"Fred Holabird's Grand Finale": Mining, Americana, & Numismatics Live Auction (2025 October)

Postal Savings System, $1 Savings Certificate, Sparks, Nevada, 1940. The Postal Savings System was founded in 1911 to give patrons the ability to save

An exceptional rarity; less than 3 pieces like this known. The front is a billhead for CP Babcock, dealer in Stoves, Ranges, Tin Ware, issued in 1878

Exceptionally rare. Information about Beck's "Furniture and Household decorations" store covers the front, while a reproduction of a C...

An exceptional rarity; less than 3 pieces like this known. The front is a billhead for M. Friedmann, Dealer in Havanna and Domestic Cigars, Pipes, Cut

Extra rare! This fabulous piece is the finest example seen by us! $5 scrip issued by the Wells, Fargo & Co. Office in Virginia City, Nevada. &qu...

Complete group of the three issued denominations: $5, $10, and $20. All with bear vignette, signed by president RH Taylor and the secretary. 5 x 8&q...

Nevada Sixteen National Banks and Their Mining Camps 1974 First Printing Copy No. 25. By Melvin Owen Warns. Printed by Hewitt Printing Company, Chicag

Printed by the Kansas Bank Note Co. of Fredonia, Kansas for The Peoples Ice Co. of Coshocton, Ohio. Six books good for 200 lbs. of ice delivery. Dated

The face of this note features a globe with various work scenes on it while the back has a very allegorical vignette of a train with signs promoting...

Coal mine scrip coupon books. Patented December 28, 1920, coupon books good for merchandise in the stores of Black Diamond Collieries. Each book good

Dateline Brigham City, Utah, May 28, 1903. Due P. Peterson 30 cents in meat and groceries. 3.25 x 6" ^ Date: 1903 Country (if not USA): Stat...

Depression Scrip. Richfield, Utah. Lot of 4 notes, Includes $1, $2, $5, and $10, all with similar designs and with large red denomination underprint.

Utah Volunteers' Monument to be Erected, c.1899. Being a then-current banknote size, this uniface "front," (8 x 4 inches), depicts mil...

Five $25 coupon books from the Island Creek Stores Company of Holden, West Virginia. Published by Southern Coupon of Birmingham, Alabama. Pages in den

Three examples of scrip currency: 1) three uncut, unissued one dollar notes from Worthington, Ohio. 2) three uncut, unissued one, one and two dollar n

A one thousand dollar bill: Absolute Money: A Mortgage on all property in the United States. Redeemable nowhere, in nothing and by nobody. Reverse is

Lot of 3. Two contemporary political "notes," 1879 & 1880, about the US government freezing the price of gold, putting the country on ...

Three different coupon books: 1) Raven Red Ash Coal Company, Red Ash Virginia; 2) Black Diamond Collieries, Coal Creek Tennessee; 3) The Schory &...

Three Continental currency notes: 1) "2/3 of a dollar", Maryland, 1790; "tis death to counterfeit." 2) 1776 one schilling, New L...

Not found in Haxby. August 6th 1852, The Memphis Savings Institution, will pay to the bearer five dollars. Signed by cashier and president; lithograp

Lot of 2 different. 1) Republic of Texas, (Austin), $20, 1840. This currency is a promissory note payable 12 months after date. It is signed by Mirabe

Lot of three: 1) September, 1861 $5 T-36; Serial #7758; F-VF condition. 2) $20 Confederate States of America, from the seventh series of printing, Feb

Confederated States of America $20 Note: T 18; issued September 23, 1861 from Richmond Virginia. Features a sailing ship in the center and a man seate

Fr. 2402. Series of 1928 $20 Gold Certificate, signatures of Woods and Mellon. EF condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prove

Four distinct $1 silver certificates: 1) Series 1935 A Hawaii overprint (G-Vg); 2) Series 1935 A gold seal (North Africa release) (G-Vg); 3) Series 19

