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5 Dollars Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
| Issuer | Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company |
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| Year | 1840 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Nine-month post-dated promissory note of Series D, issued September 9, 1840, with a central letterpress vignette of a seated allegorical figure flanked by two large oval counters bearing the numeral "5" at the upper corners and a large "V" at the lower right. The lower half carries the printed promise-to-pay text in bold display letterpress type, reading "FIVE DOLLARS," with the issuer's full title above. Two manuscript signatures of the Clerk and President appear beneath the printed text. |
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| Reverse description | Plain, unprinted reverse, blank on all surfaces, consistent with the standard production practice of early nineteenth-century American canal scrip and short-term promissory issues. |
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| Signature(s) | John P. Ingle and Francis Thomas |
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