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50 Cents Lyons Bank
| Issuer | Lyons Bank |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | At left, a large allegorical vignette of a seated woman accompanied by a cherub. Center bears a curved inscription reading LYONS BANK above a vignette of two men plowing a field with a horse. Two small circular floral medallions each containing the numeral 50 flank a larger central medallion with the numeral 50. Two small green ornamental circular devices appear at the lower portion of the note. At right, a horizontal inscription reads M.S. & H.J. LEACH, LYONS, N.Y. |
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| Obverse lettering | LYONS, N.Y. July 15th, 1862 LYONS BANK PAY TO THE BEARER FIFTY CENTS on demand in current Bank Notes when presented in sums of One or more Dollars. No.____________ Lith of Henry Seibert & Bros 93 Fulton St NY |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large central green geometric guilloche spiral motif bearing an inscription within. Two smaller ornamental medallions each containing the numeral 50 are positioned to the left and right of the central device. |
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