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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1070

NM. Raton. Ch. 8098. NB of New Mexico. $10 1902 PB. No. 6795. Plate E.Chartered in 1906 and originally issuing Territorial Red Seals and Date Backs (of which none have surfaced to date). The date of issue reflects when New Mexico was admitted to the Union, January 6, 1912, and the bank would issue 80 sheets of Date Backs and 1,936 sheets of Plain Backs before switching to Small Size in 1929. Today only a dozen Plain Backs are recorded, with this Fine example having no problems outside of simple circulation and a close cut at the top.

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$725