File:Recto Merchants Bank (Boston Massachusetts) 2 dollars 1855 urn-3 HBS.Baker.AC 1141735.jpeg

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Recto_Merchants Bank (Boston_Massachusetts)_2 dollars_1855
Author
Doty & Bergen, producer ; Merchants Bank (Boston, Massachusetts), associated name
Title
Recto_Merchants Bank (Boston_Massachusetts)_2 dollars_1855
Description
Printed on off-white paper in black and red ink. Bill is marked counterfeit on verso. Images include male figure on a horse; a deer; an eagle holding a branch and arrows; a seated female figure holding a caduseus; grain; scythe; anchor; railroad; bridge; and barrel. Verso: handwritten initials and "counterfeit" in brown ink.
Date 1855
date QS:P571,+1855-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium ink on paper
Dimensions 8 x 17.7 cm.
Harvard Business School
Current location
Baker Library
Accession number
MH:VIA W365541_urn-3:HBS.Baker.AC:1141735
Inscriptions Inscription: "CAPITAL 100,000 Sept. 1st 1855 The Merchants Bank Will pay TWO DOLLARS on demand to the Bearer"
Notes Merchants Bank (Boston, Massachusetts), 2 dollars, 1855, 1855. Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Historical Collections, 2-44/2, Mss :78 C 1709-1868 976. American Currency Collection. Recto.
Source/Photographer CURIOSity - American Currency: https://id.lib.harvard.edu/curiosity/american-currency/66-W365541_urn-3:HBS.Baker.AC:1141735
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