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Replica 10 Cents - Bank of Tennessee
| Issuer | Bank of Tennessee |
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| Year | 1861 |
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| Printer | J. Manouvier, New Orleans |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue letterpress impression on plain paper. A central vignette of a steam locomotive traversing a mountainous landscape occupies the upper centre, flanked by two circular medallions bearing a heraldic shield. The denomination TEN CENTS appears in bold typeface within the lateral end panels, with the issuer title in large ornate script across the mid-field. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF TENNESSEE Will pay TEN CENTS to Bearer NASHVILLE, December 1st 1861 TEN CENTS J. Manouvier N. Orleans. La COPY For the President |
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The Bank of Tennessee was a state-chartered institution that had operated since 1838, but by 1861 the secession of Tennessee meant its notes increasingly circulated within a Confederate economy cut off from Northern financial networks. Small-denomination fractional notes like this 10-cent piece emerged out of a practical crisis: coin hoarding had stripped everyday commerce of workable change almost overnight after hostilities began.
J. Manouvier was a New Orleans printer active in the antebellum South, producing notes for several regional banks before Federal occupation of the city in April 1862 effectively ended that business. This replica status should be noted clearly — original Bank of Tennessee Civil War-era fractional notes are routinely reproduced, and distinguishing them requires close attention to paper stock and impression depth.