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3 Dollars Bank of Washington - North Carolina
| Issuer | Bank of Washington (North Carolina) |
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| Year | 1851-1864 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | At lower left, a red circular underprint bearing the numeral 3 at center. The central vignette portrays three male farmers in an agricultural scene. Two large denomination numeral 3s flank the design, one enclosed within a vivid vermillion border, with an additional red THREE counter at bottom center. At lower right, an engraved portrait of George Washington within an oval frame; the imprint of the American Bank Note Co., New-York appears at lower center. |
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| Obverse lettering | NORTH CAROLINA 3 3 No._________ on demand THE BANK OF WASHINGTON to the bearer Washington__________ 18___ 3 5 ____________________________________ _________________________ American Bank Note Co. New-York Cash. Pres |
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The Bank of Washington operated out of Washington, North Carolina — a small port town on the Pamlico River, not the federal capital — and its notes circulated in a regional economy built around naval stores, timber, and coastal trade. The American Bank Note Company produced the plates in New York, a common arrangement for Southern state-chartered banks that lacked access to domestic security printers of comparable quality.
The thirteen-year date range reflects the bank's survival into the Confederacy period, though by the early 1860s notes like this were competing with — and rapidly being displaced by — Confederate currency. Whether any late-date examples actually circulated meaningfully after 1861 is an open question.