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50 Dollars New Orleans Canal and Banking Co.
| Issuer | Canal and Banking Co., New Orleans |
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| Year | 1850-1859 |
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| Printer | Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York, United States (1847-1858) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of an allegorical female figure in flight, bearing the American crest and accompanied by an eagle. A second allegorical figure appears at right, with a cornucopia at the bottom of the design. The note is engraved in the intaglio style typical of mid-nineteenth-century American obsolete bank issues by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE New Orleans Canal & Banking Co. Will pay Fifty Dollars on demand to __________ or bearer. NEW-ORLEANS _____ 18__ __________ Cash.ʳ __________ Pres.ᵗ |
| Reverse description | The reverse shows a show-through impression of the obverse vignettes and text, visible in mirror image on the salmon-tinted paper ground, with four circular counter medallions bearing the numeral 50 positioned at the corners. The note is uniface, carrying no independent reverse printing. |
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