The first national bank note bearing Treasury sheet serial 1,000,000 to reach a numismatic auction has been consigned to Stack’s Bowers Galleries.
It is lot 20341 in the Winter 2022 Showcase Auction to be held Thursday, Nov. 3 at 2 pm Pacific Time at Stack’s Bowers Galleries Headquarters in Costa Mesa, Calif.
This offering ends a decades-long wait by national bank note collectors to even see such a note, let along have a crack at one.
The note is a $5 1902 red seal from The American National Bank of San Diego, Calif., charter 7418, bearing serial A1000000-171-B. It ranks by virtual of
