2c Dark Brown, Special Printing (168). Without gum as issued, deep color and proof-like impression, perfs scissors-separated as almost always leaving straight edges at top and right and full perfs on other sides

VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT 1875 CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE COMPANY SPECIAL PRINTING.

Our census of Scott 168, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/168 , contains 62 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 61 available to collectors. Many have perfs scissors-trimmed on at least one side and many have perforations into the design. The example offered here is very presentable.

Census no. 168-UNC-59. With 2002 P.S.E. and 2007 P.F. certificates

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