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FR 312   "DECATUR"   C.G.C. 30PQ

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FR 312  "DECATUR"   1880  $20  "SILVER CERTIFICATE"   GRADED CGC 30PQ  VERY FINE!! FINEST KNOWN CGC!! VERY SCARCE!
FEATURING THE NAVAL WAR HERO STEPHEN DECATUR, BORN 1779, DIED 1820.  HE SERVED AS A NAVAL OFFICER AND COMMODORE AND WAS VERY NOTABLE FOR HIS MANY NAVAL VICTORIES IN THE EARLY  1800'S.  HE WAS THE YOUNGEST MAN EVER TO REACH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.  HE SERVED UNDER THREE PRESIDENTS AND LEAD THROUGH SEVERAL FAMOUS WARS, INCLUDING THE WAR OF 1812.  HIS LIFE CAME TO AN EARLY END BY DUELING A FELLOW RIVAL OFFICER.  HE BUILT A LARGE HOME IN WASHINGTON IN 1818 (FIRST PRIVATE RESIDENCE IN WHITE HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD), KNOWN AS THE "DECATUR HOUSE" ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE, FOREVER MAINTAINING HIS MEMORY.  

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