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Replica 25 Cents - State of Florida; 3rd issue
| Issuer | State of Florida |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Size | 114 x 65 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note within a simple rectangular decorative border, printed in black on cream paper. The issuer name "THE STATE OF FLORIDA" is set in bold display type at centre, with the large letterpress legend "TWENTY-FIVE" overprinted across the face. Denomination numerals "25" appear at left and right, with the pledge clause and date "Tallahassee, Feb'y. 2nd, 1868" at lower left; a "COPY" overprint appears at lower right. |
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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. _______Ttreas'r. Tallahassee, Feb'y. 2nd, 1868 The Public Lands of the State pledged. COPY |
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Florida issued fractional currency in 1868 under Reconstruction-era financial pressure, when small-denomination coin remained effectively absent from everyday commerce across much of the South. The state-level fractional notes of this period were a stopgap — issued in the absence of functioning federal coin distribution and the near-total collapse of prewar banking infrastructure in former Confederate states.
This is a replica. The originals are genuinely scarce; Florida's Reconstruction-era fractional issues saw limited production runs and poor survival rates.