Heritage to Offer Rare Kentucky Uncut Currency Sheet!

Dallas, Texas: Heritage Currency Auctions of America (HCAA) will offer a rare 1875 sheet of uncut currency from Flemingsburg, Kentucky, graded About Uncirculated, in their upcoming Signature Auction, to be held January 6 & 7, 2006 in conjunction with the Florida United Numismatists (FUN) Convention in Orlando, Florida.

"This magnificent uncut sheet, consisting of three $1 notes and one $2 note, is a true miracle of survival," said Allen Mincho, Director of HCAA, "as it comes from one of the smallest and least likely candidates in the state, a bank so obscure that it issued First Charters only in a town so remote that it never again hosted a National Bank after this institution shut its doors in 1889."

"This sheet is one of only about two dozen uncut First Charter sheets known from all banks in the country combined," Mincho said, "and one of only about ten Series 1875 uncut sheets. It's the only one known from Kentucky and, luckily for collectors, it's a beauty as well, with incredible color, paper quality, and eye appeal. There are folds between each note, and one fold through the sheet, but the overall quality is impeccable and, after all, unique is unique. This is a true Kentucky trophy item, one for which the Gale collection will be long remembered."

The Flemingsburg, KY - $1-$1-$1-$2 1875 Fr. 383/390 The Fleming County NB Ch. # 2323 Uncut Sheet, from The Bill Gale Collection of Kentucky Large Size Nationals, has a pre-auction estimate of $40,000 - $60,000.

Other featured collections in the HCAA FUN Signature Auction include The Midwest Collection of Small Size Type Notes, and The California Proof and Specimen Collection.

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