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50 Dollars New England Commercial Bank - Rhode Island
| Issuer | New England Commercial Bank |
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| Year | 1830-1849 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Horizontal format note with two large circular lathe-work guilloche counters at left and two matching counters at right, each enclosing the numeral 50. A central letterpress panel at upper centre carries the denomination FIFTY DOLLARS, below which a cursive script inscription reads THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS & CO. OF THE NEW ENGLAND COMMERCIAL BANK, with the bank title repeated in a horizontal tint band. A small intaglio agricultural vignette at far right shows a labouring figure in a field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 FIFTY DOLLARS 50 THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS & CO., OF THE NEW ENGLAND COMMERCIAL BANK promise to pay FIFTY DOLLARS to or bearer on demand NEWPORT____18___ New England Bank Note Co. 50 RHODE ISLAND |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, consistent with mid-nineteenth-century American obsolete banknote production practice. |
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