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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 614

Second Issue Experimental. Back Design. 50 Cents with Bronze Oval on Red Side, and Surcharges on the Blank Side. Uniface, printed on thin paper with fine fibers. Overall 68mm by 48mm. The color back design, in carmine, as on regular issued notes. The bronze oval is printed on the red side, and the bronze "50" and " R-2-18-63" (as on the back of Fr.1321) printed on the blank verso. Not canceled in any manner. A rare example without cancelations, and only the third we know of. Almost Uncirculated, due to a corner bend, a very light stain on the verso. Ex. Henry Chapman.

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$525