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The Merchants Bank, Boston, Haxby MA-285, Obsolete $5 proof on India paper mounted on cardstock and printed by the dual New England Bank Note Co., Boston/ Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York imprint. The vignette at the top center is custom for the title and series, and shows the Merchants Bank building and a section of State Street, 1840 (as attributed by Roger H. Durand's Interesting Notes about Architecture). At the left, inside the panel, is an ornately framed Benjamin Franklin portrait that was used on the initial United States 1847 5 Cents imperforate stamp (U.S. #1). At the far right is a large and exceptionally detailed "5" with a seated female. Ch475

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