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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 2721353, member: 24274&quot;]I have another couple vignettes to post. Pretty much my entire collection is on this thread, so I might as well keep going. </p><p><br /></p><p>The first is an actual working proof, evidenced by the impression number on the back. This is miscellaneous die 11938, “Birthplace of Washington, Wakefield,” engraved in 1930 by Louis S. Schofield. Proof 593964 was pulled on May 1, 1939. I&#039;m not sure what it was used for, but 1939 was the sesquicentennial of Washington&#039;s first inauguration.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]616601[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]616602[/ATTACH] </p><p>The other is a very early vignette called &quot;Harvesting.&quot; This was one of the first works done at the Bureau, engraved in 1869 by W.H. Earle. It was used in cropped versions on several <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/security-engravers-presentation-bep-taxpaids-and-special-tax-stamps.143792/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/security-engravers-presentation-bep-taxpaids-and-special-tax-stamps.143792/">taxpaid revenue stamps</a> from the period. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]616611[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]616613[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]616621[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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