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Is this a Civil War banknote underprint?

gsalexgsalex Posts: 208 ✭✭✭
edited June 13, 2022 12:56PM in U.S. & World Currency Forum

Maybe Russell or another obsolete expert can chime in. I picked up this curious proof recently and I'm trying to figure out what it is. The red rectangle is about 5.5" x 2". I'll post a close up of one of the years. Do these look like underprints for obsolete notes? What else might they have been used for?

Intrigued by all things intaglio.

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  • vonlettowvonlettow Posts: 23 ✭

    I would venture a guess at being for a bond.

  • gsalexgsalex Posts: 208 ✭✭✭
    edited June 16, 2022 1:13PM

    @vonlettow said:
    I would venture a guess at being for a bond.

    That does seem possible. The year dates are about the size of bond coupons, but I don't recall seeing any coupons like this.

    What about interest bearing banknotes?

    Intrigued by all things intaglio.
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