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Recto. Harrisburg Bank (Pennsylvania), 5 dollars, 1848

Title
Recto. Harrisburg Bank (Pennsylvania), 5 dollars, 1848
Creator / Contributor
Draper, Underwood, Bald & Spencer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1833-1835 [producer]
Date
1848
Edition
Pennsylvania, 1848
Language
No linguistic content
Description
Extent: 7.5 x 17.4 cm.
Materials/Techniques: ink on paper
paper
Subjects
Places
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Abstract
Printed on off-white paper in black ink. Images include female figure with a rake and grain; and a seated Justice with sword and scales.Verso: blank.
Genre
currencies
engravings
Style
Antebellum
Notes
General note: Serial number: "A". ; Note in manuscript: issue number "1734", name of bearer, date "Sep 11 1848", and signatures of the Cashier and President in brown ink.
Subject: Banking currency
Inscription: "THE HARRISBURG BANK Promises to pay FIVE dollars on demand to ___ or bearer."
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.

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