1 Dollar Bank of Charleston

€412,111.00
IssuerConfederate States
Year1861
TypeLocal banknote
Value1 Dollar
CurrencyDollar
CompositionPaper
Size188 × 77 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAmerican 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!
Reverse descriptionBlank.
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Obverse letteringAmerican Bank Note Co. Philed THE BANK OF CHARLESTON Will pay ONE DOLLAR to bearer on demand CHARLESTON June 1st 1861 VIRGINIA
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Catalog ID6555583110
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