HERITAGE CURRENCY AUCTIONS OF AMERICA TO OFFER THE JIM O'NEAL COLLECTION

Dallas, Texas: Heritage Currency Auctions of America is proud to announce that it has been chosen to auction the magnificent Type Note collection of Jim O'Neal, the retired former president and chief executive officer of Frito-Lay International. Carefully assembled during more than a decade of searching, the collection is replete with rarities, several of which are unique and others that are the finest known examples of their type. The collection, which offers at least one example of virtually every major design type listed in the Friedberg catalogue, is being sold in its entirety as part of Heritage-CAA's CSNS Auction, which will take place as the official auction of the Central States Numismatic Society convention on May 6-7, 2005 in St. Louis, Missouri. Every note in the collection will be sold unreserved, and the entire collection will be presented in its own full color catalogue.

• Series 1863 $20 Gold Certificate Fr. 1166b, One Of Only Four Known
• Series 1878 $20 Silver Certificate Fr. 306b Serial Number 1

The collection opens with an unusually diverse offering of War of 1812 Notes, many of which trace their pedigree to the John Ford collection, and is highlighted by the unique fully issued and uncancelled Act of February 24, 1815 $3 note. This is followed by a run of four U.S. Loan examples from the 1830's and 1840's, which precedes a trio of high grade Demand Notes, including a truly extraordinary Fr. 2. A virtually complete high grade type set of Legal Tender Notes is highlighted by a spectacular Fr. 167a $100 1863 Spread Eagle which traces its pedigree back to the Andrew Shiva collection, the finest known Fr. 174 1880 $100, an Fr. 185d $500 Mansfield note, and an Fr. 187j $1000, and a denomination set of Compound Interest Treasury Notes includes the Fr. 192b $50 and 193b $100, both pedigreed to the Harry Bass collection.

A true labor of love, and one of Mr. O'Neal's collecting passions, were the Interest Bearing Notes issued to fund the Civil War from early 1861 through 1865. His collection will mark the finest offering ever of these excessively rare notes, and include the likely unique Fr. 195c $100 and Fr. 195d $500 Proofs, the ex-Bass collection Fr. 199 $100, an incredible run of Proofs from the unique Fr. 202a through the Fr. 202d in both varieties, the finest known Fr. 203 $50 Interest Bearing Note, and excessively rare Proof examples of the uncollectible Fr. 210 $1000 and Fr. 211 $5000 notes.

The Silver Certificates again offer an assortment of rarities, including high grade $50 and $100 1880 examples, along with an 1891 $100 and a uniface Proof of the excessively rare Fr. 346e 1891 $1000. This section is highlighted by the first Silver Certificate ever issued, the serial number A1 Fr. 306b $20 1878 bearing the Wyman countersignature.

The Treasury Notes and Gold Certificates represent another area where rarities abound, with the serial number B2 $50 Fr. 376 Seward grading Gem Crisp Uncirculated vying for top billing against the finest known Series 1890 $100, known as the "Watermelon Note" due to its ornate reverse design displaying a pair of oval zeroes. Also worthy of mention is a Fr. 378 1891 $100, which is one of fewer than a dozen known examples of the type. Among the Gold Certificate rarities is a Fr. 1166b, one of four of these excessively rare notes known, a gorgeous Fr. 1217 $500 1922, an excessively rare Fr. 1218f 1880 $1000, and a very high grade Fr. 1219e 1907 $1000.

National Gold Bank Notes were also one of Mr. O'Neal's collecting interests, and his taste is reflected in the array of exceptional notes in this offering, with no fewer than two dozen pieces being made available. Among the rarities are $10 notes from Oakland, Petaluma, Santa Barbara and Stockton, $20 examples from Stockton and San Jose, and a $100 from Petaluma which is one of only two such examples known. Also worthy of mention is a run of high grade San Francisco examples, along with both a regular San Francisco $20 and the excessively rare white paper San Francisco $20 1875, the highest grade specimen of its kind known.

Catalogues for this landmark sale will be available approximately April 20, and can be purchased for $50 (A one year subscription is also available for $50 which will be rebated if you successfully purchase in our auction) by contacting Nicole Jewell at (800) US COINS (872-6467), ext. 272, 3500 Maple Ave., 17th Floor, Dallas, TX 75219.

For further information about this sale, call Allen Mincho at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 327 or Len Glazer at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 390. Or visit HeritageCurrency.com and click on the "consign" tab. Or simply email Allen Mincho at AllenM@HeritageGalleries.com or Len Glazer at Len@HeritageGalleries.com.