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Auction 362 | Lot 16678 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 20 $1 1875 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. A gorgeous note, with broad, even margins, strictly original surfaces and strong, fresh color of both the inks and paper. The red overprint is unusually bold for the type.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16706 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 30 $1 1880 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. Hugely margined, with spectacular ink and paper color, as well as deep, original embossing throughout the surface of both sides of the note. An utterly pristine example of this popular Large Brown Seal type.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16725 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 36 $1 1917 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. A flawless, crackling fresh beauty, off the market for over half a century. This note is the lowest reported number for the A-A block of Fr. 36's. It's listed in the census simply as "reported by Walter Breen." Although we have no documentation, this indicates to us that the note was purchased by Malcolm Trask from New Netherlands in the early 1950's, when Breen was a fixture in their offices.
From the collection of Malcolm A. Trask.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16743 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 37a $1 1917 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. Unbelievably fresh, with deep original embossing, broad margins, perfect centering of both sides and 100% full, flashy color. As nice an example of this transposed-signature variety as we have ever handled. Fewer than 100 are known, as compared to over 700 Fr. 37's. While this note has been locked away in the Trask collection for nearly sixty years, we sold the "A" position note from this same sheet in January of 2001 for $1760. We would expect this beauty to easily reach and possibly surpass that level.
From the collection of Malcolm A. Trask.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16770 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 40 $1 1923 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. A simply flawless three-digit example. It is difficult to wax eloquently about a note as available as a Fr. 40, but this note deserves unrestrained accolades and superlatives. An untouched piece, with huge margins, perfect color, flawless surfaces and cavernous original embossing.
From the collection of Malcolm A. Trask.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16805 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 44 $2 1875 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. A rather scarce number, with fewer than 60 examples known in all grades. That total, however, does include a number of uncirculated pieces. This one, from the Malcolm Trask Collection, is as fine as any we have ever handled. It's beautifully margined all the way around on both sides, with terrific paper originality, bold colors and tremendous eye appeal. It simply has to be one of the very finest of its number in existence.
From the collection of Malcolm A. Trask.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16823 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 53 $2 1880 Legal Tender Gem New. A very rare one-number type with a total count in all grades combined only in the mid-thirties. This piece, as with virtually all the notes from the Trask Collection, is new to the census and it is one of fewer than ten uncirculated examples known of this type. The colors and surfaces are flawless and the note would rate the Superb grade if the top margin, which is certainly more than adequate, were just a tiny touch broader.
From the collection of Malcolm A. Trask.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16826 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 57 $2 1917 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. A rather common number with over 200 examples known, but very few are as nice as this essentially perfect piece from the Fredericks Collection. It's beautifully centered on both sides, with broad, even margins, and it exhibits perfect ink colors and original, well embossed paper surfaces.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16837 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 60 $2 1917 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. A fresh, bright, deeply embossed, strictly original example that is as nice as this type ever comes. Impeccable!
From the collection of Malcolm A. Trask.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16890 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 74 $5 1880 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. Owing to the existence of several small hoards, this Large Round Red Seal Blue Serial Number Pioneer Five is relatively common in new condition, but the hoards have handled corners and rather poor margins. This beautifully bright note is clearly from a different source. It's utterly clean, with excellent margins and square corners. It also boasts unbelievably deep original embossing throughout the surface of the note. Simply Superb.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16897 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 79 $5 1880 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. Huge margins, perfect paper surfaces, deep, original embossing and tons of color all combine on this beautiful, strictly original Pioneer Five. Fr. 79 is not that common of a note, with fewer than 70 examples known in all grades combined.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16923 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 91 $5 1907 Legal Tender Star Note Superb Gem New. An utterly flawless Star Note, with super centering, ideal color and pronounced original embossing. Not at all a rare Star Note, with over 70 examples known, but very few of them are the equal of this piece for quality.
From the collection of Malcolm A. Trask.

