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M&M Hoard
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Doing a little research into a note that I recently acquired (1891 $5 Treasury Note) I discovered that it had been part of the "M&M Hoard". From what I can tell, a collector asked a vendor at a North Carolina flea market if he had any paper money, and the vendor pulled out a shoebox from behind his booth that contained over a hundred nationals and large size type notes. The notes ranged from 1882 brown backs to 1902 date backs.
Do any of you know anything more about this hoard?
Do any of you know anything more about this hoard?
Matt
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The M&M Hoard
You will see 20 different national banknotes described as being from The M&M Hoard or M&M Discovery. These are the best notes of a group of more than 100 nationals and large size type notes that were discovered at an eastern North Carolina flea market in December of 2014. They were relegated to a shoebox behind the vendor’s booth. Our consignor happened to ask if the seller had any paper money – proving yet again that it never hurts to ask. Many of the notes have a penciled price on the back right margin of the note. It looks like most everything was just priced as a factor of face (most $10 notes were priced at $15). It is fair to assume that the penciled prices date to the 1950s, or maybe even earlier. Nothing in the hoard was newer than a 1902 date back or older than an 1882 brown back. Our theory is that this is a cash hoard that was put away in the early 1910s, discovered again in about 1950, priced and sold for a little bit more than face, and then squirreled away until it was purchased intact at the NC flea market late last year. It produced a lot of rare Ohio material. But the Ogden, UT red seal is certainly the highlight.
Manifest sold nationals