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| Issuer | Clinton Bank, New York |
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| Year | 1839 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows a reclining Native American figure flanked by sailing ships in a landscape scene, with oval portrait medallions at left and right corners. Denomination numerals '100' appear in each corner, with the issuer title 'CLINTON BANK' in large bold letters across the lower centre. The note is engraved in a detailed intaglio style typical of mid-19th century American bank note work. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT SECURED BY PLEDGE OF REAL ESTATE 100 Danforth Underwood & Co. New York Underwood, Bald, Spencer & Hufly, Philad. No. 9 The CLINTON BANK Certifies that has deposited in this Office ONE HUNDRED dollars payable to his order or bearer in NEW YORK Six Months from date with five per cent interest on presenting this certificate. ((NEW YORK)) Dec. 2nd 1839 100 Cashr. Pres! 100 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is an unprinted mirror-bleed of the obverse design, visible as a faint offset impression through the paper, with no intentional printing. The sheet is otherwise blank. |
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