Uncut sheet of eight $5 Federal Reserve Notes Series 1995. PMG graded 65 Gem Uncirculated $5 1995 Federal Reserve Note St. Louis; Fr#1985-H Withrow/Ru

Seventy three $1 federal reserve notes signed by Joseph W. Barr; Series 1935 F $1 silver certificate; 25 $2 bills with cancelled statehood stamps; thr

Lot of 28 pieces: North Korea 100 won 1947 ( K-11), 4 pieces; Japan 1946 10 yen Diet Building (K-87); Japanese Government ten centavos notes (4); Kore

Lot of three: 1) 100 Yuan, 1936; 2) 10 Yuan, 1940; 3) 10 Customs Gold Units, Shanghai, 1930. All fine to extra fine. ^ Date: Country (if not USA):

Lot of 3. Rare, 100 lire from the Capital of Turin, General Treasurer of the Festival. These were the first year 100 lire notes issued by Italy. O

Six pieces of Mexican currency: one peso: 8-IX-54; five pesos, Chihuahua, 1915; ten pesos, 1969; ten pesos, 1996; ten pesos, Chihuahua, 1914 (AU); twe

Bank notes of Turkey Pick#189A Central Bank of Turkey (Law 1970), two packs of crisp uncirculated notes, most sequentially numbered. ^ Date: Country

Eleven pieces of foreign currency: Bank of England 10 pound note 2000; 1973 South Korea 500 wan (2 notes); 1959 Portugal 20 escudo; 1994 Brazil 10 rei

This share warrant, printed by the Franklin Bank Note Co., entitled the bearer to five shares at $10 apiece. The shares have been awarded as this warr

Binder with probably over 100 pieces of artwork by Rodney Vanworth of Los Angeles. Colorful renditions of U. S. currency. Many were issued at the Long

Twenty six souvenir sheets produced for various numismatic and philatelic organizations including ANA, FUN, TNA, IMPS, HSNA, EASTEX, ATS and others. 8

Cutout samples of printed engravings attributed to the US Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Images include buildings, people, mining, railroads, light

A collection of souvenir cards issued by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing at coin conventions. ANA 1986: Series 1901 $10 U. S. note "Progre...

Currency exchange letter for Pounds to Continental Currency in 1784. Great piece, very good condition for its age. Measures 8.25x7". See photo....

Large collection of ephemera discussing the history of our currency: 1810: discount on bank bills (ex. Vermont, all branches); 1816: paper currency in

10.07 ounces of .999 fine silver. Hallmarked on the side SMM with a circle around the outside, which is the trademark for the State of Maine mine in T

Lot of 2. 1. Copper ingot recovered from the 1865 sinking of the SS Pewabic on Lake Huron. 9.5x3x2.27", 14.8 lbs. Three heels and two valleys...

Struck by Don Schmitz of the Nevada City Mint in 1993. Obv.: Carson City / DWT 6 GR 22 / Mint; Rev.: Nevada 1993 / No. CC 54 / .999 Fine. Weight 11 gr

Made by Don Schmitz of the Nevada City Mint. Obv.: Carson City / DWT 8 GR 10 / Mint; Rev.: Nevada 1992 / No. CC 30 / .999 Fine. 14 grams; 25 x 14 mm

Made by Don Schmitz at the Nevada City Mint, a gold ingot made to resemble a gold rush era ingot. Obv.: Gold/ OZ 0 GR 130 / 999 Fine. Rev.: CAL 1978 /

Crude rectangular silver ingot with three Harris Assayer "seeing eye" bullion punches, "10.04 , 999 fine", 2.75 x 1.5 x 0.33&qu...

Two ten ounce .999 fine silver ingots from the Oregon Gold & Silver Company. Consecutively serial numbered 41384 and 41385. These bars were mad...

