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T EWhen I first posted a picture of this card on this board a couple of years ago, in one post I said off-handedly, "If it was worth $3,000, I'd probably sell it." I received a blizzard of offers at that point. My experience with auctions and similar situations tells me in such a case that the object is worth considerably more than the initial offers. What is the true value of the card? I don't know, but it is one-of-a-kind, and it is a geat looking card. If it doesn't sell I am very happy to keep it. This card means a lot to me sentimentally. But $45,000 or more, sentimental or not, will send it away.
The Rosetta Stone reference is because this card proves several points about the actual printing process. The Rosetta Stone was a tablet that enabled scholars to cross refence an extinct language with a language the scholars already knew.