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90 Cents City of Lynchburg, Virginia
| Issuer | City of Lynchburg, Virginia |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Typeset note with the denomination numeral "90" printed in large bold characters at each of the four corners. A small vignette at the top center depicts a chained dog guarding a safe, serving as an anti-counterfeiting device typical of mid-19th century American local scrip. The remainder of the face is occupied by letterpress text setting out the issuing authority, place, date, serial number, and payment promise. |
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| Obverse lettering | Issued by authority of an Act of the Gen`l Assembly of the State of Virginia Received in payment of City Taxes and all other city dues. LYNCHBURG May 1, 1862. No. 12897 THE CITY OF LYNCHBURG Will pay to Bearer, in Current Funds, Ninety Cents When Demanded in the sum of one or more dollars J. C. JOHNSON, PR. _______________ for Pres`t |
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Municipal fractional currency was a Confederate-era stopgap, issued when small coins vanished almost entirely from circulation after 1861. Lynchburg's 90-cent denomination is among the more unusual face values to survive from this period — most city-issued scrip clustered around 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents, making a 90-cent note an outlier worth noting.
Locally printed under wartime conditions, production quality across the Lynchburg series is inconsistent. Paper stock varied by print run.