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2 Dollars Franklin Bank
| Issuer | Franklin Bank, Boston |
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| Year | 1831 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset and engraved note printed in brown-black ink on plain paper, with an ornate border composed of repeated microtext reading "Two Dollars" running along all four sides of the outer frame. The central field is headed by a bold letterpress panel bearing "FRANKLIN BANK", flanked at left and right by numeral "2" counters, below which a copperplate-script promise-to-pay text occupies the main body of the note, culminating in a bold "TWO DOLLARS" panel. The lower portion carries the place of issue "BOSTON", a manuscript date, and two manuscript signatures, above a further "FRANKLIN BANK" microtext rule. |
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| Obverse lettering | FRANKLIN BANK The President Directors & Company of the FRANKLIN BANK promise to pay JM P or bearer on demand TWO DOLLARS BOSTON FRANKLIN BANK Two Dollars Two Dollars |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting plain unadorned paper with no vignettes, lettering, or decorative elements, consistent with early nineteenth-century American obsolete banknote practice. |
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