1 Dollar West River Bank - Vermont

The West River Bank operated out of Jamaica, Vermont — a small hill town in Windham County with no particular commercial distinction beyond its position on the West River. Vermont chartered dozens of such rural banks in the antebellum decades, many of which were undercapitalized and short-lived. The West River Bank survived longer than most but never achieved regional significance.

The Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson credit in the printer data reflects an earlier plate in the series, used through 1858; by 1860 production had moved to New England Bank Note Company in Boston. The G2B designation indicates this is the later issue from that plate revision.