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<p>[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2455998, member: 24274"]I haven't given this thread a bump for some time, but I picked up an interesting proof that arrived today, so I'll share it here. </p><p><br /></p><p>I generally run screaming from bond coupons, which pop up regularly on eBay, but are really worthless unless they are still attached to a bond. But this was a <i>proof</i> of a bond coupon and quite inexpensive, so I thought I'd add it to my collection as a representative. It was printed by the Franklin-Lee Bank Note Co., probably around 1897-1904, for a United States Coal and Oil Co. coupon bond. Most interesting was the micro-vignette of a mining scene. The coupon itself is only 3" wide and the mining vignette is barely 3/8 x 7/8 of an inch, but still has a lot of detail. Fun stuff!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]513914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]513915[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 2455998, member: 24274"]I haven't given this thread a bump for some time, but I picked up an interesting proof that arrived today, so I'll share it here. I generally run screaming from bond coupons, which pop up regularly on eBay, but are really worthless unless they are still attached to a bond. But this was a [I]proof[/I] of a bond coupon and quite inexpensive, so I thought I'd add it to my collection as a representative. It was printed by the Franklin-Lee Bank Note Co., probably around 1897-1904, for a United States Coal and Oil Co. coupon bond. Most interesting was the micro-vignette of a mining scene. The coupon itself is only 3" wide and the mining vignette is barely 3/8 x 7/8 of an inch, but still has a lot of detail. Fun stuff! [ATTACH=full]513914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]513915[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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