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

    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".