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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE MORE ON THE LII COLLECTION CURRENCY SALEHere's another selection of highlights from the Heritage LII Collection sale. The first item is a great piece of numismatic ephemera for bibliophiles. -Editor
The LII Collection Currency
Offers a Broad Range of Items in Showcase Auction An important offering of rare currency, related certificates and financial documents, and numismatic literature will be presented June 12, 2022, in an unreserved, 285-lot, special online Showcase Sale by Heritage Auctions. The diversity of the items in The LII Collection will capture the attention of collectors from multiple interest areas. Obsolete banknotes from many states, often featuring unusual vignettes or nuances, form the primary sale focus. Also cataloged are larger size engraved share certificates by the same firms who printed Obsolete notes exemplifying unusual titles, imprints, and topics. A few examples of numismatic literature directly relating to paper money, security printing, or vignettes is also included. Some highlights are below: 
Original 1924 Copyright Card for D. W. Valentine's Fractional Book Issued to F. C. C. Boyd – The Valentine U. S. Fractional Currency book broke the ground for listings of this series. Unique and desirable, this piece of numismatic literature will appeal to both fractional currency collectors and bibliophiles. Lot 94034.
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Casa Grande Improvement Company, Territory of Arizona 1889 Certificate of
Shares Issued to and Signed by J. Peralta Reavis,
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Topeka, KS – 1870 Promissory Note for $400.00 Issued and Signed by George
Armstrong Custer.
– The field of checks and drafts is broad, but relatively few are as
historic as this piece. Custer was investing in—and loaning money on—lands along
potential railroad extensions, even while in the Army. This blue pen-signed promissory
note traces its provenance all the back to his widow, Elizabeth
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Albany, NY – Bank of Albany $20 18__ Haxby NY-30 G108 SENC, Newman page 296 Proof PMG Choice Uncirculated 63. – There are 69 New York Obsolete notes in the sale. This Newman-listed proof was printed circa 1800 using a two-color process and is one of only three known. Lot 94143.
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Stevens Point, WI – North Western Bank $1 June 10, 1860 Haxby WI-430 G12a PMG Very Fine 25.– Several arctic-themed notes are featured in the Collection. This example depicts a conceptual view of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane and his party during the Second Grinnell Expedition. It is one of a few Wisconsin-issued rarities originally from the Chet Krause Collection and boasts excellent condition. Lot 94281.
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This important sale, featuring 285 lots, will be auctioned online on Sunday, June 12, 2022, commencing at 6:00 PM Central Time (7:00 P.M. Eastern). For further sale information contact Susan Bremer at SusanB@HA.com. Lot viewing is available by appointment only at Heritage's Office in Dallas; contact Jose Berumen at JBerumen@ha.com or 214-409-1299. All lots are currently on view and open for bidding now at ha.com/62244. Michael Sullivan pointed out an additional important item, and I concur. -Editor Very Rare and Important 1819 British Security Printing Reference [Great Britain] - "Report of the Committee of the SOCIETY OF ARTS, c.......together with the approved communications, and evidence upon the same relative to the mode of Preventing the Forgery of BANK NOTES" London, 1819. Bound in Half-Morocco Leather and a Superb Example.
Plate I, opposite p32 : "T.C. Hansard's Plan for a Typographic Bank Note". Printed on bond paper with embossed central coat of arms. Plate II, opposite p38. Wide margin intaglio proof impression plate on card. Bank of England sample note, vignette of seated female center, various devices and text. Signed vignettes and imprint of Lambert, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Plate III, opposite p50. Vertical plate on card stock dated June 4, 1818 and titled. Central vignette of helmeted warrior (style of Heath, Perkins, Fairman) and enclosed in security lathe bands. Plate II, opposite p56. Folding plate of improved printing press. Plate V, opposite p58* intense lathe same for signature area of note by Richard Williamson (without interleave). Stunning. Plate VI, also opposite p58* consecutive to last. Steel engraving on card for back of notes by Williamson. Cursive "ONE" center. A fascinating work, complete and desirable thus. Minor shelf scuff on front cover. The interior condition is vibrant, well printed and deeply embossed text pages. Some scattered, petty page toning and occasional plate offset "ghosting." Plates are choice overall with barest minimum of prior library soiling or pinpoint foxing specks. Very rare. Stack's Bowers sold a similarly bound, but not identical, example in January 2015 for $3,815.75. An important opportunity for British banknote collectors and numismatic literature specialists. Ex: Charles Davis, October 1, 2011 Sale, lot 493. Michael adds: "I'd be a buyer had I not sold my counterfeit detector collection."
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