$5.5 Million of Currency Auctioned in Heritage's $25 Million Central States Events in St. Louis

Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries offered 3,400 lots of rare currency in its May 9 - 11, 2007 Official Auction at the Central States Numismatic Society convention held in St. Louis. Currency prices realized hit $5,494,075; Heritage also auctioned $17.6 million in rare coins at their Central States Signature Auction, plus $1.2 million in the Final Session. Including the Post Auction Buys, the final total is expected to exceed $25 million.

"This auction," enthused Jim Fitzgerald, Director of Currency Auctions for Heritage, "included major holdings of Colonial Currency, Fractional Currency, Obsolete Notes, Large Size Type and National Bank Notes. Among many seldom seen items were a pair of 1846 U.S. Loan Bonds, and an EF45 example of Fr. 1a with "for the" handwritten. The auction also included 200 lots of Fractional Currency, a large selection of CSA Bonds and Currency from the Bill Bond Collection, several MPC rarities, 500 lots of Small Size type notes, and1,200 lots of National Bank Notes. The 1928 $10,000 note was one of only seven available to the collecting public."

Highlighted in the CSNS auction were the William A. "Bill" Bond Collection of Confederate and Southern States Bonds, the Jacob and Heather Dedman Collection, the Collection of Greg Southward, the Lincoln Collection of Illinois Nationals, and the Rolling Plains Collection of Oklahoma and Texas Nationals.

Enlargeable, full-color images, catalog descriptions, and prices realized of every Central States lot are available on the Heritage website, www.HA.com.

CSNS Currency highlights:

Lot 14131: Fr. 2230-F $10,000 1928 Federal Reserve Note. PMG Choice EF45
Realized: $230,000

Lot 13413: Fr. 377 $100 1890 Treasury Note PMG Very Fine 30
Realized: $143,750

Lot 12889: Fr. 1a $5 1861"for the" Demand Note PCGS Extremely Fine 45PPQ
Realized: $138,000

Lot 13605: Fr. 1133bL $1000 1918 Federal Reserve Note CGA Gem Unc. 65
Realized: $74,750

Lot 14984: Raleigh, NC - $10 Original Fr. 413 The State NB Ch. # 1682
Realized: $57,500

Lot 13603: Fr. 1133 $1000 1918 Federal Reserve Note, PCGS Very Choice New 64
Realized: $54,050

Lot 14972: Charlotte, NC - $2 Original Fr. 389 Merchants & Farmers NB Ch. #1781
Realized: $40,250

Lot 14366: Tampa, FL - $5 1882 Brown Back Fr. 469 The First NB Ch. # 3497
Realized: $37,375

Lot 14058: Fr. 2201-L/2202-L $500 1934/1934A Federal Reserve Notes, Changeover Pair, Gem Crisp Uncirculated
Realized: $32,200

Lot 13094: Fr. 151 $50 1869 Legal Tender PMG Choice Fine 15
Realized: $29,900

Lot 13293: Fr. 263 $5 1886 Silver Certificate PMG Gem Unc. 65 EPQ
Realized: $25,300

Lot 13342: Fr. 282 $5 1923 Silver Certificate PMG Superb Gem Unc. 67 EPQ
Realized: $25,300

Lot 13659: Fr. 1216b $500 1882 Gold Certificate CGA Extremely Fine 45
Realized: $24,150

Lot 13383: Fr. 329 $50 1880 Silver Certificate PMG Choice Fine 15
Realized: $23,000

Lot 13626: Fr. 1178 $20 1882 Gold Certificate Superb Gem New
Realized: $21,850

Images, descriptions, and prices realized from all of Heritage's previous auctions are available in the Permanent Auction Archives at the Heritage website, http://www.HA.com.

To discuss consigning your rare currency to a future auction, please contact Jim Fitzgerald at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 348, email JimF@HA.com, or Dustin Johnston at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 302, email Dustin@HA.com.

To reserve your copy of any Heritage auction catalog, please contact Client Services at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 150, or visit www.HA.com/Catalog to order by email.