BEP Souvenir Card B139 DCSE '90 Treasury Coin Note Am Renaissance VC Cancel

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Bureau of Engraving and Printing Souvenir Card, B139, 1890's An American Renaissance - Dallas Coin and Stamp Exhibition, Inc. - DCSE 1990,  June 14, 1990, Dallas, Texas. "This note is typical of the series with its intricately engraved scroll work and beautiful geometric lathe work...Like silver or gold certificates they were redeemable in silver or gold coin, but the form of payment ...was left to the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. The rapid redemption of the Treasury or 'coin notes' almost bankrupted the Treasury by 1893."  Card has show date cancellation of Scott #2280 25c Flag over Yosemite, June 14, 1990, Visitors Center, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C. and measures 10" x 8".