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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 611

Second Issue Experimental. Back Design. 50 Cents. Uniface, printed on thin extremely fine fiber paper, composed of two layers. In the upper left corner the paper has separated. Overall 68mm by 48mm. The color back design, in deep cherry red. The back is blank, except for a minor pencil mark in a corner. Stamped "SPECIMEN" in blue violet diagonally across the portrait. Canceled with two half-moon punch holes. Ultra sharp impression, uncharacteristic of Second Issue back experimentals. AU, due to light handling at left. Ex. Henry Chapman.

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$250