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Promissory Bond - 10 Dollars
| Uitgever | Republic of Ireland (Fenian Brotherhood) |
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| Jaar | 1866 |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | 205 x 100 mm |
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| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central intaglio vignette of a bald eagle in flight above a shield and cannon, flanked by green guilloche rosettes with denomination numeral "10" at upper corners. Oval portrait vignettes of two unidentified figures appear in the lower left and lower right corners. A red embossed seal is applied at center-left. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | Republic of Ireland |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Fenian Brotherhood's 1866 bond issue was a fundraising instrument aimed squarely at the Irish-American diaspora, timed in the immediate aftermath of the Brotherhood's abortive June 1866 raid into Canada — an operation intended to seize British territory as a bargaining chip for Irish independence. The bonds promised repayment by a future Irish republic, a government that did not exist and showed no imminent prospect of existing.
Continental Bank Note Company, a legitimate and respected commercial printer, produced the series with the same engraved quality they applied to genuine securities. The embossed seal was deliberate — it gave the instrument the tactile authority of official paper at a moment when the Brotherhood badly needed credibility after the Canadian disaster.