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25 Cents State of Florida, 3rd issue
| Issuer | State of Florida |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black, blue, and red on plain paper within a chain-link border. The issuer legend "THE STATE OF FLORIDA" appears in large ornate black letterpress type across the upper field, with the promise to pay text in smaller black type beneath it. A large blue overprint of "TWENTY-FIVE" dominates the centre, overlapping the denomination numeral "25" in black at both lateral margins and the mixed-case "Twenty-Five Cents." inscription; the date "Tallahassee, Feb'y. 2nd, 1868" and two manuscript signature lines for Governor and Treasurer appear in the lower portion, with the red pledge legend "The Public Lands of the State pledged." along the bottom edge. A red italic receivability clause runs across the top above a wavy rule. |
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| Obverse lettering | Receivable by the State of Florida in payment of all dues and demands. THE STATE OF FLORIDA will pay to the bearer on demand 25 Twenty-Five Cents. 25 TWENTY-FIVE Gov'r. Treas'r. Tallahassee, Feb'y. 2nd, 1868 The Public Lands of the State pledged. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing only the plain paper stock; the obverse letterpress impression is visible in mirror image as show-through from the thin paper substrate. |
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