1 Dollar South Carolina Rail Road

€412,828.00
IssuerUnited States
Year1840-1870
TypeLocal banknote
Value1 Dollar (1 USD)
CurrencyDollar (1785-date)
CompositionPaper
Size185 × 78 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAmerican Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)
No. printed
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Reference(s) SH#662
Obverse descriptionCircular motifs with number ONE inside at top and bottom left. Rectangular motif with ONE at right. Oval motifs with 1 to the left and right of a central vignette shows an allegory of Goddess of Agriculture holding cut wheat stalks. Round vignette at far left depicting a train heading west. At center left, an orange pocket with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Center bottom, a large red ONE pocket. Signature lines of President and Auditor below. Denominator repeated along bottom border.
Reverse descriptionBlank.
Signature(s)lines of President and Auditor below. Denominator repeated along bottom border. Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive), Latin (Fraktur blackletter) Lettering: ONE Office of the South Carolina Rail Road CHARLESTON S.C. _______18___ Receivable as One Dollar in al
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Obverse letteringONE Office of the South Carolina Rail Road CHARLESTON S.C. _______18___ Receivable as One Dollar in all payments to the South Carolina Rail Road Company ONE American Bank Note Co. New York
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Catalog ID2642627000
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