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Maritime Bank of the Dominion of Canada, $10, 1881, Contemporary Counterfeit

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:400.00 CAD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 CAD
Maritime Bank of the Dominion of Canada, $10, 1881, Contemporary Counterfeit
SOLD
1,200.00CAD+ buyer's premium (240.00)
This item SOLD at 2016 Jul 22 @ 22:17UTC-4 : AST/EDT


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Maritime Bank of the Dominion of Canada, $10, 1881, Contemporary Counterfeit - The Maritime Bank of the Dominion of Canada, Ten Dollars, Oct. 3rd, 1881, CH 425-12-04C. Red SN 00737, check letter A. Machine overprint, in block letters, "COUNTERFEIT" twice on back, in purple. Handwritten "Counterfeit", three times on face and twice on the back. Overall Good, with a piece out of the right border. There is a 2" tear at left and three 1/2" splits. Some interior holes and small splits, with evidence of hinge mounting on back.This is a hand executed example of a very rare banknote, with only one issued example in an institutional collection. Perhaps the only recorded counterfeit.