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Heritage Auctions: Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction

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Auction Name Tuesday World Paper Money Select Auction Total Sales (USD) 75,390.00
Auction Date December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #282550 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 160
Sold Lots 160.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
88131

Nicaragua Billete del Tesoro Nacional 50 Pesos 1.1.1908 Pick 38r Remainder PMG Very Fine 25.

1908 Not Available USD 4,800.00
88034

British Caribbean Territories Currency Board 2 Dollars 28.11.1950 Pick 2 PMG About Uncirculated 55.

1950 Not Available USD 2,280.00
88035

British Guiana Government of British Guiana 2 Dollars 1.10.1924 Pick 2A PMG Very Good 10.

1924 Not Available USD 1,560.00
88122

Lebanon Banque de Syrie et du Liban 50 Livres 1.9.1939 Pick 30c PMG Choice Fine 15.

1939 Not Available USD 1,560.00
88090

Guatemala Banco Central de Guatemala 1 Quetzal 17.3.1934 Pick 11a PMG Very Fine 25.

1934 Not Available USD 1,500.00
88150

Saudi Arabia and Qatar Group of 16 Notes Very Fine-About Uncirculated.

Not Available USD 1,170.00
88091

Guatemala Banco de Guatemala 1/2; 1 Quetzal; 1 Peso (1917-55) Pick 23; 30; S153a Three Examples PMG Choice Uncirculated 64; About Uncirculated 55; Choice Uncirculated 63.

(1917-55) Not Available USD 1,140.00
88061

Ecuador Banco del Pichincha 10 Sucres ND (1912-14) Pick S224s Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64.

ND(1912-14) Not Available USD 1,050.00
88025

Belize Government of Belize 20 Dollars ND (1974-76) Pick 37cts Color Trial Specimen PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

20 Dollars Not Available USD 1,020.00
88044

China Bank of Communications 10 Yuan 1924 Pick 136 S/M#C126-162 PMG Choice Fine 15.

1924 Not Available USD 1,020.00
88102

Iran Bank Melli 5 Rials ND (1938) / AH1317 Pick 32Ae Two Consecutive Examples PMG Gem Uncirculated 65 EPQ (2).

ND(1938) / AH1317 Not Available USD 900.00
88041

British West Africa West African Currency Board 2 Shillings 30.3.1918 Pick 2b PCGS Very Fine 35.

1918 Not Available USD 840.00
88088

Greece Bank of Greece 10,000 Drachmai ND (1945) Pick 174 PMG Choice Uncirculated 63.

ND(1945) Not Available USD 840.00
88120

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan National Bank 500; 2000; 5000; 10,000 Tenge (1994-2011) Pick 15; 23; 32; 40 Four Examples Crisp Uncirculated.

(1994-2011) Not Available USD 840.00
88037

British Guiana Government of British Guiana 5 Dollars 1.1.1942 Pick 14b PMG Very Fine 25.

1942 Not Available USD 810.00
88038

British Guiana Government of British Guiana 5 Dollars 1.1.1942 Pick 14b PMG Very Fine 20.

1942 Not Available USD 780.00
88098

India Government of India 1 Rupee 1917 Pick 1e Jhunjhunwalla-Razack 3.1.2A PMG Very Fine 30.

1917 Not Available USD 780.00
88106

Iran Bank Markazi 200 Rials ND (1965-73) Pick 81p1; 81/87/92 Front and Back Proof PMG Uncirculated 62 (2).

200 Rials Not Available USD 780.00
88121

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan National Bank 5000 Tenge 2001 Pick 26 Commemorative PMG Superb Gem Unc 67 EPQ.

2001 Not Available USD 780.00
88039

British Guiana Barclays Bank 5 Dollars 1.5.1937 Pick S104a PMG Very Fine 30.

1937 Not Available USD 750.00
88159

United Arab Emirates Currency Board 10 Dirhams ND (1973) Pick 3a PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ.

ND(1973) Not Available USD 750.00
88011

Austria Austrian National Bank 100 Schilling 3.1.1949 Pick 132 PMG About Uncirculated 55. Switzerland National Bank 50 Franken 23.11.1927 Pick 34c PMG Choice Very Fine 35.

1949 Not Available USD 720.00
88067

El Salvador Banco Occidental 1 Colon 1.5.1920 Pick S191b PMG Choice Fine 15.

1920 Not Available USD 720.00
88049

Colombia Banco del Estado 50 Centavos 2.1.1886 Pick S448s Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ.

1886 Not Available USD 690.00
88066

Egypt National Bank of Egypt 5 Pounds ND (1952-60) Pick 31cts Color Trial Specimen PMG Choice Uncirculated 64 Net.

ND(1952-60) Not Available USD 690.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000