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50 State Dollars - John Rutledge South Carolina
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| Size | 160 x 80 mm |
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| Obverse description | Blue and purple polymer note with a fine guilloche underprint across the entire field; at upper centre the year '1788' is inscribed, with 'South Carolina' in gold lettering across the upper portion. At left, a palmetto tree vignette is set against a star motif with the large numeral '50' below, while at right an intaglio-style portrait bust of John Rutledge faces left within a circular vignette, his name inscribed beneath. The denomination '50 State Dollars' appears at lower left alongside facsimile Treasurer and Comptroller signatures, with the designation '8th State' displayed centrally. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1788 50 50 STATES USA 50 STATES USA 50 STATES USA South Carolina 50 State DOLLARS 8th STATE TREASURER COMPTROLLER John Hamilton 50 STATES USA 50 STATES USA 50 STATES USA A John Rutledge 50 |
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Applied Currency Concepts produced these "50 State Dollars" as a privately issued novelty series, not legal tender in any jurisdiction. John Rutledge, one of South Carolina's delegates to the Constitutional Convention and briefly an unconfirmed Chief Justice of the United States — the Senate rejected his appointment in 1795, largely over his public opposition to the Jay Treaty — is an unusual choice for a commemorative issue, given how rarely his name appears outside specialist constitutional histories.
The polymer substrate and barcode/QR security features mimic official banknote conventions, though the issuer has no monetary authority. Collector utility is limited to the series itself.