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5 Dollars Bank of Charleston - Virginia
| Issuer | Bank of Charleston (Virginia) |
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| Year | 1858 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | At upper left, a vignette portrays George Washington at Valley Forge; the centre of the note is dominated by a large bald eagle vignette. A portrait of Thomas Jefferson occupies the lower right, with the place and date of issue inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | The centre of the note carries a large red geometric lathe-work panel bearing the Roman numeral V, flanked on each side by an oval portrait of a young woman encircled by the inscription FIVE DOLLARS. |
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The Bank of Charleston was a Virginia institution, not to be confused with the far better-known Bank of Charleston in South Carolina. It operated in Charleston, Virginia — the town that would become Charleston, West Virginia after the 1863 division of the state during the Civil War. Notes from this bank thus predate that separation by five years, issued under a Virginia charter that would effectively cease to have meaning within a decade.
American Bank Note Company had consolidated several predecessor firms by the late 1850s, and this note falls squarely in that early unified period of their production. The Haxby G4a suffix indicates a specific plate variety within the series.