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3 Dollars Merchants and Planters Bank - Georgia
| Issuer | Merchants and Planters Bank, Savannah, Georgia |
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| Year | 1856-1859 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | STATE OF GEORGIA 3 E E THE MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK Will Pay TO BEARER THREE DOLLARS ON DEMAND THREE DOLLARS Savannah 18 Bald. Cousland & Co. Philadelphia Cash.r Baldwin, Bald & Cousland. New York Pres! |
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| Protection type | Coloured underprint |
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Baldwin, Bald & Cousland and its Philadelphia affiliate Bald, Cousland & Co. were the same revolving partnership — essentially the same engravers operating under slightly different names as business arrangements shifted during the 1850s. Plates were commonly shared or adapted across both shops, so attributing a specific impression to New York versus Philadelphia is rarely straightforward without examining the marginal imprint closely.
The Merchants and Planters Bank of Savannah operated during a period when Georgia's free banking framework was loose enough to allow significant variation in note quality and backing between institutions. Whether this bank's circulation held up to scrutiny is worth investigating before treating the series as routine antebellum material.