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1 Dollar The Bank of Chattanooga - Tennessee
| Issuer | The Bank of Chattanooga |
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| Year | 1861 |
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| Printer | J. Manouvrier, New Orleans |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress note with a large blue "ONE DOLLAR" underprint at centre, over which the bank title "The Bank of Chattanooga" appears in ornate script. A circular numeral "1" vignette occupies the upper left, and a right-side panel carries the denomination "ONE" in bold vertical letterpress at top and bottom, flanking a large guilloché numeral "1". The promise-to-pay text and date "28. August 1861" are inscribed in script across the lower centre field, with two manuscript signatures and the printer imprint "J. Manouvrier, New Orleans" below. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain paper surface with no text, vignette, or decorative elements. |
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The Bank of Chattanooga was chartered in 1853 and operated through the turbulent secession period, continuing to issue notes as Tennessee left the Union in June 1861. J. Manouvrier was a New Orleans engraver and printer active in the antebellum South, supplying plate work to numerous Southern state banks during the period when Northern printers — particularly the American Bank Note Company in New York — became politically and practically inaccessible.
Union forces occupied Chattanooga in September 1863, effectively ending the bank's operations. Notes dated 1861 represent the earliest issues of what became a very short-lived wartime circulation.