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| Issuer | Bank of the State of South Carolina |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a Palmetto tree, the state symbol of South Carolina, with decorative scrollwork at its base, printed in dark ink. Denomination numeral '75' appears in large bold blue letterpress type on both left and right flanks. The issuer's name arcs in ornate lettering across the upper field, with the promise-to-pay clause and denomination spelled out in full below the central vignette, dated Feb. 1, 1863 at lower left with a manuscript cashier's signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse printed in red-brown letterpress, with the denomination spelled out in large Gothic script at center reading 'Seventy-five', above a smaller authorization line. A faint ghost image of the obverse Palmetto tree vignette and lettering shows through the thin paper stock as a natural see-through effect. |
| Reverse lettering | Seventy-five Issued under Act Feb., 1863. |
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