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2 Dollars The Mechanics Bank of Augusta - Georgia
| Issuer | Mechanics Bank of Augusta |
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| Year | 1858 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars (2 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on white paper, the obverse carries a portrait of a woman to the left, a central vignette of a mechanic resting against an anvil, and an eagle at the lower center. The promise-to-pay text is set in letterpress above the issuer's name and location, with the cashier and president signature lines printed below. Engravers' imprints for Danforth, Spencer & Hufty of New York and Spencer, Hufty & Danforth of Philadelphia appear along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE MECHANICS BANK Will pay on demand to the bearer TWO DOLLARS .... 185... AUGUSTA, GEO. .........................Cash.r...................Pres.t Danforth, Spencer & Hufty, New York___ Spencer, Hufty & Danforth, Philad`a |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, left blank without any vignette, text, or ornamental work, consistent with the production conventions of mid-nineteenth-century American obsolete banknotes from this engraving house. |
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