Sheet of bank notes
Date1800's
MediumPaper
ClassificationsExchange Media
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ernest Smith
Object number1936.89.5
DescriptionA sheet of four uncut and uncirculated bank notes for Commercial Bank. The top two are for one dollar and feature a train coming around a rocky bend. The bottom two are for two dollars and feature three female figures including liberty and justice. Black ink printed on white paper. Sheet of four unsigned banknotes printed in black. The top two one dollars notes have a train coming around the bend of a mountain at the upper center. On the left is an oval of George Washington, on the right and oval of a young lady. On the bottom two, two dollar notes at the uppper center are three women and a bald eagle seated on a piece of land with a background of water. On the left is a hexagon of a man, on the right is a hexagon of a young woman holding a rake and grain.On View
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Danforth, Wright & Co., New York and Phila.; AB Co (American Bank Note
early 19th century