Category Archives: William Starke Rosecrans

Ultra-Rare 1882 $1,000 Gold Certificate in Stack’s Bowers Expo Auction

By Christopher Dahncke – Currency Auction Associate, Stack’s Bowers Galleries ……   Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to present lot 20355, an ultra-rare 1882 $1,000 Gold Certificate Fr. 1218e graded Very Fine 30 by PMG, in our Official Currency Auction of the Whitman Coin & Collectibles Spring Expo. Just five Rosecrans-Nebeker signed 1882 $1,000 Gold […]

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PCGS Banknote Grades Rare Series of 1880 “Black Back” $100 Silver Certificate

By Cory Williams for PCGS …… Series 1880 “Black Back” $100 Silver Certificate, PCGS Choice Very Fine 35 PCGS recently graded an exemplary specimen of the rare 1880 “Black Back” $100 Silver Certificate, a relic from a time when the United States silver dollar was about to enter a new and colorful chapter of existence. […]

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PCGS Grades Finest Example of Ultra-Rare 1890 Grand Watermelon Note

By Cory Williams for PCGS …… PCGS Banknote is very pleased to have recently graded the ultra-rare 1890 $1,000 Grand Watermelon Treasury Note, and at PCGS About Uncirculated 50 it is the finest known! “I am very excited to have this iconic and historic note certified and encapsulated by PCGS Banknote,” says Stack’s Bowers Galleries […]

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A Closer Look at the Series of 1886 $2 Silver Certificate

By Cory Williams for PCGS …… While Silver Certificates began in 1878, the Series of 1886 would be the first issuance of denominations smaller than $10. These lower denominations would see a lot of circulation given their smaller face values and the fact that they were frequently substituted for the heavy silver dollars that people […]

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