Stack's Offers The Vincent Collection On July 10
Quality United States coins from Colonials to Patterns will be highlighted in Stack’s July 10, 2008 sale of the Vincent Collection, held at the Schaumburg Renaissance hotel, Schaumburg, Illinois in conjunction with the MidAmerica Coin Expo. Among the 385 lots are such early copper rarities as an 1804 Sheldon 266c Large Cent in Fine-12 (PCGS); Lincoln Cents include the 1914-D in MS-66 BR (NGC) that is tied for the finest graded by NGC.
Silver Half Dimes feature an 1840 No Drapery in MS-67 (NGC, CAC); among popular Mercury Dimes is a 1921 in MS-67 (NGC) that is among the finest extant examples. Sure to attract bidder attention if a Cameo Proof 1910 Barber Quarter in PF-68* Cameo (NGC); Barber Half Dollars are highlighted by the John J. Pittman example of the 1907=-D in MS-68 (CAC, NGC); Liberty Seated Silver Dollars include n 1854 in Proof-64 (NGC).
Morgan Dollar collectors will note an 1880 in Proof-68 CAMEO (NGC) and n 1880-S in MS-69 (NGC) toed for finest certified by that leading service; the second-finest Deep Mirror Prooflike 1893-O appears in MS-64 DMPL (NGC); later dates feature an 1896 in Proof-68* ULTRA CAMEO (NGC). Proof Gold includes an 1899 Quarter Eagle in Proof-65 DCAM (CAC, PCGS. Among outstanding Gold $3 is an 1880 in MS-65 (NGC); early Half Eagles include 1802/1, Bass-Dannreuther 8 in MS-62 (CAC, PCGS); early Eagles are led by a 1798 BD-10 in MS-63 (CAC, PCGS); Saint Gaudens Double Eagles include a Gem 1915 in MS-65 (NGC), tied for finest known.
The Vincent Sale is very well represented by rare and choice American paper from the Colonial era to modern times. A brief, but attractive, selection of Continental Currency and Colonial American notes is followed by a fine selection of United States Obsolete Currency from the outstanding Q. David Bowers Reference Collection. The initial offering of obsolete notes from the Bowers Collection was an important event last October in Atlanta. The great interest in rare, historic and artistic obsolete notes was further flattered in our recent May Minot Sale where several notes broke the five-figure mark, an achievement considered next to impossible less than three decades ago.
The 79 notes catalogued for this sale cover a broad range of states, topics, imprints, and vignette styles and include issued notes and proofs. Many notes, along with their note descriptions, include fascinating historical date compiled from contemporary sources. States strongly featured are Connecticut, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. There are several rare color proofs highlighted by a superbly crafted Iron Bank of Morristown, New Jersey $10 (lot 3466). Also in the New Jersey section is the cannon vignetted note from the National Bank of Paterson (lot 3469).
Our Vincent Sale concludes with a special section of Small Size Federal Currency and 1929 National Bank Notes titled the Great Depression Collection. The notes are sold at the request of a Texas Bank & Trust Co. and were apparently collected from circulation during the early 1930’s based on the types discovered. Within the 202 lots of this currency in this unique trove of new to market material are partial and complete packs of small size currency, serial number runs, and star notes new to the census. Featured is lovely fully pack of 1928B $5 notes (lot 3492), another consecutive run of 1928B $5 notes where three choice star notes were discovered, and many other fine partial packs of Silver Certificates and Federal Reserve Notes. Most amazingly there are approximately 400 newly discovered 1929 National Bank Notes with 342 from the State of Texas. Many of these Texas towns collected were not represented in the 2001 Texas Collection Sale.
Newly discovered National Banknotes always generate great excitement and this offering should continue that trend. Of local interest is a very rare First National Bank of Urbana, Illinois $20, serial number A000009A, that is the lowest number seen in addition to six other small notes reported on the title. The “A to W” Texas section is outstanding with many of the odd name titles (Matador, Spur, Strawn, etc) that frequent and make Texas one of the great states to collect. Rarity ranges of these notes range from the relatively common (Dallas and Houston banks) to potentially great “sleeper” rarities that specialists covet. There is an excellent selection of $50 and $100 denomination notes that are often notoriously undervalued compared to lesser denominations on their respective titles. A high grade $5 Spur National Bank (lot 3656) will certainly appeal to title collectors as Texas note buffs. The 146 lots of Texas Small Size catalogued in this sale will be an important event for Texan currency collectors.
For more information about this auction or other upcoming Stack’s sales, interested parties may contact Stack’s at 866-811-1804 or see Stack’s website for updated information at www.stacks.com.