Strong Results Follow Important Paper Rarities Across the Auction Block in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries November 2025 Showcase Auction
Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce results of the recently concluded November 2025 Showcase Auction, an event which overall realized more than $28 million.
Two sessions devoted exclusively to United States currency featured 407 lots that in total brought $1,867,392. (All prices include the buyer’s premium.)
In Session 6 rarities saw impressive realizations in excess of pre-auction estimates. A Remainder attributable to the “Imperial Government of Norton I” proclaimed by the mad vagrant Joshua Abraham Norton achieved $21,600 (lot 6056) against an estimate of $8,000 to $12,000, while a high-grade 28 Shillings note printed by Paul Revere and pedigreed to the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection (lot 6027) realized $13,200 against an initial estimate of $3,000 to $5,000.
Additional results from Session 6 include:
Lot 6025: MA-166. Massachusetts. August 18, 1775. 10 Shillings. PCGS Banknote Choice Extremely Fine 45. Realized $12,600.
Lot 6045: CC-9. Continental Currency. May 10, 1775. $20. PMG Choice Very Fine 35. Realized $10,800.
Lot 6192: San Jose, California. $10 1874. Fr. 1148. Farmers National Gold Bank. Charter #2158. PMG Very Fine 20. Realized $10,200.
Lot 6197: Stockton, California. $10 1873. Fr. 1146. First National Gold Bank. Charter #2077. PMG Choice Fine 15. Realized $9,000.
Lot 6228: St. Louis, Missouri. $100 1902 Red Seal. Fr. 686. Fourth NB. Charter #283. PMG Very Fine 25.Realized $9,000.
Lot 6019: MD-75. Maryland. July 26, 1775. $2 2/3. PMG Very Fine 25. Realized $8,400.
From Session 7 a series of remarkable type notes attracted strong interest from bidders. One of the finest known Fr. 341 Series of 1880 $100 Silver Certificates of Depositrealized $132,000 (lot 7117). A Fr. 1179 Series of 1905 $20 Gold Certificate (lot 7139), uneclipsed in the PMG Population Report, achieved $120,000, well in excess of the pre-auction estimate of $70,000 to $90,000.
Additional results from Session 7 include:
Lot 7129: Fr. 831. 1918 $50 Federal Reserve Bank Note. St. Louis. PCGS Banknote Choice Uncirculated 63. Realized $50,400.
Lot 7140: Fr. 1180. 1905 $20 Gold Certificate. PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ*. Realized $31,200.
Lot 7076: Fr. 119. 1901 $10 Legal Tender Note. PCGS Banknote Superb Gem Uncirculated 67 PPQ.Realized $28,800.
Lot 7119:Fr. 344. 1891 $100 Silver Certificate. PMG Very Fine 30. Realized $28,800.
Lot 7047:Fr. 2405 1928 $100 Gold Certificate. PCGS Banknote Gem Uncirculated 65 PPQ. Realized $26,400.
Lot 7050: Fr. 2407. 1928 $500 Gold Certificate. PMG About Uncirculated 53.Realized $26,400.
Complete results for the Stack’s Bowers Galleries November 2025 Showcase Auction are available at StacksBowers.com. For information about consigning to one of the firm’s Showcase or Online auctions call 800-458-4646 or email Consign@StacksBowers.com.
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Source: Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Stack's Bowers Galleries conducts live, Internet and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and currency and ancient coins, as well as direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. The company's 80-year legacy includes the cataloging and sale of many of the most valuable United States coin and currency collections to ever cross an auction block — The D. Brent Pogue Collection, The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, The Joel R. Anderson Collection, The Norweb Collection, The Cardinal Collection and The Battle Born Collection — to name just a few. World coin and currency collections include The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins, The Kroisos Collection, The Alicia and Sidney Belzberg Collection, The Wa She Wong Collection, The Guia Collection, The Thos. H. Law Collection, and The Robert O. Ebert Collection.
Topping off this amazing numismatic history is the inclusion of the world record for the highest price ever realized at auction for a rare coin, the 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar graded Specimen-66 (PCGS) that realized over $10 million, part of their sale of the famed Cardinal Collection. The company is headquartered in Santa Ana, California, with offices in New York, Wolfeboro, Hong Kong, and Paris. Stack's Bowers Galleries is an Official Auctioneer for several important numismatic conventions, including American Numismatic Association events, the New York International Numismatic Convention, the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring, Summer and Winter Expos, and its April and August Hong Kong Auctions.
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