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10 Dollars Merchants and Planters Bank - Savannah
| Issuer | Merchants and Planters Bank, Savannah, Georgia |
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| Year | 1860 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress and red underprint. Denominational counters in red at upper left and upper right corners. Central vignette portrays a female figure pausing from wheat harvesting to gaze back toward a rural homestead, rendered in fine intaglio. A portrait bust of a man occupies the lower left, while the lower right bears an allegorical vignette of a shrine to the Constitution draped with ribbons inscribed "Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation." |
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| Obverse lettering | STATE OF GEORGIA THE MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK Will pay TEN DOLLARS to bearer on demand. SAVANNAH. June 1, 1860. _________Cash. __________Pres. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. |
| Reverse description | Unprinted plain paper reverse, with show-through of the obverse design visible due to paper thinness. Two manuscript signatures appear at the lower portion, applied by bank officials at the time of issue. |
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