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| Issuer | Commercial Bank of Glens Falls |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Shape | Rectangular (hand cut) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHESTER NOV 1st 1862 COMMERCIAL BANK OF GLENS FALLS Pay the Bearer on Demand TWENTY FIVE CENTS in current Bank Bills when Drafts to the amount of one Dollar are presented. LEWIS & GOODWIN, ALBANY |
| Reverse description | The reverse shows the show-through of the obverse vignette and red "25" underprint visible through the thin paper stock, with the ghost impression of the obverse lettering readable in mirror image. Four cancellation holes are punched along the lower margin, indicating the note was officially cancelled. The surface is otherwise plain, unprinted paper. |
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| Protection description | Large red numeral "25" printed as a centre underprint on the obverse to deter counterfeiting. |
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