Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Dollar Bank of Windsor - Vermont
| Issuer | Bank of Windsor |
|---|---|
| Year | 1830-1839 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Haxby#VT 280-G8 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | ONE D. ONE(x2), VERMONT The President, Directors, and Company of the BANK of WINDSOR promises to pay_____ or bearer on demand ONE DOLLAR WINDSOR 18___ ONE DOLLAR |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears handwritten manuscript endorsements in red ink, including what appear to be cursive signatures and notations applied during circulation, set against a plain paper ground with faint show-through of the obverse design. No printed design elements are present on this side. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Bank of Windsor operated out of Windsor, Vermont, a town that punched above its weight in early American commercial life — it was home to the first state constitution convention in 1777 and remained a significant manufacturing and legal hub through the antebellum period. Vermont's state banking laws in this period were notably lax by New England standards, and several Windsor-chartered institutions issued notes well beyond their specie reserves, contributing to the regional liquidity crises that preceded the Panic of 1837.
Haxby's G8 designation places this within a later emission of the series, suggesting continued issue through the turbulent late 1830s. Redemption pressure after 1837 forced many Vermont country banks to suspend specie payments entirely.