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50 Cents Mechanics Savings and Loan Association
| Issuer | Mechanics' Savings and Loan Association |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Value | 50 Cents (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset scrip note on aged paper, with the issuer's name 'MECHANICS' Savings & Loan Association' printed in bold letterpress across the upper portion, flanked on the left by a large '50' numeral and on the right by a second '50' in a different typographical style. Below, the date 'SAVANNAH, April 23, 1862' is set in italic type, followed by the full deposit certificate text in script and roman typefaces. The denomination 'FIFTY CENTS' appears in large display capitals across the centre, with manuscript serial number, two handwritten signatures, and a partially visible red overprint along the lower edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | MECHANICS' Savings & Loan Association - flanked by 50 in two styles SAVANNAH, April 23, 1862 THIS CERTIFICATE sheweth that Wm. H. Davis has deposited FIFTY CENTS with this Association, bearing four per cent interest after thirty days' notice, payable to bearer on return of this Scrip, in current Bank bills. FIFTY CENTS on right side |
| Reverse description | The reverse consists of the printed face of a reused host note — in this case, the back of an earlier bank bill, as was common practice for Civil War-era scrip issued on the reverse of obsolete banknotes from other institutions. |
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