50 Dollars New Orleans Canal and Banking Co.

50 Dollars (New Orleans Canal and Banking Co.) - obverse50 Dollars (New Orleans Canal and Banking Co.) - reverse

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Features

Issuer United States
Issuing bank The New Orleans Canal & Banking Co
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Local banknote
Years 1850-1859
Value 50 Dollars (50 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Paper
Size 180 × 80 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
334683

Obverse

Allegory in flight wearing the American crest, accompanied by an eagle. Vignette of an allegory at right, and cornucopia at bottom.Automatically translated

Lettering:
THE
New Orleans
Canal & Banking Co.
Will pay Fifty Dollars on demand
to __________ or bearer. NEW-ORLEANS _____ 18__

__________ Cash.ʳ __________ Pres.ᵗ

Reverse

Uniface.Automatically translated

Printer

Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York, United States (1847-1858)

Comments

Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New Orleans.

Dates are partly printed

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1850-1859)  Series A. Undated remainder

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