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2 Dollars New England Commercial Bank - Rhode Island
| Issuer | New England Commercial Bank |
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| Year | 1864 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars (2 USD) |
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| Obverse description | At top center, a seated allegorical female figure is flanked by the numeral 2, floral ornaments, and a cornucopia; identical vignettes of a man on horseback appear at the left and right margins. The note bears the issuing bank's title and promise-to-pay text in letterpress, with corner and border numeral 2 counters repeated throughout the design. A bold green underprint of the word TWO serves as an anti-counterfeiting device. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 TWO DOLLARS 2 2 2 THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS & CO., OF THE NEW ENGLAND COMMERCIAL BANK Will pay TWO DOLLARS on demand TWO to the bearer NEWPORT____________18___ NEW ENGLAND BANK NOTE CO., BOSTON. 2 _____________ Cash.ʳ______________Pres.ᵗ 2 RHODE ISLAND |
| Reverse description | The reverse is uniface, printed on plain paper stock with no design elements, except for the ghost impression of the green TWO underprint from the obverse, which appears in mirror reverse through the sheet. |
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