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10 Dollars The Union Bank - Georgia
| Issuer | The Union Bank, Augusta, Georgia |
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| Year | 1854 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | STATE OF GEORGIA THE UNION BANK Will pay TEN DOLLARS to bearer on demand. AUGUSTA ___________ 18____ _________ Cash.r ____________ Pres.t Baldwin, Adams & Co New York ______Bald, Cousland & Co Philadelphia.a |
| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse bearing a large red TEN denomination underprint in elaborate guilloché script lettering, printed in mirror image relative to the obverse underprint, serving as an additional counterfeit deterrent. The surrounding field is otherwise unprinted. |
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The dual printer credit reflects a transitional moment in American bank note production. Baldwin, Adams & Co. operated briefly as a partnership name used by the New York branch of the broader engraving network that would eventually consolidate into the American Bank Note Company in 1858; Bald, Cousland & Co. was its Philadelphia counterpart. Notes bearing both imprints simultaneously suggest shared plate work or a divided print run during this period of inter-firm cooperation — not unusual for the mid-1850s, but worth noting for attribution purposes.
The Union Bank of Augusta held a Georgia state charter and operated during a decade of aggressive Southern banking expansion ahead of the Panic of 1857.