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50 Dollars City of New Orleans - Municipality No. One
| Issuer | City of New Orleans, Municipality No. 1 |
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| Year | 1837 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars (50 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown and light brown on plain paper, the obverse presents three principal vignettes in engraved intaglio style: at left, an allegorical figure of Navigation; at center, a detailed architectural vignette of the Saint Louis Hotel in New Orleans; and at right, a figure of the Goddess Athena. The numeral 50 appears below the Navigation allegory and above the Athena figure. The text body, arranged across the full width of the note, details the terms of the municipal bond obligation dated 30th October 1837, with spaces left for manuscript completion of the bearer's name and treasurer's and mayor's signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | CITY OF NEW ORLEANS INTEREST PAYABLE SEMI-ANNUALLY Municipality No. 1 Promise to pay_____ year after date to______Comproller or order FIFTY dollars with interest at the rate of SIX per centum. Agreeably to an ordinance of the council of said MUNICIPALITY Approve 30th October 1837. NEW ORLEANS ______Treasurer.______Mayor John V. Childs X. Orleans. |
| Reverse description | Printed in light blue on a tan paper ground, the reverse is dominated by an elaborate lathe-work guilloche design composed of five large overlapping circular rosettes with intricate engine-turned floral and geometric infill, flanked by four rectangular guilloche panels at the corners. A large latent-style monogram or abbreviated text reading "N.O." is worked into the central guilloche field. Additional fine lathe-work lettering appears along the top and bottom margins, readable as "NEW ORLEANS" in mirror image due to the note's orientation. |
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