2002 Cincinnati, OH September (CAA) Signature Sale - Session 3

Fr. 121 $10 1901 Legal Tender About Extremely Fine. This Bison falls just a hair short of the full Extremely Fine grade. The colors are excellent, as

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender Gem New. Unusually well margined, with perfect colors and ideal centering of both sides. A strikingly handsome Bison tha

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender Choice New. The top margin is tight, but in all other respects this is a lovely Bison, with excellent color and lots of

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender About New. This well-margined, bright and attractive Bison needs to be searched carefully to locate the light fold that

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender Choice Extremely Fine. A great-looking Bison, with ideal colors, nice margins and no flaws at all. Important notice: We

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender Extremely Fine. A nice, original note, with good embossing, bright flashy colors and no problems whatsoever. Important n

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender About Extremely Fine. Bright, crisp, and attractive for the type. An ideal Bison for a circulated type set. Important no

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender Very Fine. This Bison is clearly circulated, but it has retained excellent color. It's absolutely problem-free, ve...

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender CGA Very Fine 20. Through the CGA holder, the note appears to be an ideal example of the grade. Important notice: We exp

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender Fine. A solid, problem-free example, with unmolested surfaces and excellent color for the grade. Important notice: We ex

Fr. 122 $10 1901 Legal Tender Fine. A solid Bison, with strictly original surfaces and no problems worthy of mention. Important notice: We expect to b

Fr. 123 $10 1923 Legal Tender Choice Very Fine. Hugely margined, beautifully bright and problem free. This is an unusually nice, lightly circulated ex

Fr. 128 $20 1875 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. This note is a real beauty, with broad margins, super color and nice, original paper surfaces. This note

Fr. 128 $20 1875 Legal Tender CGA Gem Uncirculated 65. Far scarcer than the Fr. 129 with which this number is often confused. Only a few more than 50

Fr. 129 $20 1878 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. Huge margins and letter-perfect colors highlight this gorgeous early Legal. The back centering is fully

Fr. 129 $20 1878 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. A new number to the census that fits right in to the known group of uncirculated notes. It's unusu...

Fr. 129 $20 1878 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. A lovely, broadly margined example, with good paper surfaces and absolutely perfect colors. It's o...

Fr. 129 $20 1878 Legal Tender CGA Gem Uncirculated 66. A lovely, broadly margined example, printed on the watermarked paper. The blue security stain o

Fr. 134 $20 1880 Legal Tender Choice New. This note has the margins and eye appeal needed for the Gem grade, but the seal color is a brownish red, rat

Fr. 140 $20 1880 Legal Tender Choice Extremely Fine. The margins are huge and even on this strictly original, brightly colored blue-serial-number Doub

Fr. 141 $20 1880 Legal Tender CGA Fine 12. Well circulated but seemingly problem free. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rate o

Fr. 142 $20 1880 Legal Tender Superb Gem New. About 75 examples are known of this number in all grades combined, and this one has to be right up there

Fr. 142 $20 1880 Legal Tender Note Choice Extremely Fine. A really nice example, with broad margins, excellent color and tons of eye appeal. Only abou

Fr. 142 $20 1880 Legal Tender Very Fine. This well-margined note is net-graded due to some paper aging and a few margin splits. From a circulation per

Fr. 147 $20 1880 Legal Tender Gem New. This lovely note is part of a short run of uncirculated pieces. It's well margined, beautifully bright an...

Fr. 147 $20 1880 Legal Tender Very Choice New. A lovely example of this always popular type, the note has good paper originality, ideal colors and dec

Fr. 147 $20 1880 Legal Tender About New. The top margin is tight, but the colors are excellent. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at t

Fr. 147 $20 1880 Legal Tender CGA Very Fine 25. Well margined and with a clean appearance. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the ra

Fr. 155 $50 1880 Very Choice New. This is the finest example of only nine pieces known to exist. Of the nine Fr. 155's, two are permanently impo...

Fr. 187j $1000 1880 Legal Tender CGA Very Fine 35. Through the CGA holder, this note appears to be virtually identical to the example that we sold in

Fr. 190b $10 1864 Compound Interest Treasury Note Very Fine, Restored. This note has had a fair amount of restoration work done with moderate skill. S

Fr. 191a $20 1864 Compound Interest Treasury Note Very Fine. There are just over 50 examples of this rare number currently known, and although Martin

Fr. 191a $20 1864 Compound Interest Treasury Note Fine. This rare type faces up very nicely, but it does have some problems. The bronze overprint has

Fr. 215 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. This is a Martha that simply can not be improved upon. It has broad, even margins, perfect centerin

Fr. 215 $1 1886 Silver Certificate CGA Choice Uncirculated 63. The first signature combination of the $1 Marthas. This "D" position note h...

Fr. 216 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Very Fine. The centering is not very good, with both the left and bottom margins coming very close to the design, b

Fr. 216 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Gem New. The first of a gorgeous consecutive pair, and the better margined of the two. Both are strictly original,

Fr. 216 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Very Choice New. Consecutive and identical to the note above, but the top margin is a bit too close for the Gem gra

Fr. 217 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Extremely Fine. Excellent margins and loads of eye appeal highlight this perfectly clean, lightly circulated Martha

Fr. 217 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Extremely Fine. A nice example of this Large Red Seal Martha type. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lot

Fr. 217 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Fine. A solid example for the grade and a scarcer number, as the great majority of this type are Fr. 215 with the s

Fr. 217 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Fine. A bit soiled but otherwise problem-free. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rate of 200

Fr. 219 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Gem New. Broad margins and ideal colors highlight this Large Brown Seal Martha. It would be very difficult to locat

Fr. 219 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Extremely Fine. This otherwise lovely Large Brown Seal Martha has some very light staining at the folds on the back

Fr. 220 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Very Choice New. This Large Brown Seal Martha is loaded with eye appeal. Fr. 220 is a considerably scarcer number,

Fr. 220 $1 1886 Silver Certificate Very Fine. This Large Brown Seal note is the scarcest number of the 1886 Martha's, according to CAA's sal...

Fr. 222 $1 1891 Silver Certificate Fine-Very Fine. This is by far the scarcer number of this two-number type. CAA has sold only 26 Fr. 222's, as...

Fr. 223 $1 1891 Silver Certificate Superb Gem New. Excellent original embossing, broad, even margins and beautifully bright colors are all featured on

Fr. 223 $1 1891 Silver Certificate Very Choice New. This really good looking Martha has super original embossing, perfect color and decent margins. If

Fr. 223 $1 1891 Silver Certificate CGA Crisp Uncirculated 62. This pretty Martha is well margined, bright and attractive. The CGA-62 grade seems to be