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Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions,
Inc.'s "Texas Collection," January 4, 2001, Lot 4323, where it
was described as follows: "1882 $50 Second Charter Brown Back,
Fr-508, VG. Although this high denomination Brown Back has the body of a
slightly higher grade, it was torn in half in a long, curved tear, and
was rejoined with a piece of adhesive tape on the back. Otherwise the
note is acceptable, with nice black pen signatures. This is only the
second known example from this bank--the other is from the Philpott
collection and has never been publicly available. Neither Irish nor
Everson was able to locate a specimen for their respective collections.
Only 86 sheets of $50 Brown Backs were issued by this bank (three per
sheet, with the fourth note a $100), the smallest amount of any
denomination--yet it is curious that both of the two known notes are of
this rare type. This bank was chartered in 1883 and liquidated in 1919."
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