Franklin Mint 24 carat gold ingots of North American gold mines, made in 1977. 20 ingots, 18 x 10 mm; total weight 1.66 troy ounces. The 1982 issue of

Credit Suisse ten gram 999.9 fine gold ingot. Serial number 591237. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

First Day cover with limited edition proof solid 10 Kt. gold medallion, 1" diameter, 2.83 grams. Roosevelt Field Station, New York 1977 cancel....

10 ounce .999+ fine silver ingot stamped "C C". 63 x 38 x 13 mm. Chattanooga Coin is a long established coin and bullion company. The o...

Silver ingot stamped C R I in circle at top / 999 /6.0 / T OZ. / 181. 33 x 68 x 8 mm. Not a lot is known of this company. It was one of many in the m

Counterfeit Silver Ingot, stamped Wells Fargo Express & Co.(abbreviated on reverse). According to legend, there were several of these produced. ...

Brown binder (8 x 10 inches) with gold lettering: Mother-Lode Mint / Special / Limited Issue / 1 of 1000. Inside are 12 brass ingots (1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in

Lot of three: 1) Wood's Hibernia half penny 1723; 2) George IV Machin Mills half penny 1787; 3) French Colonies 1767 Sou, counterstamped RF. ^ D...

Three Colonial coppers: 1) 1786 New Jersey cent; G. 2) 1788 Vermont; AG-G. 3) 1787 Connecticut; AG-G. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:

Two well worn 1787 Connecticut coppers, bust left. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Connecticut City: Provenance: Salvatore Falcone Colle

Three well circulated large cents: 1802 (poor, chunk missing); 1803 (AG); 1803 (AG, small date, large fraction). ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Sta

Sixteen United States large cents, all in fine to very fine condition: 1836, 1837, 1841, 1844, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848(2), 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853

Copyright 1958 green Whitman coin album #9203 Flying Eagle - Indian Cents; with 74 coins. Three Flying eagle, the rest Indians. AG-EF condition. Only

Thirty eight Indian head cents: 26 post 1900. 1866, 1873, 1880, 1885, 1888, 1890, 1893, 1897, 1899 (3), and one bent. ^ Date: Country (if not USA):

Three rolls of Indian head pennies 150 coins. G-F condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Brown Dansco coin album #90 (copyright 1959) Indian Penny. With 47 coins, including three flying eagle cents. Coins range from fair to very fine condi

Three old Lincoln cents: 1909-S (G-VG); 1909-S (VG-F); 1911-S (VG-F). ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Interesting hard plastic "TT" coin case with 77 gem Lincoln cents from 1937-1965. Most uncirculated, many proof coins. Included is adverti...

We don't know why, but someone put uncirculated 1945 Lincoln cents into tiny glass bottles with a blank parchment (message in a bottle?) 19 bott...

Dansco album #7103 Lincoln Cents 1909-1958, with 138 coins, missing only the 1909-S VDB, 1922 plain and 1938-D. Many after 1930 are uncirculated. ^ D

Two blue Whitman coin albums No. 9045 Lincoln Cents 1909-1940. 1) 87 coins, missing only 1909-S VDB, 1914-D, 1922 (plain), 1931-S. 2) 85 coins, missin

A tube of 44 Lincoln cents from 1917, 1918 & 1920; EF, AU & BU condition, various mint marks. 51 Lincoln cents from 1921-S to 1964 in cardbo...

Three coin albums with Lincoln cents: 1) Blue Whitman Classic #9112; with 209 coins, missing only 1909-S VDB, 1909-S, 1914-D, 1922 (no mint mark), 192

Vintage green Meghrig coin album "Liberty Head Nickels 1883-1913". Choice well balanced set with key dates 1885, 1886, 1912-S present. Set...

