Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Hard Paper Special Printing (Scott 167-175)
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2c Dark Brown, Special Printing (168). Without gum as issued, deep rich color, scissors-separated with intact perforations on all sidesVERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.
Our census of Scott 168 contains 60 copies certified as genuine. Many have perfs scissors-trimmed on at least one side and many have perforations into the design.
Census no. 168-UNC-46. With 1955 and 1991 P.F. certificates
6,000
3,500
