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STACK'S BOWERS: DECEMBER 2025 OBSOLETE CURRENCYStack's Bowers will be hosting their December 11, 2025 Auction, which includes obsolete currency. Select items are discussed below. -Garrett 
Marion, Alabama. Selma, Marion & Memphis Railroad Company. 1871 $2. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63. Remainder. No. 762. A rare denomination for this issuer and far nicer in technical terms than the $10 we sold in June of 2025 for $780. PMG comments "Previously Mounted." Estimate: $400 - $600.
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Denver, Colorado. Business College Bank. 1877 $2. PMG Very Fine 20.Unlisted. January 1, 1877. Only the $1 denomination is listed in Schingoethe. We have also seen a single $100 example. Imprint of Shober & Carqueville Lith. Co. Chicago. Red border prints. Red die counter 2s at top left and bottom right. Red 2 protector bottom center. Youthful Liberty in round frame at bottom left. Native American man with bow and arrows leaning on shield at top right. Signed by Hopkins and Smith. Ornate green printed back with three 2s across the center. Boldly colored and bright with "splits, stains" noted by PMG. We sold this same note for $705 in our 2016 ANA sale. Quite possibly unique for this denomination. PMG comments "Splits, Stains." Estimate: $500 - $700.
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Tallahassee, Florida. State of Florida. 1864 $1. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.No. 5353. Plate J. Fully signed and issued. The overprint on this specimen remains wholly original and demonstrates exceptional eye appeal. Estimate: $400 - $600.
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Washington, Illinois. Prairie State Bank. 185x $3. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63. Proof.(IL-855-G4P). Plate A. Imprint of Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. Philadelphia & New York. Trio of cherubs playing with a "3" denomination counter at center between the portions of the bank title. Subsidiary vignettes at left and right with and above a collection of (4) rounded "3" denomination counters. A total of (6) POCs may be observed in the signature panels. PMG comments "Previously Mounted." Estimate: $700 - $1,000.
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Edgard, Louisiana. Parish of St. John the Baptist. 1862 $1. PMG About Uncirculated 50.No. 2275. Plate R. A lightly handled Obsolete issued by the Parish of St. John the Baptist. This Parish was one of the 19 original parishes in Louisiana. PMG comments "Previously Mounted." Estimate: $300 - $500.
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Hagerstown, Maryland. Hagerstown Bank. 18xx $100. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Proof. (MD-240-G64P). Plate A. Imprint of Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufty. Philadelphia & Danforth, Underwood & Co. New York. Columbia at center with rough seas in the background. Cameo dies at left and right. Subsidiary vignettes may also be observed at left and right between a scattered quartet of "100" denomination counters. A total of (6) POCs may be observed in the signature panels. Estimate: $400 - $700.
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Jersey City, New Jersey. Bank of Jersey City. 1856 $5. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ. Proof.(NJ-250-G10aP). Plate B. Imprint of Danforth, Wright & Co. New York & Philadelphia. Vignette of train at left moving at speed through a landscape similar to the Hudson Valley. Ornate "5" Protector at right. A state die may also be observed at right close to the margin. A total of (8) POCs may be observed in the signature panels. This institution later became the Second National Bank of Jersey City (Charter# 695) in 1865. Estimate: $700 - $1,000.
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Scottsburgh, New York. Treasury Bank of Livingston County. 1851 $1. PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ. Proof.Plate A. Imprint of Danforth, Bald & Co. New York & Philadelphia. Female allegorical figures at center below bank title while (6) POCs may be seen in the signature panels along the bottom margin. State die at left between denomination counters opposite an armed depiction of Minerva armed with a spear standing between a pair of denomination counters. Estimate: $500 - $800.
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Crocket, Texas. Houston County. County Treasury Warrant. 1862 $1. PMG Very Fine 25.No. 210. Evenly circulated and made to a higher standard relative to similar pieces issued during the period. The "Tape Repair" mentioned by PMG may be observed along the bottom margin. PMG comments "Tape Repair." Estimate: $400 - $600.
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Richmond, Virginia. Bank of the Commonwealth. 18xx $50. PMG Choice Uncirculated 63. Proof.(VA-170-G8aP). Plate A. Imprint of the American Bank Note Company & Bald, Cousland & Co. Philadelphia & New York. Vermillion Gothic title, upper counter surrounds, and FIFTY L FIFTY protector. Center, black mother holds baby. Lower left, male portrait. Lower right, Virginia seal. Common bank, rare denomination and deeply vibrant color proof. PMG comments "Stain." Estimate: $700 - $1,000.
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