1 Dollar Bank of Charleston

Issuer Confederate States
Year 1861
Type Local banknote
Value 1 Dollar
Currency Dollar
Composition Paper
Size 188 × 77 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) Haxbyl#VA30-G2a
Obverse description $1 1861 Bank of Charleston, VA (WV) ~ Uniface ~ Center top a vignette of two boys whittling a stick while watching the livestock ~lower right a maiden rests with her bounty, Large Red ONE pocket center bottom ~ Popular note because when it was issued in 1861 Charleston was in Virginia, and 2 years later after succession, it was in West Virginia!
Obverse lettering American Bank Note Co. Philed THE BANK OF CHARLESTON Will pay ONE DOLLAR to bearer on demand CHARLESTON June 1st 1861 VIRGINIA
Reverse description Blank.
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Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 6555583110
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