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2 Dollars - Tradesmen's Bank Catskill, New York
| Issuer | Greene County Bank / Tradesmen's Bank |
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| Year | 1823 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | TWO, The Greene County Bank promises to pay_____ or bearer at the TRADESMEN'S BANK in the City of New York TWO Dollars on demand No.______ A Catskill 4th July 1823 Cashr Pres. Peter Maverick |
| Reverse description | Blank reverse with no printed design, lettering, or security elements; consistent with early 19th-century American obsolete banknote practice. |
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The Tradesmen's Bank of Catskill never actually opened. It was one of dozens of New York institutions that obtained a charter during the early 1820s banking expansion but failed to meet capitalization requirements before the charter lapsed — leaving printed note stock with no issuing authority behind it. Whether this was intended as a speculative venture or simply collapsed before launch is not documented with certainty.
Peter Maverick, the engraver and printer, was a well-regarded New York plate engraver of the period. The "20th Century Reprints" designation indicates this example was struck from surviving original plates or facsimile plates long after 1823 — a common practice for collectors of obsolete American bank note material.