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Auction: 336 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1809

Pennsylvania. Pleasing Pennsylvania Contemporary Counterfeit Obsolete Note Assortment. PA-185 C22a $2 1861, Bristol, Farmers Bank of Bucks County, eagle, red TWO; PA-405 C2a $5 1856, Bank of Commerce, auxiliary sailing ship, red FIVE; PA-425 C26b $5 18__, Philadelphia, Farmers & Mechanics Bank, horses and blacksmiths, FIVE outlined in red; PA-505 C6b $5 1863, Philadelphia, Union Bank, Eagle, red V; PA-510 C8a $5 1859, Philadelphia, Western Bank, Farmer and mason, red V; PA-595 S5a $1 Farmers Bank of Reading, cows, green ONE . All are Fine or so. The Western Bank is missing a corner. [6] All contemporary counterfeits. These are a very affordable way to collet obsoletes, and important to those who wish to understand why bank note designs and technology constantly advanced over the years. Counterfeiting was the driving force behind these continual changes.

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