20 Dollars New Orleans Canal and Banking Co.

€334,787.00
IssuerUnited States
Year1850-1859
TypeLocal banknote
Value20 Dollars (20 USD)
CurrencyDollar (1785-date)
CompositionPaper
Size183 × 81 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterRawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York, United States (1847-1858)
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Obverse descriptionPortrait of an allegory on the left in medallion, allegory surrounded by the eagle and the American crest seated on products, vignette of a young woman holding a sheaf of wheat on the right. A tiny vignette of George Washington is in the lower center.
Reverse descriptionUniface.
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Obverse lettering20 20 XX THE New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. will pay Twenty Dollars on demand to______________ or bearer New Orleans_________18__ _______________Cash.ʳ ________________Pres.ᵗ Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New-Orleans
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Catalog ID5575074040
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