Smythe’s July Auction Is Jam-Packed With Exciting Obsoletes On Tuesday July 11th and Wednesday 12th R. M. Smythe & Co. will conduct an important auction of paper money, stocks, bonds, and related items. This wide-ranging auction features nearly 2,500 lots, an
News-Antique.com - Nov 30,-0001 - Session A, featuring Part 7 of the Herb and Martha Schingoethe Collection of Obsolete Currency, and consisting of approximately 750 lots, will commence on Tuesday July 11th at 2:00 PM. It begins with nearly 70 lots of scarce, rare, and important Connecticut Proofs and issued notes. Included are a yellow-tinted $1 New Haven Bank of 1856, and a rare $5 Windham Bank Proof featuring the wonderful ``Battle of the Frogs’’ vignette, estimated at $2,000-$4,000. Florida features a small, but potent section including a Staunton Quarry scrip note from a town not listed in Cassidy. A $2 Maine Bank Santa Claus note from 1857 is estimated at $2,500-$5,000 and should be hotly contested. Michigan starts off with a stunning $5 Bank of the Capitol Proof, Ex. Middendorf, estimated at $1,500-$3,000. One of the Minnesota highlights is a $3 Stearns County Bank Proof (the $2 previously realized over $4,000). Another great Minnesota note is the superb $1 Bank of the State of Minnesota Proof ($4,000-$6,000). New Hampshire is well represented by a very rare Cochecho Bank $3 issued note ($1,000-$2,000), and two nice White Mountain Bank $2 Santa Claus notes in the $1,250-$3,000 range. Two obsolete Proof Sheets from Illinois will be offered, a $1-$1-$3-$5 Merchants and Mechanics Bank sheet ($1,750-$2,750), and a $1-$2-$5-$10 Grayville Bank ($1,250-$2,500).
Session A continues with one of the most interesting and important offerings of the entire Herb and Martha Schingoethe series; their collection of Odd Denominations. There are over 100 different denominations represented, including: One Penny, Three Pence, Six Pence, One Mill, Two Mills, Three Mills, Four Mills, 1/90th of a Dollar, 2 ½ Cents (Bank of Cape Fear, Hillsborough, $1,250-$2,500), 3/90ths of a Dollar (Bank of North America, $1,000-$2,000), 4 Cents, Six Cents, 7 Cents, 8 Cents (1796 Norwich Bank, $1,000-$2,000), 9 Cents, 11 Cents (Westerly, Rhode Island Washington Bank, $2,000-$4,000), 12 Cents, 12 Cents and 5 Mills, 12 ¼ Cents, 12 ½ Cents, 13 Cents (Wilton, New Hampshire, Wilton Hotel, $2,000-$4,000), 15 Cents, 17 Cents, 18 Cents (Brobst & Co., Steinsville, PA, $1,500-$3,000), 18 ¾ Cents (Fells Point, Maryland, County Wharf $1,000-$2,000), 30 Cents, 33 1/3 Cents, 37 ½ Cents (Bank of St. Louis 1819 $1,250-$2,500), 44 Cents (D. S. Huntington, Adrian, Michigan $1,500-$2,500), 48 Cents (John Ridell, Post Master, New Orleans Post Office, $1,500-$2,500), Four Bits, 62 ½ Cents (A. Y. Barker, Irwinton, Georgia, $1,250-$2,500), 75 Cents, 80 Cents, 87 Cents, 87 ½ Cents, $1 and 1 Cent (A. Y. Barker, Irwinton, Georgia, $5,000-$10,000), $1.25, $2.25 (County of Franklin, Meadville, Mississippi $1,000-$2,000), $2.50 (Hackleberry Mill & Mining, Mohave County, Arizona, $2,500-$5,000), $3.50, $4, $5, $6, $6.25, $7, $7.50 (J. Ripka’s Warehouse, Manayunk, Pennsylvania, $1,500-$3,000), $8, $9, $10, $11, $12, $13, $14, $30, $40, $65 (Brunswick & Florida Steam Boat & Stage Line, Pensacola, Florida, $1,500-$3,000), $200, $250, $300, $400, $1000, $2000, $2500, $3000, $5000 (Merchants’ Bank, New York $2,500-$5,000), $7500, $10,000, $20,000 (State of Georgia, $5,000-$7,500).
Session B, featuring Herb and Martha Schingoethe’s extraordinary collection of eighty different Sutler Notes, and a choice
