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2 Dollars The Bank of Middletown
| Issuer | Bank of Middletown |
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| Year | 1831-1864 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Large numeral 2 appears in the top and bottom corners of the note. At upper center, two armored portrait busts face right, flanking a seated female figure set within an agricultural vignette. Below, the denomination and issuing bank name are rendered in bold letterpress, with the obligation text and re-issue clause occupying the central panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 No. A THE BANK of MIDDLETOWN Will pay TWO DOLLARS to the Bearer on demand as directed by the act of assembly of the 4th May 1841 RE-ISSUE _______for cash Danforth, Underwood & Co., New York |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted or plain, consistent with the practice of many early American state-chartered bank issues of the antebellum period. The Bank of Middletown was chartered in 1831 and operated until 1864, when it was succeeded by the National Bank of Middletown. |
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