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| Emittent | State of South Carolina |
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| Jahr | 1872 |
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| Material | Paper |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Printed in black and green, the obverse bears a cotton plant branch vignette in the upper left, with two farm maidens carrying sheaves of grain below; the central vignette presents a large, detailed port scene with numerous sailing vessels and cotton bales on the wharf. A large green tint underprint panel runs across the lower portion of the note, with a portrait of Eugénie de Montijo in the lower right corner. The imprint of the American Bank Note Co., New York appears at the bottom. |
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| Rückseitenlegende | ISSUED UNDER AN ACT TO RELIEVE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA OF ALL LIABILITY FOR ITS GUARANTY OF THE BONDS OF THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD COMPANY BY PROVIDING FOR THE SECURING AND DESTRUCTION OF THE SAME. MARCH 2, 1872 |
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| Anmerkungen |
South Carolina's 1872 state notes were issued under Reconstruction-era Republican government, a period when the state legislature was controlled by a coalition of freedmen, northern migrants, and white Unionists. The administration of Governor Robert Scott had already been mired in accusations of fiscal mismanagement, and these notes circulated against a backdrop of genuine public skepticism about state financial instruments — skepticism that was not entirely unfounded given the scale of bonded debt being accumulated at the time.
American Bank Note Company printed for dozens of state and territorial authorities during this period, and the plates were reliable if not distinctive. By 1877, with Reconstruction effectively ended in South Carolina following the election of Wade Hampton, outstanding state paper of this type was largely retired.