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<p>[QUOTE="britannia40, post: 2611111, member: 74818"]Rob,</p><p><br /></p><p>these are a lot harder to find than any coins. you got to figure there were only about 20-40 of these made depending the year and how many colonies there were at that time. no email fax express mail. everything went by horse or boat. Paper being so fragile Im not sure of the survival rate for these but im guess pretty low. out of the 150 or so I got i've only seen 1 I own for sale else where anywhere online (2 copies of it from Argentina and Brazil). I think the designs of the seals and watermarks definitely put a lot of coin designs in the dark. but back then they really knew how to makes things and took pride in it. I post u some examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>you will notice this seal is very close to his coin portrait. just facing the opposite direction. same with the coat of arms.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]571286[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]571285[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]571284[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="britannia40, post: 2611111, member: 74818"]Rob, these are a lot harder to find than any coins. you got to figure there were only about 20-40 of these made depending the year and how many colonies there were at that time. no email fax express mail. everything went by horse or boat. Paper being so fragile Im not sure of the survival rate for these but im guess pretty low. out of the 150 or so I got i've only seen 1 I own for sale else where anywhere online (2 copies of it from Argentina and Brazil). I think the designs of the seals and watermarks definitely put a lot of coin designs in the dark. but back then they really knew how to makes things and took pride in it. I post u some examples. you will notice this seal is very close to his coin portrait. just facing the opposite direction. same with the coat of arms. [ATTACH=full]571286[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]571285[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]571284[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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