The "Mint State" Americana & Numismatics Auction (2025 May)

This assay document is for 30 oz. of gold amalgam with 24 oz. of silver. They are low grade ores .870 silver and .112 fine gold worth $65.35. The doc

Four pieces of Carson City Mint history: 1) check from The Bullion and Exchange Bank signed by the Superintendent of the Carson City Mint when it prod

NGC certified MS 64 PL. Official souvenir medallion for the State of Nevada's 100th Anniversary. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada...

Ten page handwritten letter dated February 13, 1877 on the letterhead of the Office of U.S. Assistant Treasurer, New York. Signed honorable Charles F.

David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) was an astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania and the first d

This letter is an important discovery of a January 19, 1839 letter written to Daniel Treadwell regarding the Mint paying $400 to "Mr. Furst&quo...

Fascinating letter (May 13, 1840) from Mint Director Patterson dismissing a key employee John S. Benezet. Benezet had regularly received copper coins

Folded cover sheet lacking the original contents of a letter written to Mint Director Robert M. Patterson, with a red Woodstock, Virginia circle cance

Friday August 15, 1834 edition of the Lowell (Mass.) Mercury, four page broadside, with an article on page two by Director of the Mint Samuel Moore e

Dated September 1, 1836; stampless folded letter to Norwich, Connecticut. Three pages from Sarah T. Allen to her brother Henry Allen, telling in detai

Report by the Secretary of the Treasury, Levi Woodbury, to the 25th Congress Senate stating expenses incurred in carrying on and in sustaining the min

This is an important documentary discovery from the Fred Weinberg Collection. It was a 6 x 7"notebook of about 50pp (100) of which 17pp were us...

1936 York County Maine Mint Bag Tag. Original shipping tag, printed ridged cloth with eyelet, measuring about four inches by two inches, completed in

33 glass lantern slides of U.S. Mint Philadelphia . so are in shadow box, several in plastic sleeves. Article in coining presses. Two are colorized.

12 glass lantern slides of the US Mint & B.E.P. W/ a story card on making paper money. These are very rare. One has kind crack in it. Slides ...

Published by order of the House of Representatives, annual reports on the State of the Mint (and what further measures are necessary to render the ins

A pamphlet on the US Mint history, 1879. 16 pages not including the cover. In protective sleeve, Complete w/cover , two small tears other wise in goo

Lot of two. 1876 Brief History, no cover, 16 pages. !879 Brief History w/blue cover, 16 pages. Both are in plastic protective covers, some aging, n

Hardcover, 186 pages, printed by the government printing office. "General Instructions and Regulations in relation to the Transaction of Busine...

Three tags from U. S. Mint coin bags: 1) June 17, 1895 Mint of the U. S. San Francisco 268 ounces; 3 1/2 x 2 inches; 2) March 3rd, 1899; Mint of the U

A collection of documents from the women of the United States Mint. 1) May 8, 1933 typewritten letter to Edwin A. Halsey Secretary of the United State

Seven page brochure 6 x 9 inches: "Information Relating to United States Coins and Medals," published by the Treasury Department Bureau of...

Receipt (8 x 3 inches) for thirty dollars signed by Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States: "to promote the progress of useful arts.&...

Paperback 5 x 9 inch, 40 page report (plus fold out charts for lands sold) from the Secretary of the Treasury to the 18th Congress January 3, 1825. On

From the 21st Congress, a report from the Secretary of the Treasury to Congress respecting the relative value of gold and silver. 118 pages, 6 x 9 inc

Lot of 4. Reports by the Sec. of The Treasury, 25th Congress, 1837-40 on the conditions of US Banks. Each report is in a protective sleeve and are n

Various congressional reports on finances from the Secretary of the Treasury: 25th Congress (1837); 28th Congress (1845); 35th Congress (1857); 37th C

Two copies each of reports from the Secretary of the Treasury to the U. S. Senate relative to the execution of the Act to regulate the deposits of the

Two reports to the U. S. Senate from the Secretary of The Treasury on the state of the finances, one dated December 3, 1845 and the other December 9,

31st Congress House of Representatives letter from The Secretary of the Treasury W. M. Meredith reporting on the fineness of gold coins from other cou

Published by the Government printing office in Washington 1870: a 96 page (6 x 9 inches) report by John Jay Knox, deputy comptroller of the currency g

Over 25 separate letters of correspondence from the Treasury of the United States to Mr. Warren Taylor and Augusta Taylor of Plymouth Union Vermont co

Reports from the Secretary of the Treasury on the assay of sundry gold and silver coins of foreign nations that were circulating in the United States.

Seven receipts for deposit for standard silver dollars from the Office of Assistant Treasurer of the U. S. from the 1880s. A 1917 U. S. Mint form Tran

Touching handwritten letter dated July 15th, 1881 on Treasury Department Office of Internal Revenue letterhead. Green Berry Raum (1829-1909) replies t

Two items from the Treasurer of the United States: one page of three unissued checks from the Treasurer dated 186_. Also a handwritten letter dated Wa

Published by the United States Treasury Department July 1, 1896. Pamphlet is 58 pages, 6 x 9 inches, cover detached but in good condition. Information

Two charts of the Contents of Vaults in the U. S. Treasurer's Office. Each about 3 x 4 inches. One is undated but totals the contents at $560 mi...

Rare 1904 brochure from the United States Treasury Department: "Information respecting United States Bonds, Paper Currency, Coin, Production of...

Important circular from Alfred Williams, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia dated February 4, 1954 to all Banking Institutions conc

A vault dial measuring 3.5" in diameter. It was made from the original casting of the vault in the Wells Fargo main office in San Francisco.,...

Two envelopes that originally held the half dollar and the $2 1/2 quarter eagle gold coins designed by Charles E. Barber. The half dollar sold for $1

Written by Andrew McFarland Davis: "Certain Additional Notes Touching Upon the Subjects of Ignominious Punishments and of the Massachusetts Cur...

Endorsed February 7th, 1899: received five thousand dollars in gold. 9 x 4 1/2 inches, punch cancelled, signed by the clearing house committee. ^ Date

Five vintage checks from the Cashier of the Bank of New York dated 1811, 1812 and 1822. All signed by Henry Ward, all for a lot of money: $1500, $1000

Handwritten 13 x 8 inch indenture document binding innkeeper John Richards and Benjamin Markely, a blacksmith, to Sarah Hollenstein for 500 pounds in

Handwritten letter by Thomas Wyatt inquiring as to whether the medals, including a Jefferson Medal. He even illustrated the size of the medals he sent

Two vintage newspaper pages. First, is from the Evening Express of Los Angeles, dated Monday, April 27, 1874. It's from an inside section and fe...

Paperback catalog 8 x 11 inches; 38 pages: Kennedys' / Coins of the World / A manual of the / Gold and Silver Coins of all Nations. Published at...

Five vintage auction catalogs from Bangs, Merwin & Company of New York: two copies of the October 7, 1863 sale featuring Ancient Coins and rare ...