Private Bank Note

Name/Title

Private Bank Note

Entry/Object ID

1958.1.1540

Description

Private bank note for 5 cents from the Bank of Black River. It is printed with an illustration 2 indigenous American women at the left, and the inscription, "No. [5] / Bank of Black River, Will pay the bearer FIVE CENTS In current Bank Bills when presented in sums of even dollars, also Redeemed at our Office in Ludlow, Vt. Nov. 1862. [unsigned]." The numeral 5 is printed in black at the top right, and in red at the center. The note is pasted onto a piece of cardboard, that appears to have been part of a scrapbook. It has portions of a printed article along the left edge and a printed illustration at the center pasted to the back.

Context

Issued by the Bank of Black River

Acquisition

Accession

1958.1

Source or Donor

Rugg, Harold Goddard (1883-1957)

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Made/Created

Bureau

Bank of Black River

Date made

1862

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Note, Private Bank

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Currency, Fractional

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

5-1/8 in

Width

2-1/2 in

Composition

Material

Paper

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Town

Ludlow

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America