Engraving plate
MediumPrint
Dimensions9 1/16 × 7 3/4 in. (23 × 19.7 cm)
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Object numberT 1731
DescriptionFor paper currency.Bank note plate with three and twenty dollar plates. Each not has assorted images. Three dollar note appears to have an image of a Native American with a horse looking at a train and the surrounding mountains. Also the image of a man standing over a woman who is farming. And a person feeding a bird (?) with a boat in the background. Twenty dollar note appears to have the image of people at a harbor, possibly Lake Champlain. There is an anchor, cows, and a woman spinning, amongst other things difficult to make out. There are seven people on the twenty note. Presence of mountains. Seems to represent the diverse industrial happenings in Burlington. Both notes say State of Vermont commercial Bank. Only the three dollar note clearly states Burlington.
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Danforth, Wright & Co., New York and Phila.; AB Co (American Bank Note
early 19th century