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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 1930051, member: 24274&quot;]The eagle on the brochure, you mean -- like my avatar? This is the ABN signature emblem (it&#039;s on their stock certificate), but there were several versions done by different bank note companies. I think it was kind of a friendly competition between engravers.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to obtaining printing plates, when ABNC went out of business in the early &#039;90s a lot of their original plates and transfer rolls were put up for auction. There were more than a dozen auctions over more than a decade. Thousands of plates are now in collectors&#039; hands and some have been used to print souvenir cards -- and in Mike&#039;s case business cards. I have two plates and two transfer dies. You can read more here:</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/engraved-indian-head-abnco-die.108966/#post-895693" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/engraved-indian-head-abnco-die.108966/#post-895693">http://www.cointalk.com/threads/engraved-indian-head-abnco-die.108966/#post-895693</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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