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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 1390093, member: 24274&quot;]Really! Which eagle, the Continental or the one in the first batch I posted? I would love to see that plate sometime! Maybe you could post a scan or a photo. Any idea what it was used for?</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the owl, I&#039;ve never seen it on a banknote -- or any of the Excelsior vignettes for that matter. But I did find it on a 1978 USPS Commemorative Panel: <a href="http://www.stampprof.com/cp/cp101.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stampprof.com/cp/cp101.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.stampprof.com/cp/cp101.jpg</a>&nbsp; So&nbsp; somewhere along the line, American Bank Note acquired the plates of the the Excelsior Bank Note Co.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always point collectors to these panels whenever I can. There&#039;s a wealth of historic vignettes on them and they&#039;re dirt cheap:</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t160644/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t160644/">http://www.cointalk.com/t160644/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t180182-3/#post1259856" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t180182-3/#post1259856">http://www.cointalk.com/t180182-3/#post1259856</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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