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| Emittent | Sutton & Stewart |
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| Jahr | 1862 |
| Typ | Local banknote |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Printed in dark red on cream paper, the note bears the issuer's name 'SUTTON & STEWART' across the upper central field with a small engraved vignette of a building flanked by numeral '25' counters enclosed in ornate lathe-work panels at upper left and right. The large letterpress legend 'TWENTY FIVE CENTS' dominates the lower central portion, with a redemption clause below and a hand-signed authorization across the lower register, all set within a plain ruled border. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | 25 25 SUTTON & STEWART, pay to Bearer, TWENTY FIVE CENTS When presented in sums of One or more Dollars. No. Indiana, Pa, Dec. 18, 1862 Sutton, Marshall + Stewart HARRIS PRINTER 4th & VINE PHILA. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Sutton & Stewart were a San Francisco-based merchandising firm, and their 1862 fractional scrip belongs to a period when small-denomination federal coinage had almost entirely vanished from circulation — hoarded almost immediately after the outbreak of the Civil War. Private merchants across the country filled the gap with their own paper, most of it backed by nothing more credible than the issuer's local reputation.
Harris printed in Philadelphia but the notes circulated on the opposite coast, which was not unusual — West Coast businesses routinely contracted Eastern printers for quality lithographic work unavailable locally at the time.