2 Dollars South Carolina Rail Road

Issuer United States
Year 1840-1870
Type Local banknote
Value 2 Dollars (2 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Paper
Size 185 × 78 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) SH#666
Obverse description Circular motifs with TWO inside at top and bottom left. Rectangular motif with TWO at right. Oval motifs with 2 to the left and right of a central vignette depicting a train heading to the right. At far left, a round vignette depicting a young woman reading. At center left, a orange pocket with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Center bottom, a large red TWO pocket. TWO repeated along bottom border.
Obverse lettering TWO Office of the South Carolina Rail Road CHARLESTON S.C. _______18___ Receivable as TWO DOLLAR in all payments to the South Carolina Rail Road Company TWO American Bank Note Co. New York
Reverse description Blank.
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Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 1212694530
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