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  • The Collectors' Auction 2025    View Lots
  • 11/14/2025 - Marriott St. Louis Airport
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  • $500 Obsolete - 1839-41 Republic of Texas PMG VF-35/cancelled/severed and reattached
  • US Currency-Obsolete Currency
  • A classic numismatic rarity, the $500 is the key note from the Republic of Texas series and the highest denomination issued by the fledgling nation.
    Fortunately, the lengthy history of this particular note is fairly traceable. “Williams” was paid at the Republic of Texas embassy in New Orleans, the only location that canceled in this manner. The written Cancelled manuscript was applied across the face and then the person who was Paid, Williams, was written on the back in two places as well as the serial number twice, 707. The note was then cut in half and the two pieces were sent back to Texas separately. Half was sent by Sailing Ship either to Galveston (typically) or Velasco and then from there by wagon or horseback. The other half was sent across the Mississippi River and then transported by wagon or another form of overland delivery. When the two parts reached Austin, Texas they were accounted for and put back together. The “Funded and Cancelled” rubber stamp was applied at the right and the Cut-Out Cancelation was applied as well, which is seen at left. In this case, the cuts were complete and the triangle fell out.
    $500's are not typically cancelled in this manner; most notes thus cancelled have been the Houston Government notes. The $500's bear the CoC and Funded stamp(s) but are seldom seen severed and reattached. This is an exceptional presentation piece with the additional history of passing through New Orleans.
    Overall, the appearance is much nicer than the assigned grade suggests and the full frame makes this note “choice,” along with the added cachet of a distinguished Texas pedigree from a notable Texas historian.

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  • The Midwest Summer Sale 2025    View Lots
  • 7/18/2025 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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  • Lot #780 - Seven Walking Liberty half dollars graded MS-65 or higher by PCGS
  • Hammer: $1,650
  • Half Dollars-Walking Liberty
  • Iam B. Kami Collection. Supreme! Blazing luster, flawless fields, and impeccable strikes are impossible to miss when looking at this truly incredible lot of seven PCGS certified Walking Liberty half-dollars. Included in this lot of outstanding examples are the following: a 1944 MS-65, a 1947-D MS-65, a 1941-D MS-66, a 1946 MS-66, a 1945-D MS-66 CAC, a 1943-D MS-66+ CAC, and a 1940 MS-67. A touch of peripheral toning is spotted on the 1944 and 1940 issues with all of the remaining examples being classified as truly blast white (ck).
 

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