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Item:

Item: 1908 $10 Fr# 304 - PMG F-12

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Category: Currency > Silver Certificates > Large Size > $10

Cert:

Cert: 2506122-014

Price:

Price: $1,315

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Lot #259 - 20th century U.S. type collection plus a short set of Mercury dimes and a collection of Proof Lincoln wheat cents in three Capital Plastics holders
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Witmor Farms Collection. That’s Capital! Three various Capital plastic board sets form this large group lot and includes a 20th century Type set, a proof Lincoln cent set, and a short set of Mercury dimes. The Lincoln proof set includes examples from 1950 through 1964 and the Mercury dime short set includes examples between Almost Uncirculated and Gem Uncirculated dating from 1941 through 1945. Without question the 20th century Type set is the highlight of the group and includes the following note worthy examples: a 1902 Indian cent (AU+), an 1883 “No Cents” Liberty nickel (AU), a 1936 Buffalo nickel (BU), a 1908 Barber quarter (AU-58), a 1926 Standing Liberty quarter (AU-58), a 1907-D Barber half-dollar (AU-58), a 1944 Walking Liberty half-dollar (BU), and a 1900 Morgan dollar (BU) (ck).

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Lot #224 - 1934 $5,000 Kansas City Fr# 2221-J - PMG ChCU-63/paper pull/internal tear
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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.