Houston Jan 2025

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 40 Continental Currency. CC-96, January 14, 1779. Forty-Five Dollars. PMG graded Choice XF45EPQ . Well centered, just a bit tight on the left side of the obverse. Well inked, with clear signatures and serial number. Great paper quality as indicated by the PMG EPQ qualification. Emblem depicts two skep-type beehives under cover with bees flying nearby. Motto reads SIC FLORET RESPUBLICA, which translates “Thus flourishes the Republic.” Reverse is a nature print of ground ivy twig with leaves leaves. Signed by William Gamble (Red), Joseph Snowden (Black). Serial # 4415 (Red). PMG # 1019562-015

LOT 41 Continental Currency. CC-97, January 14, 1779, Fifty Dollars. PCGS graded About New 53 . Nice margins, being a bit close on the left obverse. Nice red and black inking with bold signatures and serial number. Inscribed PERENNIS translated EVERLASTING, with Motif of a step pyramid, representing durability. Reverse is that of a nature printing of two parsley leaves. Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1779. Signed by Joseph Watkins Jr. and Robert Caither. Serial # 99825. PMG # 59072957

LOT 42 Continental Currency. CC-99, January 14, 1779, Sixty Dollars, PCGS graded Choice About New 58 . A nice well inked example the $60 denomination from the last issued series of Continental currency. Both the red and the black ink are vivid. The signatures and serial numbers likewise are quite bold. Nice margins all around. Emblem motif is that of a globe in space, representing the earth, with motto reading Deus Regnat Exultet Terra”, which translates, “The Lord Reigneith Let the World Rejoice.”. Signed by William Coats and Levi Budd. Serial # 83837. PMG # 80428025

Friday, January 17 th , 2025 5PM

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