1870 National Bank Note Company (with grill)
A common feature of the 1870 grills are weak grills.
The H grill being weaker than the I grill.
There is also the rare J grill.
An illustration on how to recognize a faked grill from
genuine grill can be found by clicking here



1c - Ultramarine, pale ultramarine or dark ultramarine
5,000,000 - Grilled - White wove paper, thin to medium thick
P12 - Scott #134 - 1870
1c "I" grills are extremely scarce

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
MH
Graded
Used
Graded
Spring 2003
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-
-
-
-
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Fall 2003
-
-
-
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$200
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
-
$10-$32
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-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
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-
$17-$50
-
$290
-
$20-$30
-
Spring 2005
-
-
$23-$50
$2,800
$525
-
-
-
Fall 2005
-
$300
$15-$45
$4,500
$475
-
-
-
Spring 2006
-
$65-$150
$16-$50
$4,000
$2,200
-
$220-$525
-
Fall 2006
-
-
$16-$38
$3,250
$1,150
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-
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Spring 2007
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$18-$65
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-
-
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Fall 2007
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-
$14-$35
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-
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Spring 2008
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$405
$22-$60
-
$1,600
-
$160-$425
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Fall 2008
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-
$21-$40
-
$1,000 ng
90
$280
85
Spring 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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2c - Red Brown, pale red brown or dark red brown
10,000,000 - Grilled - White wove paper, thin to medium thick
P12 Scott #135 - 1870

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
MH
Graded
Used
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
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$300
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
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-
Spring 2004
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-
$10-$30
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-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
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-
$15-$45
-
$400
-
$10-$65
-
Spring 2005
-
$70-$100
$10-$30
-
$525-$700
-
-
-
Fall 2005
-
$50-$75
$11-$45
-
-
-
$120
-
Spring 2006
-
$190
$9-$25
$3,000-$5,250
$675-$1,800
-
$525-$600
-
Fall 2006
-
-
$8-$28
$2,200
$1,000
90J
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-
Spring 2007
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-
$7-$50
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-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
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-
$10-$20
$10,500
$3,000
-
-
-
Spring 2008
-
-
$10-$65
-
$1,500
-
$300
90J
Fall 2008
-
-
$10-$20
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-
-
$250
90
Spring 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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3c - Green, pale green, deep green or yellow green
50,000,000 - Grilled - White wove paper, thin to medium thick
p12 - Scott #136 - 1870

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
MH
Used
Graded
Spring 2003
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-
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-
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-
Fall 2003
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-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2004
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-
$3-$6
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-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$150-$475
$2-$9
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-
-
-
Spring 2005
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-
$4-$12
$800
-
-
-
Fall 2005
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-
$2-$8
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-
-
-
Spring 2006
-
$50-$65
$3-$14
$1,800-$2,300
$750
-
-
Fall 2006
-
$99*
$1-$11
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-
-
-
Spring 2007
-
-
$2-$11
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-
-
-
Fall 2007
-
-
$1-$4
$4,000
-
-
-
Spring 2008
-
$75
$1-$4
-
$850
$160
90
Fall 2008
-
-
$1-$4
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-
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-
Spring 2009
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-
-
-
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-
Fall 2009
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-
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Spring 2010
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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-

*split grill


3c - Green, pale green, deep green or yellow green
Grilled - White wove paper, thin to medium thick
Imperf - Scott #136b - 1870

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Spring 2008
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$675
Fall 2008
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
Fall 2009
-
-
Spring 2010
-
-
Fall 2010
-
-
Spring 2011
-
-
Fall 2011
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-
Spring 2012
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-
Fall 2012
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-
Spring 2013
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-




6c - Carmine, pale carmine or carmine rose
400,000 - Grilled - White wove paper, thin to medium thick
p12 - Scott #137 - 1870

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Used
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
$5,000
-
-
Spring 2004
-
$90-$150
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$70-$300
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
-
$80-$100
-
-
$1,450
-
-
Fall 2005
-
$90
-
-
-
-
$525
Spring 2006
-
$130
$3,250-$6,750
-
-
-
$350
Fall 2006
-
$135-$275
$3,500
-
$4,750
-
-
Spring 2007
-
$100-$525*
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-
-
-
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Fall 2007
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$80
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2008
$300 ng
$115-$140
-
-
$250-$1,350
-
-
Fall 2008
-
$100
-
-
-
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Spring 2009
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-
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Fall 2009
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-
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Spring 2010
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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*split grill


7c - Vermilion or deep vermilion
100,000 - Grilled - White wove paper, thin to medium thick
p12 - Scott #138 - 1870

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MH
Used
MNH
MH
Graded
Used
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
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Fall 2003
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-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$45-$70
-
$5,250
-
$160
-
Spring 2005
-
$80-$145
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2005
-
$65-$120
-
-
-
$450-$1,250
-
Spring 2006
-
$50
$6,250
-
-
$130-$1,100
-
Fall 2006
-
$70-$80
-
$3,250
-
$525
-
Spring 2007
-
$70-$85
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
-
-
-
$11,000
-
-
-
Spring 2008
-
$70-$115
-
$1,000
-
$2,300 (H)
90J
Fall 2008
-
$100-$125
-
$2,300
70
$525
85
Spring 2009
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-
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-
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Fall 2009
-
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Spring 2010
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Fall 2010
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Spring 2011
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(H) = H grill


10c - Brown, yellow brown or dark brown
80,000 - Grilled - White wove paper, thin to medium thick
p12 -Scott #139 - 1870

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MH
Used
MNH
MH
Used
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
$175-$200
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$170-$180
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
-
-
-
$4,250
-
-
Fall 2005
-
$215
-
$1,450
-
-
Spring 2006
-
$135
-
$1,500
$1,350
-
Fall 2006
-
$110
$4,500
-
$2,300
-
Spring 2007
-
$150
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2008
-
$135
-
$20,000 (H)
$900
-
Fall 2008
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-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
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-
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Fall 2009
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-
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Spring 2010
-
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Fall 2010
-
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-
-
-
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Spring 2011
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-
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(H) = H grill


12c - Dull Violet
10,000 - Grilled - White wove paper, thin to medium thick
p12 -Scott #140 - 1870
Well centered copies are rare

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MH
Used
MNH
MH
Used
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
$2,500
-
Spring 2004
-
-
-
$1,700
-
Fall 2004
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
-
-
-
$4,500
-
Fall 2005
-
-
-
$4,000
-
Spring 2006
-
-
-
$18,500
$950-$8,000
Fall 2006
-
$630
-
$2,300
$850-$3,250
Spring 2007
-
-
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-
-
Fall 2007
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-
-
-
-
Spring 2008
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-
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-
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Fall 2008
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Spring 2009
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Fall 2009
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Spring 2010
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