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BEP Souvenir Card B169 Texas Numismatic Assn 0 Natl Currency Note VC Cancel

BEP Souvenir Card B169 Texas Numismatic Assn 0 Natl Currency Note VC Cancel

$ 5.25

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Engraver (male figures): G. Smillie
  • Show, Exhibition: Texas Numismatic Association (TNA), Fort Worth
  • Year: 1993 (May)
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Postage Stamp: Scott #2609 29c Flag Over White House
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: First Day of Show - Visitors Center
  • Item must be returned within: 60 Days
  • Engraver (flags and ornaments): R. Ponickau
  • Engraver (eagle, shield and background): M.W. Baldwin
  • Type: Numismatic Souvenir Card
  • Denomination: 0 National Currency 3rd Charter Note Replica
  • Brand: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
  • Nickname: "Plain Backs"
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Bureau of Engraving and Printing Souvenir Card, B169, Texas Numismatic Association, May 6, 1993, Fort Worth, Texas. Card has show date cancellation of Scott #2609 29c Flag Over White House, May 7, 1993, Visitors Center, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C.  "The long and historic life of National Bank Notes began with the National Currency Act, signed into law by President Lincoln...The dual aim of the legislation was to provide a ready and steady market for the sale of United States bonds issued to finance Federal involvement in the Civil War, and to create a sound bank currency to replace the generally insecure issues of the state banks then in circulation."  Card measures 10" x 8".