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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 615

Second Issue Experimental. Bronzing and Surcharges. 25 Cents. Uniface, printed and surcharged on thin bond paper. Overall 68mm by 48mm. Standard face design as adopted with bronze oval printed on verso. On the blank back there is a large bronze "25" counter and corner surcharges "18-63" at the bottom (as on the back of Fr.1284). Stamped "SPECIMEN" in violet diagonally across the portrait. Canceled with two half-moon punch holes. Uncirculated. Ex. Henry Chapman.

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$500