Houston Jan 2025

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 34 Continental Currency. CC-86, September 26,1778. Sixty Dollars. PMG graded AU50 . Tight margins all around. Serial number and first signature faded. Motto reads DEUS REGNAT EXULTET TERRA, which translates, “The Lord Reigneith, Let the World Rejoice.” Reverse shows a stringed bow. Signed by ???? (Red), Robert Cather (Black). Serial # n/a. PMG # 1991012 005

LOT 35 Continental Currency. CC-90, January 14, 1779. Four Dollars. PMG graded AU55EPQ . Well centered, just a bit close on the lower left front. Excellent inking, bold signatures and serial number. Emblem depicts a running boar about to impale himself on a spear tip with the Motto AUT MORS AUT VITA DECOERA, which translates “Either Death or an Honorable Life” or “Death or Liberty”. Signed by Robert A. Roberts (Red), Samuel Lyon (Black). Serial # 27615 (Red). PMG # 1145267.003

LOT 36 Continental Currency. CC-91, January 14th, 1779. Five Dollars. PMG graded AUS3 . A beautifully printed example with both red and black inking quite vivid. Four full margins are seen on both sides. Signatures and serial number are bold and vivid. The emblem depicts a baud brushing against a prickly yet growing bush and shedding drops of blood. The hand representing Britain and the bush America. The motto reads “Sustine Vel Abstine”, which translates “bear with me or let me alone.” The reverse depicts a nature printing using Fever Leaf. Two plate states exist. conditions This is plate state two with the broken R replaced and the double circle of the emblem broken at the lower right. Signed by John Helm and Isaac Gray. Serial # 13965. PMG # 2021048-030

Friday, January 17 th , 2025 5PM

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