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10 Dollars Bank of Philippi
| Issuer | Bank of Philippi |
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| Year | 1861 |
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| Printer | Wellstood, Hay & Whiting |
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| Obverse description | A green protector overprint covers the entire lower half of the note, with a central vignette flanked by a farmer at left and a Native American figure at right. A green numeral "10" underprint panel appears at the left margin, with the denomination spelled vertically at the right margin. The note is engraved and printed by Wellstood, Hay & Whiting in the style typical of antebellum American bank note production. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is unprinted, showing plain paper with evidence of fold lines and age-related toning consistent with Civil War-era currency. |
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The Bank of Philippi was chartered in Barbour County, Virginia — now West Virginia, which separated from the Confederacy-aligned state in 1863. Notes issued in 1861 therefore occupy an awkward transitional moment: printed before secession reshaped the region's political identity, they circulated under a Virginia charter that would soon be legally contested by the new state government claiming jurisdiction over the same territory.
Wellstood, Hay & Whiting operated out of New York, meaning this Virginia bank note was engraved and printed in the North shortly before that relationship became impossible.