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Item: 1918 $5 St. Louis Fr# 796 - PMG XF-40

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Category: Currency > Federal Reserve Bank Notes > Large Size > $5

Cert:

Cert: 2199923-002

Price:

Price: $1,545

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The Midwest Summer Sale 2025 View Lots
7/18/2025 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #228 - 1991 1/4oz gold American Eagle MS-69, and a 1999 1oz silver American Eagle MS-67, both NGC Struck Thru
Collector Lots-Error Coins
A pair of error examples is unusual for modern U.S. coinage struck and inspected to a high level of quality control. Included are: 1991 1/oz. eagle "obverse struck thru", showing some curious dimples within the rays to Liberty's (observed) left. Included is a 1999 oz. silver eagle "reverse struck thru" featuring an outstanding lozenge-shaped anomaly through "E DOLL", with this side facing in the slab. Two coin lot.

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11/14/2025 - Marriott St. Louis Airport
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1880/79-CC Rev of 1878 GSA NGC MS-63
Silver Dollar-Morgan

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The Collectors' Auction View Lots
11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #224 - 1934 $5,000 Kansas City Fr# 2221-J - PMG ChCU-63/paper pull/internal tear
Hammer: $155,000
US Currency-Federal Reserve Notes, Small
Morals And Liberty Collection. Serial number: J00000030A. That the cataloger could find no reference to this SN in certified grade should come as no surprise as this $5000, one of the truly inspiring prizes for a paper money collector, has been off the market for many decades as it spent all this time in a local collection. After the $10,000 bill, the $5,000 bill was the second highest denomination ever released by the United States for public consumption, but the best information the cataloger could find suggests that well under 200 are known to exist today. That number increases with introduction of this CU63 example.

PMG lists the grade as strictly 63 / Choice Uncirculated, but the back of the holder mentions "Paper Pull, Internal Tear". The anomaly can be readily seen without visual aid at the center of the top margin. Fortunately, since the note resided in the hands of a true collector for so long, no attempt has been made to effect a repair, meaning no other alterations to the original paper and color would have been necessary to disguise such an alteration. Neither side was perfectly centered as-printed, the front leaning towards the right and the back opposite of that.

The denomination was discontinued in 1945 and incorporated advanced (for the time) anti-counterfeiting technology. Exquisite refinement of the ornate design included intricate microprinting, ultra-fine engraving lines and an overall complex (and deceptively so) design that would be difficult to replicate. Nevertheless, the extremely high denomination had a reputation for use in money-laundering and other unsavory financial activities. Realizing that $5,000 in 1934 adjust for inflation equates to over $117,000 in 2024 dollars helps crystallize the appeal of this monumental offering.

Jewelry & Heirlooms No. 13 View Lots
11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #276 - David Yurman Ring
Hammer: $320
Jewelry-Silver
From the Renaissance collection, this sterling silver and 18K David Yurman ring features a smokey topaz center with garnet and diamond accents. Ring size 9.25, .50 troy ounces.