1879 American Bank Note Company

These stamps have a secret mark, which distinguishes them
from the issues of the National Bank Company. Click here to refer our
guide to the secret marks. Due to the soft porous paper of
this issue the impressions are less detailed than earlier bank note issues.


1c - Dark ultramarine, gray blue or blue
590,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #182 - 1879

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2004
-
$30-$50
$1-$3
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-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$20-$25
1-$2
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
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$35
$1-$3
$200-$2,100
-
-
-
Fall 2005
$170
$40-$60
<$1
$850  
-
-
-
Spring 2006
$100
$30
$1-$6
-
-
$260
-
Fall 2006
-
$30-$50
$1-$5
$2,900
90
$425
-
-
-
-
$1,500
95
-
-
Spring 2007
-
$30-$35
$1-$7
-
-
$120
85
-
-
-
-
-
$239
95
Fall 2007
$175
-
$1
$950
85
-
-
Spring 2008
-
$30-$40
<$1
-
-
$600
90
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-



2c -  Vermilion or orange vermilion
440,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #183 - 1879

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Used
Graded
Spring 2004
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$10-$20
$1-$2
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-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
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$20-$30
$1-$3
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-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
$95
$30-$45
$1-$3
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-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2005
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-
$2-$5
$675
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-
-
-
-
Spring 2006
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$45-$55
$1-$17
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-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2006
-
$45-$70
$1-$2
$625
85
$1,450
98
-
-
-
-
-
$850
90
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-
-
-
Spring 2007
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$20-$25
$1-$5
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-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
$145
$15-$22
$1
$900
90
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-
-
-
-
-
-
$5,500
95J
-
-
-
-
Spring 2008
-
$18-$35
$1-$5
$2,600-$2,800
95
$160
-
$170
95
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


3c - Green, light green or dark green
1,300,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #184 - 1879

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
MH
Graded
Used
Graded
Fall 2003
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-
-
$150-$450
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-
-
-
Spring 2004
$25-$40
$20-$30
< $1
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
$25-$30
$10-$20
< $1
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-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
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-
< $1
$325
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-
-
-
Fall 2005
-
$10-$25
< $1
$600
$200
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-
-
Spring 2006
-
$100
$1-$11
$210-$290
$190-$210
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-
-
Fall 2006
$100
$13-$28
$1-$3
-
$180-$190
90
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-
-
-
-
-
$325
90J
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-
Spring 2007
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$13-$20
$1
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
-
$15
< $1
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2008
-
$23
< $1
-
-
-
$135
95
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-
-
-
-
-
$135
95J
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
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-
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Can you value these #184's?

The first copy was sold via ebay. It is MH, has poor centering and has perf faults at top.
The second copy was sold via Ebay, it is MH, has wide margins and VF centering.
Both are sound. All were sold in Dec/Jan 2004/5. Pass your cursor over the question mark to find the answers.


3c - Green, light green or dark green
Double Impression - Soft porous paper - Scott #184b - 1879
Less than five known
Spring 2006 Auction - Used $8,000


5c - Blue, bright blue, light blue or dark blue
42,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #185 - 1879

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2004
-
-
$2-$5
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
$275-$325
-
$2-$7
-
-
$600-$700
-
Spring 2005
-
$60
$2-$4
-
-
$1,400
-
Fall 2005
-
-
$3-$4
-
-
$700-$1,000
-
Spring 2006
-
$50
$1-$10
-
-
-
-
Fall 2006
-
$45-$55
$1-$6
$2,000
85
$850
95
Spring 2007
-
$130-$190
$2-$7
-
-
-
-
Fall 2007
-
-
$2-$8
-
-
$3,250
98
Spring 2008
-
-
$2-$13
-
-
-
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


6c - Pink, dull pink or brown rose
24,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #186 - 1879

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
$350
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
-
$3-$10
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
-
$3-$7
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
-
-
$2-$9
-
-
$250
-
Fall 2005
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2006
-
$100
$3-$36
-
-
$2,100
-
Fall 2006
-
-
$3-$30
-
-
$1,900
85J
Spring 2007
-
-
$4-$13
-
-
$425
70
Fall 2007
-
$315
$4-$10
$12,000
90
$270
85
Spring 2008
-
$635
$3-$6
-
-
$400
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


10c - Brown or yellow brown 
Without secret mark
16,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #187 - 1875

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
MH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
$900-$1,900
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2004
-
-
$3-$6
-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
-
$3-$8
-
-
-
Spring 2005
-
-
$4-$10
-
$1,600
-
Fall 2005
-
$300
$3-$30
-
-
-
Spring 2006
-
-
$2-$8
-
$4,000
-
Fall 2006
-
$255
$3-$4
-
$8,000
90
Spring 2007
-
$210-$470
$6-$11
-
-
-
Fall 2007
-
-
$6-$10
-
$3,000-$3,500
-
Spring 2008
-
-
$3-$11
-
$2,600
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-


10c - Brown, black brown or yellow brown 
With secret mark
22,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #188 - 1875

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
MH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
$1,000-$3,000
-
Spring 2004
-
-
$3-$6
-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
-
$6-$12
-
$2,000-$4,250
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Spring 2005
-
-
$3-$9
-
$2,500
-
Fall 2005
-
-
$3-$9
-
-
-
Spring 2006
-
-
$3-$55
$6,250
$800-$1,700
-
Fall 2006
$4,000
-
$2-$28
-
$2,700
90
Spring 2007
-
-
$3-$35
-
-
-
Fall 2007
-
-
$2-$10
-
$4,000
90J
Spring 2008
-
-
$2-$11
-
$3,000-$4,750
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-


15c - Yellow orange, pale orange or reddish orange 
Centering is commonly better
15,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #189 - 1879

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MNH
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
-
$500-$1,000
-
Spring 2004
-
-
$4-$9
-
-
-
-
Fall 2004
-
$85-$100
$8-$19
-
-
$190
-
Spring 2005
-
-
$2-$9
$1,400
-
-
-
Fall 2005
-
-
$2-$6
-
-
$450
-
Spring 2006
-
$50-$280
$8-$28
-
-
$200-$375
-
Fall 2006
-
-
$2-$9
$2,300
-
$1,800
90
-
-
-
-
-
$2,000
95
Spring 2007
$210
$50-$90
$2-$10
-
-
$375
85
Fall 2007
-
-
$2-$20
-
-
-
-
Spring 2008
-
-
$3-$20
$5,750
95
$325
-
Fall 2008
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Spring 2009
-
-
-
-
-
-
-


30c - Full black or greenish black
XF centering is hard to find on this issue
4,000,000 - Soft porous paper - Scott #190 - 1879

 
NY Auction Houses
 
MH
Used
MNH
Graded
MH
Graded
Spring 2003
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fall 2003
-
-
-
-
$350-$2,000
-
Spring 2004
-
$5-$25
$5,000
-
$1,000
-
Fall 2004
-
$10-$30
-
-
-
-
Spring 2005
-
$10-$40
-
-
$1,450
-
Fall 2005
-
$7-$20
-
-
-
-
Spring 2006
-
$5-$30
-
-
$240-$2,300
-
Fall 2006
$1,750
$5-$35
-
-
$3,250