Private Bank Note

Banknote

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Private Bank Note

Entry/Object ID

1947.8.13me

Description

Private bank note for 1 dollar issued by The Bank of Bennington. It is printed with the number 1 in various formats, along with a bust portrait of a man (left), 2 women flanking the seal of Vermont (center), a full-length portrait of a man (right). It has the inscription, "STATE OF VERMONT / The Bank of Bennington promises to pay [H. Gay] or bearer on demand ONE DOLLAR. Bennington [Sept. 1.] 18[40]"

Context

Issued by the Bank of Bennington in Bennington, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1947.8

Source or Donor

Willey, Carrie E. (1876-1969)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Bureau

Bank of Bennington

Date made

1840

Place of Origin

City

Bennington

County

Bennington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Note, Private Bank

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Money, Paper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Composition

Material

Paper