Archives International Auctions - Auction 118 November 17 & 18 2026

Archives International Auctions - Sale 118 77 November 17, 2026 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 378 378 U.S. Silver Certificates, $1, Series 1957B, Issued Banknote Assortment. Washington D.C…., 1957. Lot of 100 $1, Series 1957B (200), Fr.# 1621, Silver Certificates, Notes all have blue seal at right side and range from Fine to VF+ condition. ($200 Face Value or 200 notes). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������� Est. $150-250 379 379 U.S. Silver Certificate, $5, Series 1953, Fr.# 1655, Sequential Issued Banknote Trio. Washington D.C., Lot of 3 sequential $5, Series of 1953, Fr.# 1655 (3), BA Block, Sequential Silver Certificates, Blue seal at right, Priest | Humphrey signatures, S/Ns B56846050A pp Q to B56846052A pp Q, Two are PMG graded Choice Unc 64 EPQ and 1 is graded Choice UNC 64. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $140-200 U.S. Federal Bonds, Liberty Loans & Fiscal Documents California 380 380 CA. Treasury of the United States, 1859, I/U Second of Transfer Signed by Howell Cobb San Francisco, California, and Washington, D.C., 1859. $20,000 I/U Second of Transfer Issued to the Assistant Treasurer of San Francisco, from the Assistant Treasurer of the U.S., S/N 1903, Black text with red underprint, U.S. Capitol Building at top right, George Washington depicted at left. Signed by Howell Cobb as Secretary of the Treasury at bottom right. Fine to choice Fine condition with toning and a small tear on the top middle margin. Toppan, Carpenter & Co. Howell Cobb (7 Sept 1815 - Oct 1868) was an American and later Confederate political figure. A southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and the speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851. He also served as the 40th governor of Georgia (1851-1853) and as a secretary of the treasury under President James Buchanan (1857-1860). Cobb is, however, best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States where delegates of the Southern slave states declared that they had seceded from the United States and created the Confederate States of America. Rare and desirable U.S. Federal Fiscal document. ������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $400-800 New York 381 381 NY. U.S. Liberty Loan Specimen Participation Certificate, 1917. New York, 1917. $10 FRB New York Specimen Participation Certificate, Black print with black border and Bald Eagle at left above numeral, Specimen overprint and POCs, S/N 00000, PMG graded About Uncirculated 55 with comment “Corner Tip Missing.” ABNC. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-300 Pennsylvania 382 382 PA. U.S. Post Office Department, Transportation of the Mails, 1860 I/UWarrant Signed by Zevely Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 24, 1860. $53.87 I/U Draft or warrant, Black print with black border, Post Master General on lower left and Patriotic spread winged eagle with sailing and steamboat at top middle, Transportation of the mails crossed out on left counterfoil, signed by Zevely as 3rd Asst. Postmaster General, VF condition. BCC. ��������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $150-300 Washington, D.C. 383 383 DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Stamp Essay-Proof, ND (ca.1970), Printer’s Essay Design Proposal Washington, D.C., ND (ca.1970). Printer’s Design for $5 Food Coupon, Black print on yellow paper with portrait of Abraham Lincoln at left and other vignettes at right, Bottom lines of text are gibberish, Uniface note, PMG graded About Uncirculated 53 with comment “Previously Mounted.” ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $400-600