$1.00 Violet Black (478). Mint N.H., perfect centering with wide and well-balanced margins, intense color and impression on bright paper

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE $1.00 PERF 10 UNWATERMARKED FRANKLIN ISSUE, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95. ONLY ONE HAS GRADED HIGHER TO DATE IN THE P.S.E. POPULATION REPORT.

This issue was in use for less than six months before the Perf 11 stamps were produced. Due to its short production run and it differing from the previous $1.00 issue (Scott 460) only by its lack of a watermark, many collectors and dealers of the day overlooked this issue. It is especially scarce with such perfect centering.

With 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $10,800.00). Only one has graded higher to date (offered in the previous lot), and only nine others share this desirable grade.

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