1839 $ 50 Texas Bill Verification - Coin Community Forum

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mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 05/05/2011 09:22 am Hello, I picked this bill up yesterday at an auction. It was hidden in the bottom of a box along with the actual coins I bid and won on. This may turn out to be a lucky find or just an exercise in futility. Please review the scans and indicate what you think this note is and whether or not it is authentic. If it turns out to be authentic, I would like to know what sort of price a note like this is worth in today's market. Thanks mdpmedia Report this Post to the Staff

mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 05/05/2011 09:30 am One other piece of info that may be helpful is the dimension of the note: 7 1/8" x 3" Report this Post to the Staff
td5173 Pillar of the Community United States 565 Posts	Posted 05/05/2011 10:14 am It look like your serial number is 5962. It is listed at http://www.crutchwilliams.com/Bogus...tml#REPUBLIC. This site list bogus CSA notes Texas republic notes. It is a great site. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 05/05/2011 3:35 pm You do not even need to know the serial number to see that it is only a replica but the crutchwilliams site is awesome for the less obvous replicas and fakes. The artificially aged parchment is a dead giveaway, rag paper is almost always used for notes due to durability issues. This one might have been part of a series of replica notes along with the 1840 $1000 Bank on the US note, someone posted one of them a couple weeks ago- https://goccf.com/t/86379 Edited by biokemist6 05/05/2011 3:42 pm Report this Post to the Staff
OrientMasters New Member United States 21 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 12:53 am I just came across one of these in my dads coin/bill collection and was wondering how I could tell how much and if it really is authentic. Report this Post to the Staff
OrientMasters New Member United States 21 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 12:56 am Oh I am new here to so pointing me around here would be nice since I have other coins and bills to identify and value too. But about the republic of Texas one I saw a serial number looking like 6767. Report this Post to the Staff
OrientMasters New Member United States 21 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 01:06 am Oh biokemist6. I saw that your profile pic has a gold coin. I tried to email you a question about it. But I can't email because of my account is so new. I found a coin that looks identical to the coin in your profile pic and wanted to ask you more about the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 05:25 am Quote: I found a coin that looks identical to the coin in your profile pic his avatar shows the Reverse of a $5 Liberty Half Eagle minted from 1838-1908 Quote: But about the republic of Texas one I saw a serial number looking like 6767. Are you sure its not a $5 note, because 16767 is also a known copy. A picture or a more precise description would be required to help you any further than this, but that site posted above is a pretty good site to see if any notes with the same serial numbers as the ones you have found are known copies of notes Report this Post to the Staff
OrientMasters New Member United States 21 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 08:25 am OK Trying to upload a pic. Report this Post to the Staff
OrientMasters New Member United States 21 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 09:06 am Ok here is the pics of the $50 note and the $5 dollar coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Whytlash Valued Member United States 407 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 7:11 pm Quote: Quote: I found a coin that looks identical to the coin in your profile pic his avatar shows the Reverse of a $5 Liberty Half Eagle minted from 1838-1908 Actually, the reverse shown is of a Colorado Territorial Gold piece. It's an 1860 five dollar gold coin minted by Clark, Gruber & Co. More information can be found here http://www.rfrajola.com/mayergold/mayergold.htm Steve Report this Post to the Staff
OrientMasters New Member United States 21 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 11:29 pm Whytlash. Ha your right looking closer to his avatar pic it does say denver on it. and looking at mine it does say United States of America Report this Post to the Staff
ckrakowski Pillar of the Community 979 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 11:54 pm td5173 I read the serial number as 5960. Report this Post to the Staff
OrientMasters New Member United States 21 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 09:57 am I would have to agree with TD5173 that the serial number is 5962. at least thats what I see. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 11:11 am Yes, my avatar is a $5 Clark Gruber Colorado Territorial gold coin, similar design but much rarer than an ordinary Half Eagle. The first Texas note is certainly a reproduction regardless of what the serial number looks like. The second Texas note looks like it could very well be genuine but I do not know much about it. Bigger pics of both sides would be helpful. Your $5 gold is an 1893 Half Eagle, it appears to be in at least AU(almost uncirculated) condition would would give it a value of around $500. Report this Post to the Staff
yankee1227 Pillar of the Community United States 1151 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 12:39 pm Yup 1st one is fake while the 2nd one looks to be authentic but not really sure. Report this Post to the Staff
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