3 Dollars South Carolina Rail Road

Issuer United States
Year 1840-1898
Type Local banknote
Value 3 Dollars (3 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Paper
Size 185 × 80 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)
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Obverse description At left, the numeral 3 circular motifs above and below a portrait of an allegory of the Goddess of Agriculture. Oval motifs with numeral 3 at left and right of central vignette depicting a train boarding with ships in the background. Below, a large red THREE pocket. To the left, a orange pocket/watermark with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Signature lines of the President and Auditor. Value repeated along bottom border.
Obverse lettering Office of the South Carolina Rail Road Charleston S.C. Receivable as Three Dollars in all payments to the South Carolina Rail Road Company.
Reverse description Blank.
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Signature(s) lines of the President and Auditor. Value repeated along bottom border. Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive), Latin (Fraktur blackletter) Lettering: Office of the South Carolina Rail Road Charleston S.C. Receivable as Three Dollars in all payments to the Sout
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Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 7986809910
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