5 Dollars Bank of Philippi

Issuer Confederate States
Year 1861
Type Local banknote
Value 5 Dollars
Currency Dollar
Composition Paper
Size 180 × 80 mm
Shape Rectangular
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Reference(s) P#VA165G10A
Obverse description This Civil War issue by Wellstood, Hay & Whiting is overprinted in green with protectors and a moderate portrait of George Washington covering the upper center of the note. 2 large 5`s left and right of the portrait of George Washington. A portrait of a young woman on lower left and on lower right side is a young woman with a horse head. Upper right and left are slanted numeral 5`s. Lower center is `FIVE DOLLARS` spelled out in a circle with a tree in the middle
Obverse lettering STATE OF VIRGINIA THE BANK OF PHILIPPI Promises to pay FIVE dollars to bearer on demand Philippi. April 2, 1861 FIVE DOLLARS Cash Pres WELLSTOOD. HAY & WHITING. NEW YORK .
Reverse description Blank.
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Variants January 2, 1911
Numisquare ID 4768832400
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