ATTENTION! Weekend Special Auction with Heidi and Shanny! The Key Date Coins Weekend Special!
What is The Key Date Coin Special?
Well, when you ask, we will always listen. We have been getting a lot of complaints from people that with our most recent updates to our weekly high end coin auction that there’s too many high value coins there and not enough things for people to bid on, get a bargain they can afford, and come away with the same feeling and thrill that they used to have at our auction. So, we listened, and we did a complete 180. We launched The Key Date Coin Special. An additional auction, 2 more nights a week, starting at 1:30pm, with all the types of coins you wanted.
A completely new catalog of lots from us, each week! Every Single Friday and Saturday! This auction will run Friday, 03/07 - Saturday, 03/08 with Heidi at 1:30 and Shanny at 7:30pm. But don’t worry! We will still be running every Sunday and Monday with Heid and Shanny as well!
Get ready for this, this is the best part! This catalog will be ONLINE every TUESDAY or WEDNESDAY for prebidding. You will get 2-3 days to prebid with $1 starts on every single lot. No reserves.
Yes, EVERY SINGLE LOT.
Gold? $1 Start, No Reserve
Morgan Dollar Rolls? $1 Start, No Reserve
Rare Currency? $1 Start, No Reserve
We are very excited to kick this off and can’t wait to see you at the auction!
Please Note, this auction needs to be paid within 72 hours of Invoicing. We accept credit card or wire on invoices below $5000 and only check or wire on invoices $5000+
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LOT 9618:
1891 $10 Red Seal Silver Certificate "Tombstone" Grades xf Signatures Rosecrans/Nebeker. Listed as #85 in 100 ...
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Sold for: $2,750
Price including buyer’s premium:
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3,245
Start price:
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5
Estimate :
$1,900 - $3,800
Buyer's Premium: 18%
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1891 $10 Red Seal Silver Certificate "Tombstone" Grades xf Signatures Rosecrans/Nebeker. Listed as #85 in 100 Greatest American Currency NotesPoor Thomas Hendricks. The man served as Grover Cleveland’s vice president for only a few months, from March 4, 1885 to November 25, 1885, before dying of natural causes in his sleep. Less than a year later, a $10 Silver certificate was issued that featured his portrait. And, in what may NOT have been an accident, the artists at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing framed him in what appeared to be a tombstone. Besides prompting some initial claims of poor taste by a grieving public, the design also led to these certificates being nicknamed “Tombstone Notes” – a moniker that was destined to forever overshadow the former Vice President depicted on its surface.As it turns out, this story isn’t just sad, but spooky as well, since the design and even production of this certificate began before Hendricks passed away! First issued in 1886, the design was issued again in 1891 and 1908. Hendricks remains the only vice president who did not serve as president whose portrait appears on U.S. paper currency. The intriguing history behind this note has led it to being listed as #85 in Q. David Bowers’ book 100 Greatest American Currency Notes.Here’s your chance to make the famous $10 “Tombstone Note” part of your collection with this scarce note Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885) was a popular politician from Indiana who served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was also Indiana’s 16th Governor before being elected as the nation’s 21st vice president. Unknown to most people, however, was the popular Democrat’s poor health. Hendricks suffered a paralytic stroke in 1880, and while he was able to return to public life, he could no longer stand for any length of time. No one outside his family knew of his health issues and with his popularity unblemished, Hendricks ran as Grover Cleveland’s running mate in the 1884 Presidential election. Serving less than a year as vice president, Hendricks died unexpectedly during a trip home to Indianapolis. The vice presidency remained vacant after his death until Levi P. Morton assumed office in 1889 following the election of Benjamin Harrison as the nation’s 23rd President.Share the story of this eerily prophetic piece of numismatic history and secure yours today!
