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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 609

Second Issue Experimental. Back Design. 10 Cents. Uniface, printed on thin fine fiber paper. Overall 68mm by 48mm. The issued color back design, in green - a counter within a shield composed of stars and stripes, with an eagle at the top. Bronze oval printed on verso and with back bronze "10" and corner surcharged T-1-18-63 (like Fr.1249), almost perfectly centered. stamped "SPECIMEN" in blue violet diagonally across the portrait, and canceled with two half-moon punch holes. Printed on white paper with many fine white and golden fibers. The paper is similar to that used on the issued notes. Uncirculated, with a small piece missing due to cancelation. Ex. Henry Chapman.

Sold for
$210