50 Dollars City of New Orleans - Municipality No. One
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Federal republic (1776-date)
|
| Type | Promissory notes |
| Year | 1837 |
| Value | 50 Dollars (50 USD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 222.25 × 95.25 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular (hand cut) |
| Technique | Lithography |
| Issued | 30 August 1837 |
| Demonetized | 1852 |
| Number | N# 555274 |
Obverse
Brown and light brown colors. Left allegory of navigation, center vignette of the Saint Louis Hotel, right Goddess Athena. 50 underneath Navigation and on top of Athena.
Lettering:
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
INTEREST PAYABLE SEMI-ANNUALLY
Municipality No. 1
Promise to pay_____ year after date to______Comproller or order FIFTY dollars with interest at the rate of SIX per centum.
Agreeably to an ordinance of the council of said MUNICIPALITY Approve 30th October 1837.
NEW ORLEANS
______Treasurer.______Mayor
Jhon V. Childs X. Orleans.
Engraver: Jho. V. Childs
Reverse
Light blue, N.O. at center.
Engraver: Jho. V. Childs
Comments
From 1836 to 1852, the City of New Orleans comprised three municipalities, with Municipality No. One being the old city, primarily inhabited by Creoles and French. Each municipality had its own council, police force, service providers, tax-collection entity, and note-issuing bank. The left panel contains an allegory of navigation, with a food item atop a globe; on the other side, we have the Greek Goddess Athena with an owl on her left foot. Underneath the sign "City of New Orleans Municipality No. 1" is a vignette of the Saint Louis Hotel, a New Orleans landmark.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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