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Auction 362 | Lot 16960 » Legal Tender Notes » Legal Tender Notes

Fr. 103 $10 1880 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. About as flawless a Type Note as one will ever find, with immaculate surfaces, boldly punched embossing and fully fresh, flashy colors. The centering of both sides is micrometer perfect. Spectacular.
From the collection of Malcolm A. Trask.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17083 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 223 $1 1891 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. This utterly magnificent Cut Sheet comes from the same collector who consigned the Tombstones, Windoms, Chiefs and 1891 Five Dollar Silvers. We have no idea where he originally acquired these magnificent consecutive notes. But they certainly appear to have been picked directly from original packs, as the quality simply cannot be improved upon. This Martha, and its sheet mates below, are utterly perfect in every respect. The embossing, paper surfaces, colors and eye appeal are simply unimprovable. They are the freshest Type Notes that one could ever hope to acquire.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17084 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 223 $1 1891 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. Pristine, identical to its sheet mate above.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17086 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 223 $1 1891 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. The "D"-position note, and the final one from this beautiful sheet. Pristine, identical to its sheet mates above.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17333 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 238 $1 1923 Silver Certificates Cut Sheet of Four Gem New. This lovely cut sheet has outstanding eye appeal and great freshness. (Total: 4 notes)

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Auction 362 | Lot 17368 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 247 $2 1896 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. The first of two impeccable Two Dollar Eds. While they're not consecutive, there are just two numbers between them. Both are incredibly bright, with excellent original embossing, huge margins and ideal colors of the inks and paper. A pair of flawless beauties.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17389 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 253 $2 1899 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. Pristine paper surfaces, broad margins, excellent centering, and outstanding eye appeal enhance this lovely Deuce. A lovely high grade example.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17413 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 267 $5 1891 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. A spectacular example of this rarer type. These 1891 Open Back Five Dollar Silvers are less expensive than the much more common Silver Dollar Back type, due entirely to the popularity of the latter. In reality, Silver Dollar Backs are more than twice as common, but they sell for far more as the five silver dollars on the back seem to enamor people. This Second Back type is a perfect piece, with broad, even margins, super color, good original embossing and tremendous eye appeal. Like so many notes from the Trask Collection, it has the fresh feel and appearance of a note that was just pulled from an original pack. Utterly pristine.
From the collection of Malcolm A. Trask.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17417 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 267 $5 1891 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. The final note from this pristine Cut Sheet, and this is the one with the broadest margins of them all. It is simply as fine as any example of this type that we have ever seen, and we seriously doubt that a better example could exist.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17429 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 269 $5 1896 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. Broadly margined, bright and with deep, original embossing. This Five Dollar Ed is ideally centered on both sides and perfectly printed. The print quality is considerably more varied on Five Dollar Eds than on other notes of the same era. For some reason, they were prone to being overinked, and often, crisp, new examples lose considerable eye appeal due to their heavy inking. This one is perfect. One of the nicest, most well balanced Five Dollar Eds we've handled in recent years.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17437 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 271 $5 1899 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. This "A"-position note is the first piece of a fresh and gorgeous Cut Sheet that we are pleased to offer. All four notes are supremely fresh, with deep, original embossing, ideal color and pristine, untouched surfaces. The only difference among the four is the centering and margin size, and this "A"-position note is the best of the group.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17484 » Silver Certificates » Silver Certificates

Fr. 282 $5 1923 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. Incredible paper freshness, huge margins, bold, original embossing and ideal colors make this as nice a Porthole note as any collector is ever likely to encounter. The note has the feel and appearance of a piece that was just freshly extracted from a pack.
From the collection of Malcolm A. Trask.

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Auction 362 | Lot 17561 » Treasury Notes » Treasury Notes

Fr. 356 $2 1891 Treasury Note Superb Gem New. This McPherson Deuce is utterly Superb in every sense of the word. The margins are incredible, the original embossing is easy to see, the pristine surfaces are untouched and the colors of both the paper and inks look as though the note had been printed this morning. This is the first of an identical, consecutive pair, neither of which had been previously recorded in the census. Fr. 356 is by far the scarcest of the three 1891 Treasury Deuces, with only about 60 examples accounted for in all grades combined.

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