1928 Atlanta $5,000 tops all lots

A “fully original” Atlanta 1928 $5,000 Federal Reserve Note, Fr. 2220-F, went for $129,250 as part of the Stack's Bowers Official U.S. Currency Auction at the ANA’s World’s Fair of Money. The sale was held Aug. 2 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

The PCGS Very Fine 30PPQ-graded note was described as, “beautifully centered with robust margins at all sides making an excellent frame to the powerful design.”

Total for the Stack's Bowers sale was $2,300,756. All prices include the buyer’s premium.

Selling for $76,375 was a newly discovered Boston 1918 $1,000 Federal Reserve Note, Fr. 1133-A, said to be the “single finest graded by either service,” in PCGS Extremely Fine 40PPQ. It is just the fifth-known note for the catalog number.

A Serial No. 1 1882 Brown Back $10 on The American National Bank of Deadwood, S.D., charter 4983, Fr. 487, went for $64,625.

Other top lots were:

• Serial No. 1, 1902 $10 Red Seal, The First National Bank of Bellingham, Wash., charter 7372, Fr. 613, PCGS Extremely Fine 45 EPQ, $39,950.

• Confederate Currency 1861 Montgomery $500, T-2, PMG Very Fine 30, $39,950.

• Confederate Currency 1861 Montgomery $1,000, T-1, PMG Extremely Fine 40 Net. Repaired, $32,900.

• Confederate Currency 1861 $5, T-31, PCGS Choice About New 58, $30,550.

• 1882 $50 Gold Certificate, Fr. 1192, PMG Very Fine 30, $28,200.

• 1928 $500 Federal Reserve Note, Fr. 2200-Ldgs, PMG Gem Uncirculated 66EPQ, $25,850.

• 1875 $100 Legal Tender Note, Fr. 169, PMG Very Fine 25 Net. Repaired, Minor Rust, $24,675.

• 1886 $5 Silver Certificate, Fr. 263, PCGS Gem New 66PPQ, $22,325.

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