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

    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".