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Old 04-23-2009, 08:44 PM   #12 (permalink)
lettow
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Originally Posted by bobbeth87 View Post
Why are there stamps on the back? Was this common?
The stamps on back are like chopmarks on Trade Dollars -- they were put there by merchants to show they believed the note to be genuine and not counterfeit.
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