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10 Dollars Bank of Washington - North Carolina
| Issuer | Bank of Washington (North Carolina) |
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| Year | 1851-1864 |
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| Reference(s) | Haxby #NC85 G16a |
| Obverse description | At center, a large allegorical vignette presents a portrait of George Washington within an oval frame, flanked by two female allegorical figures with a spread eagle above; to the right, a smaller allegorical vignette of a seated female figure with the numeral 10 below. A bold red guilloche underprint at left bears the numeral 10, with a second large red overprinted "TEN" spanning the lower center of the note. The denomination "TEN" appears at upper right within a decorative panel, with "NORTH CAROLINA" lettered across the top border. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, unprinted reverse. |
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The Bank of Washington operated out of Washington, Beaufort County, one of several small North Carolina commercial banks that relied entirely on Northern bank note printers for their currency production. The American Bank Note Company supplied plates to dozens of such institutions simultaneously, often reusing vignette elements across unrelated clients — a common commercial practice that makes plate-sharing relationships worth examining when attributing design origin to any specific ABNC note from this period.
North Carolina's antebellum banking system collapsed abruptly after secession, and most chartered bank notes became worthless by 1865. The thirteen-year window on this issue reflects catalog uncertainty about precise dates rather than an unusually long active run.