner, Xf details with deference to a hole at top center.