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3 Dollars - Bull's Head Bank Replica New York
| Issuer | Bull's Head Bank, New York |
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| Year | 1864 |
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| Value | 3 Dollars 3 USD = ZAR 49 |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a bull's head, flanked by denomination numerals and ornamental guilloche work. A circular seal with the inscription COUNTERSIGNED & REGISTERED IN THE BANK DEPARTMENT appears on the face. The note bears two manuscript signatures for Cashier and President beneath the promise to pay text. |
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| Obverse lettering | 3 NEW YORK Aug 10 1864 3 Register B THE BULL'S HEAD BANK No. 4042 Will Pay 3 Three Dollars 3 to the bearer on demand (signature) Cashr. (signature) Pres! Danforth Wright & Co. New York & Philad. SECURED BY THE PLEDGE OF PUBLIC STOCKS American Bank Note Co New York |
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The Bull's Head Bank took its name from the livestock market at Fifth Avenue and 24th Street in Manhattan — a working drover's district long before the neighborhood became anything else. A three-dollar denomination was a practical choice for cattle country commerce, where transactions rarely fell to round figures.
Two printer credits on a single note suggests a plate transfer or shared production arrangement between American Bank Note Company and Danforth Wright & Co., the latter having merged into ABNC by 1858. The "replica" designation here matters: this is not an original circulating issue but a later reproduction, likely produced from surviving original printing elements.