Finest Known 1907 $1,000 Gold Certificate, Friedberg 1219e, Realized $264,000 in March 2025
A 1907 $1,000 Gold Certificate, Friedberg 1219e, realized $264,000 at Stack's Bowers Galleries in March 2025 during The D. Brent Pogue Collection Part VI, CoinWeek reported on January 23, 2026. The note is graded PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ, the highest grade among the 22 examples of the type certified by PMG.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We rewrote the headline, summary and body to match the source. We corrected references to the note as a "rare coin," made clear that the sale took place in March 2025, and removed unsupported statements about the number of survivors, who authenticated the note, government recalls, overseas buyers, market trends and investment. The previous headline was "$264,000 1907 $1,000 Gold Certificate: Friedberg 1219e Sets Ultra-Rare Market Benchmark."
This article is based on a CoinWeek report published on January 23, 2026. The sale took place in March 2025. The item is a piece of United States paper money (a gold certificate), not a coin.
In March 2025, a 1907 $1,000 Gold Certificate realized $264,000 at Stack's Bowers Galleries during The D. Brent Pogue Collection Part VI. The note is catalogued as Friedberg 1219e.
The Top Grade Among 22 PMG-Certified Notes
The note is certified PMG Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ. According to CoinWeek, PMG has certified 22 examples of Friedberg 1219e, and only four of them received an Uncirculated grade. One is graded Choice Uncirculated 63 and two are graded Choice Uncirculated 64. This note is the only Gem Uncirculated 66 EPQ, with no equals and none finer.
Researchers long recorded a run of three notes with consecutive serial numbers as Crisp Uncirculated. CoinWeek writes that modern third-party grading has clearly separated this note from its peers.
According to CoinWeek, the EPQ designation confirms fully original paper quality and embossing.
Design
The $1,000 Gold Certificate was issued in 1907 and produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The face carries an engraved portrait of Alexander Hamilton at the center, with gold overprints at left and right. Large "1000" counters appear in each corner, and the engraved signatures of Treasury officials Teehee and Burke appear below the portrait.
The orange-gold reverse shows the Great Seal of the United States at center, with counters in each corner.
Q. David Bowers and David M. Sundman ranked this issue #75 in 100 Greatest American Currency Notes.
Provenance
The note's pedigree runs through Ossie's Fixed Price List (1976), Frank Levitan, Lyn Knight's 1998 sale and Jay Parrino's 1999 offering, and ends with the Pogue Collection.
Source: CoinWeek, "A Singular Survivor: The Finest Known 1907 $1,000 Gold Certificate" (January 23, 2026).
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