Houston Jan 2025

LOT 19 Continental Currency. CC-38, May 9, 1776, Eight Dollars, PCGS graded Choice About New SSPPQ. Wonderful dark printing and perfectly centered with premium paper quality. Bold signatures and serial number make this a visually exceptional piece. Emblem is a Harp with thirteen strings, with a motto reading Majora Minoribus Consonant, which translates “The Greater Ones Sound in Harmony With the Smaller.” Meaning that all states, large and small, are in harmony with one another. This piece likely falls within the top 10 of known CC-38’s. Signed by Josiah Hewes ( 1730-1779) and Andrew Tybout. Serial # 138296. PMG # 80594625

LOT 20 Continental Currency. CC-50, November 2, 1776. Five Dollars. PMG graded Choice AU50. Nicely inked . Margins clear all around. a bit tight but none cut into the design. Serial number and signatures are a bit faded but fully readable. Emblem depicts a hand caressing a thorny bush with droplets of blood. The Motto reads SUSTINE VELABSTINE, which translates, “Sustain or abstain.” Taken together indicating, help us or leave us alone, or you may be wounded. Reverse nature print of betony and sage leaves. Signed by John Philpot (Red), Richard Stringer? (Brown). Serial # 441558 (Red). PMG # 1156509-003

Ex. American Patriots Collection

LOT 21 Continental Currency. CC-51, November 2,1776, Six Dollars. PMG graded About Uncirculated 55EPQ . This is a very nice, well centered, well inked note with strong signatures and serial number. The PMG EPQ is well deserved. The front depicts the emblem of a beaver gnawing on a tree with the motto PERSEVERANDO (Persevering). Indicating that America will gnaw on the tree of England until it falls. The reverse, nature printing of a large buttercup leaf. Printed by Hall and s Sellers. 1776. Signed by George Welch (in Red) and Mark Alexander (in Black). Serial # 1614l(in Black). PMG # 1076045-005

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