Recto. City Bank of New Haven (Connecticut), 1 dollar, 1855
- Title
- Recto. City Bank of New Haven (Connecticut), 1 dollar, 1855
- Creator / Contributor
- Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. [producer]
- Date
- 1855
- Edition
- Connecticut, 1855
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Description
- Extent: 7.4 x 18.1 cm.
Materials/Techniques: ink on paper
paper - Subjects
- Places
- Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
- Abstract
- Printed on white paper in black ink. Bill has eleven small holes punched through the signatures. Images include two portrait medallions, one of a man and the other of a woman; and a city park among churches and trees. Verso: blank.
- Genre
- currencies
engravings - Style
- Antebellum
- Notes
- General note: Serial number: "A". ; Note in manuscript: issue number "24751", date "May 1st 1855", and signatures of the Cashier and President in brown ink.
Subject: Banking currency
Inscription: "STATE OF CONNECTICUT THE CITY BANK OF NEW HAVEN Promises to pay ONE dollar on demand to bearer. New Haven ___ CHARTER PERPETUAL".
Rights: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School: These images may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the Historical Collections Department, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Appointment necessary to consult collection.
