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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 603

Second Issue Experimental. Face Design. 10 Cents. Uniface, printed on thick white fiber paper. Standard size and design, overall 64mm by 48mm. Face design as issued with March 3, 1863 enactment date above imprint, within the frame line. "Engraved and Printed at the Treasury Department," in reverse white text at the bottom. All face details present including the key. Without the bronze oval. Canceled with two moon-shaped punches. "SPECIMEN" across the portrait. On thick paper with few visible fibers. The impression lacks some clarity. Generous margins all around. Uncirculated. Ex. Henry Chapman.

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