Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2014 NYINC Auction - Sess. C-D 13 January 2014
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Face proof. This highly rare large format design is the first we have handled for the catalog number in any form. Listed in the SCWPM as either a proof or specimen only and seen here with the face design only in black and white. Portrait vignette of Christopher Columbus at left and seated Agriculture at center. Ornate styling throughout and seen with only some tears to distract. A design likely missing in even advanced collections. PMG About Uncirculated 50 Net. Tears.