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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 606

Second Issue Experimental. Face Design. 50 Cents. Uniface, printed on thicker coarse white fiber paper. Standard size and design, overall 68mm by 48mm. Face design as issued with March 3, 1863 enactment date above imprint, within the bottom frame line. "Engraved and Printed at the Treasury Department," reverse white text on black at the bottom. All face details are present, including the key. Without the bronze oval. Canceled with two moon-shaped punches. "SPECIMEN" across the portrait. The paper is thick, with many pink and tan fibers. A boldly printed example with superb detail. Choice Uncirculated. Ex. Henry Chapman.

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