Eighteen Buffalo nickels: 1920 (EF); 1920-D (VG); 1921 (VG); 1923 (VF); 1926-S (3: G, 2 VG); 1927-D (2: VF, EF); 1928-S (F); 1929-S (2: EF); 1930 (EF)

Four coin albums of United States nickels: 1) Dansco #7112; with 54 coins, coins generally G-EF condition. 2) Blue Whitman #9008 Buffalo Nickel; with

Two Capital Plastics holders of Jefferson nickels: 1) U. S. Proof Jefferson Nickels 1950-1964 (15 coins). 2) U. S. Wartime Silver Nickels 1942-1945 un

Nineteen carved Buffalo nickels by artist J. Allen. Subjects include: doughboy, sea captain, clown, policeman, baker, hobo (appropriate), baseball, fi

A group of eleven hobo nickels -- Indian-head nickels on which the head of the Indian has been modified to look like someone or something else. Common

Four hobo nickels, and one 1913 Lincoln cent with Abe wearing a World War One hat and uniform. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pr

Three rolls (150) of circulated Barber dimes. Mostly AG-VG condition, a few lower condition. For those beginning collectors, circulated silver coins t

Three rolls (150) of circulated Barber dimes. Mostly AG-VG condition, a few lower condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Proven

Meghrig album #G-7 Mercury Head Dimes 1916- 1945 with 55 coins. Missing the 1916-D and the 1942/1. Back cover detached, but could be repaired. Dates a

Eighteen Mercury dimes: 1917-S (VG); 1921 (VG); 1923 (BU fsb); 1923-S (VG); 1925-S (F); 1926-S (VF); 1928-S (EF); 1929-D (VG); 1929-S (VF); 1930-S (F)

Two blue Whitman coin albums #9014 "Mercury" Head Dime collection 1916 to 1945. 1) 51 coins, complete after 1934. 2) 44 coins. Dates and m...

Library of Coins album Volume 10: Mercury Head Dimes 1916-1945, copyright 1959 with 88 coins, missing only 1916-D and 1942 over 1. 1921-D has been cle

Six Standing Liberty quarters, three with legible dates; 88 Mercury dimes. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Lot of six: 1946 (BU); 1946-S (AU); 1947-S (2: AU); 1954-D (AU); 1963-D (BU). ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Better batch of 178 silver Roosevelt dimes, including many AU-BU from the 1940s & 1950s. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pro...

Three blue Whitman coin albums #9029 Roosevelt Dime collection starting 1946: 1) 54 coins, a few BU, all silver. 2) 48 coins, all silver, many toned.

Two 1875-S Seated liberty twenty cent pieces, one AG/G, the other G-VG condition. A short lived coin series, often confused with quarter dollars. ^ Da

Liberty Seated 1858 quarter obverse, with solder spots both sides; reverse is engraved: clasping hands; Merchants Union Express Co. and belt buckle.

Circulated Barber quarters (80 coins). All dates readable, G-VG condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Circulated Barber quarters (80 coins). All dates readable, G-VG condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Circulated Barber quarters (80 coins). All dates readable, G-VG condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Seven examples of the key date 1932-S Washington quarter. 3 VG; 3 VF; 1 EF. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Dansco album #7140 Washington Quarters 1932-1998. Complete set of 83 silver quarters and 63 post-1964 quarters (up to 1998). Early dates circulated, G

One BU roll of 1964-D Washington quarters, and 139 other 1964 or older Washington quarters. 179 coins total. Many EF-AU condition. ^ Date: Country

Capital Plastics U. S. Proof Washington Quarter Set 1950-1964, with 14 coins, missing only the 1962. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:

Seven Capped Bust half dollars: 1809 (AG-G); 1825 (AG); 1825 (VG-F); 1825 (F-VF); 1829 (F); 1833 (F-VF); 1834 (G-VG, carbon spot). ^ Date: Country (

Two blue Whitman coin albums: 1) No. 9021 Liberty Standing Half Dollar collection 1916 to 1936 Number One; with seven coins, G-F condition from 1929-

Three brilliant uncirculated Walking Liberty half dollars: 1941; 1946; 1946-S. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Brilliant uncirculated example of the 1925 California Diamond Jubilee commemorative half dollar. Iconic 49er panning for gold on the obverse; grizzly