United States 1844 - Bank of Florida - Tallahassee 4 Dollars, State Bank Note, Final Revival Issue, FL-65-G26
This example bears paired diagonal cancellation strikes applied from the reverse, a standardized hammer-cancellation method employed on notes of the Bank of Florida’s revived issue. Where these strikes intersect, they present as a crosscut cancellation on the face. The apparent reverse-side damage and later tape reinforcement are directly associated with these original cancellation blows, which fractured the paper structure at the point of impact. The tape repairs stabilize cancellation-related damage rather than representing unrelated circulation abuse or post-issuance mishandling. Read more →