Private Bank Note

Banknote

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Private Bank Note

Entry/Object ID

1957.1.322

Description

Private bank note for 5 dollars from The Bank of Bennington. It is printed with 2 bust portraits (left and right edges), and a scene of 2 women flanking a medallion with the letter V (top center). It has the inscription, "The BANK OF BENNINGTON Promises to pay [H. Pomeroy] or Bearer Five Dollars on demand. Bennington [Dec 1.] 18[36.] / [J N Hinsdill] Cashr [N Swift] Prest."

Context

Issued by the Bank of Bennington in Bennington, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1957.1

Source or Donor

Rugg, Harold Goddard (1883-1957)

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Made/Created

Bureau

Bank of Bennington

Date made

1836

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

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

3 in

Width

6-3/4 in

Composition

Material

Paper