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2 Dollars Bank of Chattanooga
| Issuer | Bank of Chattanooga |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on cream-toned paper and divided into three vertical panels. The left panel bears a guilloche-bordered panel with the word TWO printed vertically alongside two handwritten signatures. The central vignette shows a seated allegorical female figure resting amid barrels, crates, and agricultural produce, with a river scene and sailing vessel in the background, executed in fine intaglio engraving. The right panel contains a scalloped guilloche medallion bearing the numeral 2, with STATE OF TENNESSEE inscribed in the upper corner and the denomination DOLLARS in script; the imprint of Keattinge & Ball, Columbia S.C. appears at the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF CHATTANOOGA STATE OF TENNESSEE PAY TO BEARER TWO Dollars in Confederate Treasury notes when presented in sums of Five dollars or its multiple. CHATTANOOGA Jan. 1st 1863. |
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Keattinge & Ball operated in Columbia, South Carolina, and became the primary Confederate-affiliated engraving and printing firm after the war disrupted access to Northern printers. By 1863 they were handling a significant volume of Southern bank and state currency, often working from hastily cut plates that lacked the precision of pre-war American Bank Note Company work — a fact visible under magnification on most K&B-printed notes.
The Bank of Chattanooga operated in a city that changed hands multiple times during the war. Union forces occupied Chattanooga in September 1863, effectively ending the bank's ability to function. Notes printed that year almost certainly saw little or no redemption.