Watch List notes:

USA, legal tender, $2, series 1953, serial A01286202A, Priest-Humphrey, very rare, ex-Malone.Friedberg-1509.With case: 12-1/2" x 8-1/4" x 2".Although this note was a brand-new $2 when it went to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 28 years of ocean water submersion took its toll. The edges are moderately degraded and some staining is present, though the center area remains essentially as made. This is a key rarity from the wreck as the vast majority of notes recovered were $1 silver certificates and Italian 1000 lire. In fact, this is only the second $2 we have seen from the wreck and the first $2 of this particular series. The present lot and most of the following lots represent some of the most difficult (and possibly unique) type notes to come from the wreck; they were purchased from the original 1986 offering of the contents of Andrea Doria's First Class safe.With original display box, salvager's certificate, booklet and informational brochure. Pedigreed to the collection of diver Bart Malone, past curator of the Museum of New Jersey Maritime History.Recovered from: US Notes

Estimate: 400-600 USD