Catálogo
2 Dollars
| Emisor | Treasury of the Republic of Texas |
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| Año | 1839-1841 |
| Tipo | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Valor | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Moneda | Dollar (1839-1846) |
| Composición | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Tamaño | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Forma | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Impresor | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Diseñador(es) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Grabador(es) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| En circulación hasta | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Referencia(s) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Descripción del anverso | The obverse is laid out in a typeset and engraved style characteristic of early American territorial currency. A central octagonal vignette carries the large numeral "2" within a lathe-work border, flanked on the left by a small vignette of a deer standing near a waterfall and on the right by an engraved scene of a horseman in pursuit of cattle. The denomination "TWO" appears in large letterpress type at both the far left and far right margins, with "2 DOLLARS" repeated in the lower left corner, and the full promissory text of the Republic of Texas rendered in copperplate script across the lower portion of the note. |
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| Leyenda del anverso | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Descripción del reverso | The reverse is unprinted and blank, showing only the plain paper stock, with the impression of the obverse design faintly visible in show-through. |
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| Firma(s) | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Tipo de protección | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Descripción de la protección | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Variantes | Inicie sesión para ver los detalles |
| Comentarios |
The Republic of Texas printed its own currency out of necessity — the young republic had no functioning banking system and a chronic shortage of hard money from the moment of independence in 1836. These "redbacks," as they came to be called from the red ink used on the reverse, were issued by the Treasury rather than any bank, making them direct obligations of a government that was perpetually insolvent.
Inflation was severe. By 1842 the notes traded at a fraction of face value against U.S. specie, and confidence never recovered before annexation rendered them worthless. Surviving examples almost always show heavy use.