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Auction: 336 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1808

Pennsylvania. Higher Quality Contemporary Counterfeit or Spurious Assortment of Pennsylvania Obsoletes. PA-45 S5 $5 1829, Carlisle Bank, women flank shield, Washington and Franklin; PA-450 C40a $5 1850, Manufacturers & Mechanics Bank of the City and County of Philadelphia, girl, left, horses, right; PA-455 C48a $5 1853, Mechanics Bank of the City and County of Philadelphia, girl globe and harp, center, Haxby plate note, two small punch cancels; PA-495 C6 $5 1855, Southwark Bank, women and cherub on ornate 5, Indian, left, justice, right; PA-550 $2 1862, Bank of Pittsburgh, train, Franklin, right. All are Fine or better. [5] Contemporary counterfeits and spurious notes were often made to look heavily circulated by the criminals who passed them, so Fine notes are actually quite elusive.

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