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Auction: 314 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 616

Second Issue Experimental. Bronzing and Surcharges. 25 Cents. Uniface, printed and surcharged on thin bond paper. 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 S-18-63 (as on the back of Fr.1286). Stamped "SPECIMEN" in violet diagonally across the portrait. Canceled with two half-moon punch holes. Uncirculated with very light handling traces. Ex. Henry Chapman.

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$210