10 Dollars The Union Bank - Georgia

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.