20 Dollars New Orleans Canal and Banking Co.

€1.00
IssuerUnited States
Year1840-1857
TypeLocal banknote
Value20 Dollars (20 USD)
CurrencyDollar (1785-date)
CompositionPaper
Size187 × 80 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterRawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York, United States (1847-1858)
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Reference(s) P#LA105-G32A
Obverse descriptionVignettes on the front, with the motif of a woman in the left panel and a steamboat at the right. A women sitting in the top center with a shield and spear on the right and an arm around an eagle. Center bottom a blue 20 pocket. Center bottom portrait of George Washington.
Reverse descriptionHorizonal TWENTY on both side of note. Large 20 motif in center middle of note, 2 circular motifs with Roman numeral XX in both.
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Obverse letteringThe New Orleans Canal & Co. Bank Will pay TWENTY DOLLARS on demand to_______bearer, New Orleans____18
Reverse letteringTWENTY Canal and Banking Company TWENTY XX 20 XX NEW-ORLEANS Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New Orleans
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Catalog ID7524917050
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