"Wild West Wonders" Premier Live Auction (2025 August)

Located in New York Canyon near Eureka, the Butter Cup mine was a real producer beginning in 1867. By the 1870s silver and gold coins were scarce and

Fanciful propaganda scrip circa 1907 used by Goldfield mine workers demanding cash pay from the mine owners headed by George Wingfield who had instit

Needles National Bank, Needles, California, $1 issued bearer draft dated 1894 on the Keystone Mining Co., Keystone, Nevada. This partial note has miss

Issued by the Needles National Bank for the Keystone Mining Company of Keystone, Nevada. Unissued remainder bearer draft $10 note, one of the few rep

These 1907 Depression notes were printed when banks thought that the looming panic would have people hoarding money, leaving almost none circulation.

These 1907 Depression notes were printed when banks thought that the looming panic would have people hoarding money, leaving almost none circulation.

Two promissory notes dated March 1877, Virginia, Nevada; one for ten (#32) and one for twenty (#10) dollars in gold coin with interest at one percent

Here is a three note set: 25 cents, 50 cents and one dollar; dated 1933. Issued by the Delbert Reeves Post No. 7 American Legion of Silverton and secu

Three Texas treasury warrants from the Civil War period: 1) $5 for military service date February 27, 1862. 7 x 3 inches, ivory paper. 2) $5 for milit

Series of 1928 U. S. Gold Certificate. Fr. 2400. Over the gold seal: this certificate is a legal tender in the amount thereof in payment of all debts

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco $50 national currency note. Series of 1929. VG-F condition with some ink marks. Fr. 1880-L. ^ Date: Country (

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland $100 National Currency note, series of 1929. Fr. 1890-D. VG-F condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Star notes are replacement banknotes used by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing when a flawed or damaged note is removed from a print run. They are

From counterfeit detector book, of a $100 US bond, 1864. On thick stock with 4 coupons. Slight foxing. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Cit

About 20 pieces of Bureau of Engraving & Printing ephemera. Stereoviews, postcard, official photos up to 8 x10", printed cards, 1878 buildi...

American Bank Note Company vignette collection. These were likely printing proofs made before starting mass-production printing, and as such they may

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

Large collection of San Francisco Mint ephemera collection: 1851: newspaper discusses need for a Mint in San Francisco; 1851: Philadelphia Mint gold b

Collection of 1862-1945 Denver Mint photos and documents. 1906 Sterling silver souvenir spoon. Letter opener. 1862 and 1876 branch reports. Three bul

Two page letter from Walter Forward, Secretary of the Treasury to M (Mark). A. Cooper, "Hse of Reps." Feb 4, 1843. Mr. Forward is telling...

Exceptional 1847 Dahlonega, GA folded letter written by R B Lewis, administrator of the Mint at Dahlonega, and Lumpkin County politician to Senator an

A very interesting collection of printed ephemera regarding the New Orleans Mint. 1838 New Orleans banks proceedings, great publication discussing th

Spectacular! This is an original cancelled CC mint coin die authenticated by Carson City Mint Press Operator Ken Hopple. After examining it, Ken belie

Fantastic! This is an original Carson City Mint canvas coin bag, likely for dollars given the coin imprints visible on the lower portion of the bag. B

Lot of 2 exceptionally rare views of operations at the Carson City Mint. We just don't see many photos besides exterior building shots. And both...

Memorandum of Silver Bullion Deposited at the Carson City Mint on Sept. 4th, 1888 by HR Logan. Marked "Chollar Mill" at upper left and &qu...

Lot of 2 different CC Mint memorandum forms. One is for Silver Bullion and the other is for Gold Bullion. Both are dated 1891 and are for deposits mad

Fantastic! Savage Mining Company billhead, Virginia City, 1892, to Wells Fargo & Co. for express charges on $23,091.33 in coin from the Carson C...

Feb, 18th, 1892 letter on official mint letterhead. Message to RP Keating, Supt. of the Savage Mine in Virginia City. LL Elrod tells him that $2,400 o

Lot of 7. 1) 1870 Daily Alta California newspaper with small blurb about the first coins (dollars) being produced at the CC Mint. 2) 1896 Memorandum o

This lot has five coin bags marked "US Mint/ Carson City/ Nevada" at roughly 5 in. X 11 in. The print is very crisp and legible. 1960'...

1840 report to House of Representatives regarding expenditures at Branch Mint at Charlotte-4pp have slight lower paper loss. Rare CdV by Matthew Brady

Very rare 1831 (21st Congress) and 1834 (23rd Congress) Assay Office reports from North Carolina and Georgia, during the beginning of the first US Gol

Four vintage souvenirs from the United States Mint in Philadelphia: 1) glass paperweight with old photograph "U.S. Mint Philadelphia, PA."...

21 historic views of the Philadelphia Mint. five stereo views: probably all taken in prep for of just after the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, circa 1875

Huge collection of ephemera relating to the history of the Philadelphia Mint: 1792 ad (c1930s) inspecting coins (the first women employed by the feder

1895 Index of the Coins and Medals of The Cabinet of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia. 45 pages, 5 x 7 inches. Two copies of the 1951 Do

An exceptionally rare Treasury Department notice from 1964 of the upcoming release of the silver Peace Dollar, the first striking of US silver dollars

Three Secretary of Treasury Walter Forward signed letters including one to a member of the house of Representatives. 1842 and 1843. "He was app...

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.

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

Three Treasury Dept. documents: 1) 1869 coin transfer-stains, creases, small tears. 2) 1879 explanatory of circular. 3) 1932 letterhead signed by SF s

1851 speech of Mr. King of New Jersey on the branch mints, delivered in the House of Representatives. The bill is related to establishing a Branch Min

This is a small collection of duplicates found in the main collections. 1840 Report of operation at the New Orleans Mint; 1848 three copies of report

Six pages of engravings of machines used the Royal Mint and The Mint, probably by English engravers, for both Britain and America. Each 8 x 10 inches.

Four publications from U. S. Assay offices: 1) 1870 Treasury Department report on the assay office in New York and the branch mint in San Francisco; 1

This assay is from "Kellogg & H" dated August 1854, for $1490.39. This is for a gold deposit received from Coloma, the discovery site ...

This is an early assay from Kellogg & Richter for 1479 dwt. dated 1854; producing $1245.19 in gold. This is for a deposit by Adams & Co. out...

This invoice describes a box of gold dust and bars aboard the Steam Ship Panama bound for Boston dated August 31, 1849 with a value of about $35,000.

0.73g original California Gold Rush nugget recovered from the SS Central America, which sank in 1857. Our company held two SSCA artifacts auctions in