Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Another Nevada bank condition report (see other lots). "As Required by the Comptroller of the Currency at the Close of Business, June 29th, 192...

This fabulous piece of scrip (possibly the best known) represents one of the most important (if not the most important) strike by the members of the I

Perhaps the second best known piece of IWW strike scrip. See previous lot for description. City: Goldfield State: Nevada, Date:

Inc. in NV just six months before. No. 129, issued for 30 shares to C.L. Ronnon in Las Vegas on Sept. 16, 1905. Signed by Ronnon as cashier and John S

Rare. Framed and matted. Inc. in Nevada. No. 10. Issued for 18 shares to M.H. Walker on June 10, 1905. Signed by Chris Brown (president) and John S. P

No. 49. Issued for five shares to J.G. Taylor on Apr. 21, 1910 in Lovelock. Signed by the president and cashier. President's signature is very p...

This bank lasted only 6 months! Official 1909 copy of the articles of incorporation for the bank that were originally filed on Jan. 19, 1906. Five pag

Two real photo postcards of the Reno branch at Second and Virginia, a canvas bank bag, four boxes of box matches, a brand new Zippo lighter still in t

Lot of 7 canvas bags from the First National Bank of Nevada, 6 x 10" green. City: Reno State: Nevada, Date: FHWAC#:

Scarce $1 denomination! Rhyolite, Nevada, November 30th, 1907. No. D 2921. Signed by three cashiers. Brown/orange. 3.5" x 7.25" Lith. by B...

1) The Ruth Bank, Ruth, Nevada. No. 102. Unissued. First one seen by us! 19--. Eagle vignette. Green border. Comes with coupon from another stock. 2)

Large (23" x 12") calendar (green with black text) featuring an illustrated yellow map of Nevada (12.5" x 9.5") featuring vigne...

Dateline Virginia City, Nev. Aug. 10, 1877. Illustrated with allegorical vignette. Two-cent IR adhesive stamp lower left. Duplicate exchange for $282.

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

A Rare, Virginia City, Nevada Theall Silver Ingot, c1864 By Fred N. Holabird Theall’s Assay Businesses: Marysville (successor to Justh & Hun...

$5, $10, and $20 denomination certificates. All with the Virginia, Nev. dateline and issued in Match 1877. Bear vignette. All three stamped Paid. 5&...

Over 65 pieces. Most of the documents date between 1915-1930, but there are some from the late 1890s. Documents from: Reno, Sparks, Winnemucca, Tonopa

Washoe County Bank antique pencil, two Bank of Nevada pins, four canvas bags (two from the San Francisco Federal Reserve), one Wells Fargo, and one fr

Rare and very early banking document! Chartered in 1834. No. 471. Issued for five shares on January 7th, 1841 to Mathew Codd. Signed by Spencer Danie

Both pieces issued in 1864: one for $17.88 in certificates, the other for $14 in certificates. One has a 5 cent brown adhesive revenue stamp. Signed b

Three unissued pieces of illustrated $5 scrip, all from 1840. Great locomotive vignette upper right, allegorical woman left center. Printed by Draper,

Hand-numbered, signed and dated at the start of the Civil War, 1861. Twenty-five cent note from the Town of Staunton. Vignettes, but very worn. Scarce

Lot of 15. Earliest is an 1868 Cuban exchange w/ 50 cent revenue stamp. Also: three Barclay Bank Limited drafts (London, 1934), two Amsterdam drafts (

Two 1st Exchanges from the National Bank of South African Republic. Made payable in Paris. Amounts listed in shillings. Both have adhesive revenue sta

In the form of a 1 with a great serial # (040001). Series 1215A. Republica Dos Estados Unidos Do Brasil. Um Cruzeiro Valor Recebido. Vignette of Marqu

Lot of 16 exchanges for John Monroe & Co. Date between 1866 and 1868. Amounts are all in francs. Thirteen of the exchanges still have adhesive r...

Currency: Fifteen $1 silver certificates (series of 1957); seven $2 bills, (1928, 1963, 1976). Au condition. City: State: , Date:

Four different pieces. 1) $5. Type 53 PF-8, R1. Litho. by J.T. Patterson & Co., 3rd Series. 2) $10. Type 68, PF 20, R1. 3) $50. Type 66 PF-1, R1...

The Only Infallible Method of Detecting Counterfeit, Spurious and Altered Bank-notes, and Applicable to All Banks in the United States and Canadas, As

By authority from the United States Treasury Department, this is the second edition of the guide to detecting counterfeit currency. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2&qu...

Good condition, eleventh edition, published by Laban Heath, & Co., Boston, MA. (6.75" x 4.5") 40 pp., 12 pp. illustrations. Original m...

Supremely rare Gold Rush era book. First edition. Contains original Gold Rush gold flake samples on pg. 45. New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins, Co

United States Mint, Denver, Colorado. Drawn on Colorado National Bank, United States Depository. Two of the checks are made payable to the First Natio

Two bags! 1) Treasury Dollars / $1000 / Washington. 2) U. S. M. (United States Mint). Used, but no holes. See photo for condition. City: Was

$1,000 in silver dollars. Identification Card. Used, wrinkled and worn. Writing is next to impossible to read. Very nicely framed. City: New O

Identification Card. No .8. Mint of the U.S. New Orleans. Silver Dollars, $1,000. Checked by W.C.L. Counted by K.E.W. Measures 2.75" x 3.5"...

Rare document from the Coiner's Department, U.S. Mint, Carson, February 12th, 1875. Coining Room No. 6. Addressed to the superintendent, the fol...

On letterhead from the Cashier's Office at the Mint in Carson City. Addressed to R.P. Keating, superintendent of the Savage Mine in Virginia Cit...

This is the first offering of Carson City Mint Bags this company has ever offered. Stamped "U. S. Mint / Carson City / Nevada." Approx. 1...

See previous lot for description. City: Carson City State: Nevada, Date: FHWAC#: 22747

A third example. Please see first lot for detailed description and historical background. City: Carson City State: Nevada, Date:

Canvas bag with "Reno National Bank/ Reno, Nevada" stamped in red and "$2500" stamped in blue on both sides. Measures 5.5" ...

Stamped in red ink: "RENO NATIONAL BANK/ Reno, Nevada." Blue ink on both sides: $2500. Some soiling and signs of use. 8.5" x 5" ...

Extra rare! Three different denominations (and sizes): largest is $5,000, then $2,500, and finally $1,000. Sizes: largest is 11" x 5.5"; n...

Lot of seven bank bags: Nevada State Bank, Nevada Bank of Commerce, First National Bank of Nevada, Bank of Las Vegas, Bank of Southern Nevada(2), and

Lot of 7: Scheeline Banking & Trust of Reno,Riverside Bank of Reno(2), Stockgrowers & Ranchers Bank of Reno, Reno National Bank(2), and larg...

Stamped in blue ink: THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK/ Pueblo, Colo. In red ink: $100. Stains. Measures 8.5" x 5" City: Pueblo State: Colorado,

Bank of California, Virginia City, Nevada, June 1, 1871. Issued to H.F. Rice for $433.41. Signed by Henry Yerington. Two cent IR adhesive revenue. Cut

Date March 3, 1899. Weight: 859.37 1/2. Denomination: Dollars. $1,000. No. 60776. Printed on canvas-like paper. String and parts of seal still attache

Stamped in purple: "$1,000/ From U.S. Mint/ Phila." Reverse has illegible pen notations (inspector signature?). Tag has rope attached. Mea...