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Come join us for a fun Night! Free Spins on all lots hammered above $100! We are proud to present our 3 day KDC Game Night! Rare Coin Auction & Wheel Spin 18.2! This is a not to be missed event! Join us on Tuesday, 5/7 - Thursday 5/9! If you haven?t played our wheel yet, it is a brand new promotion we?ve been running in our PM auction. It really is a lot of fun. You get a free bonus wheel spin for every lot that you win that hammers for at least $100! There are 4 wheel levels with premium prizes that go up to a $2,500+ hammer wheel! Just a bonus for fun, come give it a whirl! (Lot #99999 has the list of prize wins) This auction features Standout, Numismatic Rarities, handpicked and put together by Corey. Every auction has something for everyone, there is always a bargain to be had! We put together the highest quality items in the bullion, coins, currency, and exonumia categories. From large estates to small estates, consignments from around the country, we have it all! We have every type of rare estate that almost every auction has something you will never see again! Ranging from Morgans and Rare Gold to VAMS and Varieties to Currency and Proof Sets, there really is something for every kind of bidder. The AM Portion of the auction will begin at 9:00am and will end at 7:00pm. This portion will be auctioned by Heidi, Sean, and Jordan. The PM Portion of the auction (The higher value lots + Game Night Wheel Spins) will begin at 7:00pm and will end when all of the lots have closed for that day. This portion will be auctioned by Corey and Sandi. Day 1: - AM: Lots 5761-7200 - PM: Lots 7201-7560 Day 2: - AM: Lots 7561-9000 - PM: Lots 9001-9360 Day 3: - AM: Lots 9361- 10,800 - PM: Lots 10,801-11,160 Additionally, going forward for every auction, we will be offering an Early Bird Sale! This will entail a HUGE 5% Buyers Premium Discount on the first 100 lots of the auction each day! We can't wait to see you at the auction!
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LOT 69:
Civil War Era Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad $35 Note Grades Select CU
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Buyer's Premium: 18%
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Civil War Era Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad $35 Note Grades Select CU
Civil War Era Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad $35 Note Grades Select CU. One hundred and fifty years ago, in June 1863, the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad was incorporated with the goal of forming a gateway to western markets for New England goods and of bringing coal from Pennsylvania into New England by way of Newburgh, New York, to Waterbury, Connecticut, and beyond. Its lofty goal disintegrated when it came under the control of ?as ribald a bunch of crooks as railroad history has ever produced, ? wrote D.W. McLaughlin in his article ?Poughkeepsie Gateway, ? for the October 1968 issue of the Bulletin of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. The railroad ran into a myriad of troubles, including the realization that building an east-west route across Connecticut would involve navigating the state?s ridge lines, the problem of aligning with the non-standard gauge of track on the Erie Railroad (the western line it would hook up with once the railroad cars crossed the Hudson River), and the lack of a bridge for which to travel over the river. That apparently did not stop the railroad?s promoters from selling stock in the line, which they proceeded to mercilessly raid and pillage. The legislature of the state of Massachusetts was persuaded to give $3,000,000 in grants, odd in that the bulk of the railroad didn?t actually travel in that state, as it went into Connecticut. By the time the graft caught up with all the players, in 1870, the railroad was in bankruptcy with a mere $10.00 left in its accounts, Massachusetts was out all of the money it invested, and very little actual railroad track was ever laid. The remaining assets were transferred to the receivers of the New York & New England Railroad, who rerouted the railroad line from New York City to Boston and eventually became part of the New Haven Railroad system.
