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| Issuer | Manhattan Silver Mining Company |
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| Year | 1870-1883 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Unissued scrip note printed by letterpress and lithography, with blank fields for number and date. A central vignette is flanked by ornamental medallions at left and right. The text body carries the payable order to Paxton & Curtis Bankers, Austin, Nevada, with the printer's imprint of Major & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Lith. Co., 56 Park Place, N.Y. at the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | The Manhattan Silver Mining Co. AUSTIN, NEV No__________ 187______ Pay to the bearer One Dollar Merchantable Silver To Paxton & Curtis Bankers Austin, Nev________________________________Agent The Major & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Lith. Co. 56 Park Place, N. Y. |
| Reverse description | Blank reverse, showing bleed-through of the obverse vignette and text as a mirror image through the thin paper stock. |
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