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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 895693, member: 24274&quot;]Woo hoo! My latest auction lot arrived: an original American Bank Note die for the Indian River Steamboat Company. The vignette is clearly modeled on the Indian Head penny, which would have been pocket change when the company was formed in 1886. The steamboat company was really just a short river extension connecting with the Jacksonville, Tampa &amp; Key West Railroad Co. in Jupiter, Florida. It operated until 1895 when the Florida East Coast RR reached Palm Beach making the route obsolete.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been trying to buy a printable ABNC plate for years (at a reasonable price) and I finally was successful! I&#039;ve got a friend with a spider press who said he&#039;s willing to print this for me. I can hardly wait!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll post a couple shots I took and one scan that came out so-so. The actual image is reversed on the plate, but I flipped it in Photoshop so you can see what it looks like. It even came with the original storage sleeve. This plate sat in the ABNCo vault for more than a century and now it&#039;s sitting on my desk. There&#039;s no smiley icon that&#039;s big enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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