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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 604

Second Issue Experimental. Face Design. 25 Cents. Uniface, printed on moderately thick white bond paper. Standard size and design, overall 66mm by 48mm. Face design as issued,with March 3, 1863 enactment date above imprint, and 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 used on issued notes. Canceled with two moon-shaped punches. "SPECIMEN" across the portrait. Boldly printed with nice margins all around. Uncirculated. Ex. Henry Chapman.

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$210