Newark

_18_ Single check letter at upper left. Values

• March 12, 1859 $1 As below, except no overprint. (Fr. NJ360G2)
• March 12, 1859 $1 Overprint: green. (Fr. NJ360G2a)
• March 12, 1859 $2 C: 2; two farmers, one std. eating lunch, one leaning on fence & smoking pipe. L: 2/portrait of girl. R: 2/hens & chickens. (Fr. NJ360G4)
• March 12, 1859 $2 As above, except for overprint: green panel outlining white TWO. (Fr. NJ360G4a)
• March 12, 1859 $2 Cft. of G4 or 4a. (Fr. NJ360C4)
• March 12, 1859 $3 C: farmer, sailor & mechanic stdg., vessels in bkgd. L: THREE & 3/anchor & merchandise. R: THREE & 3/portrait of girl. (Fr. NJ360G6)
• March 12, 1859 $3 As above, except for overprint: green panel outlining white THREE. (Fr. NJ360G6a)
• March 12, 1859 $5 C: five men working in boiler shop. L: V on 5/oval portrait of two girls. R: 5/man dressing leather. (Fr. NJ360G8)
• March 12, 1859 $5 As above, except for overprint: green panel outlining white FIVE. (Fr. NJ360G8a)
• March 12, 1859 $10 C: three women std., one woman stdg. & reading from book. L: 10/sailor at helm, in oval/TEN. R: 10/blacksmith stdg. by anvil. (Fr. NJ360G10)
• March 12, 1859 $10 As above, except for overprint: green panel outliningg white TEN. (Fr. NJ360G10a)
• March 12, 1859 $10 Raised from $1, G2 or 2a. (Fr. NJ360R5)
• March 12, 1859 $20 Raised from $2, G4 or 4a. (Fr. NJ360R10)
• March 12, 1859 $50 C: ½-length figures of three women, two stdg. & one std. L: L/oval portrait of Clay. R: 50/woman driving cow & calf. (Fr. NJ360G12)
• March 12, 1859 $50 As above, except for overprint: green panel outlining white FIFTY. (Fr. NJ360G12a)
• March 12, 1859 $100 C: two women stdg. on globe, flanked by two women std., shield, flag. L: C/sailor with telescope, leaning on capstan. R: 100/oval portrait of Webster (Fr. NJ360G14)
• March 12, 1859 $100 As above, except for overprint: green panel outlining white HUNDRED. (Fr. NJ360G14a)
• _18_ $1 C: Justice std. and woman reclining on cornucopia, eagle and shield bearing scene at left. L: 1/script/ONE/two women std. flanking shield surmounted by eagle, in oval (state die). R: 1 /woman std., distaff in raised left hand. BS: cornucopia, etc. Overprint: red ONE. Altered from $1 Lewis County Bank, Martinsburgh, NY-1330-G24a. (Fr. NJ360A5)
• June 1, 1861 $2 Back: green. Altered from $2, Allegany County Bank, Cumberland, MD-155-G4a. (Fr. NJ360A10)
• _18_ $2 C: train moving to left, horse at left and tree at rt. L: 2/two women std. flanking shield surmounted by eagle, in oval (state die), across. R: 2/woman std. with sheaf on lap, sickle in left hand. BS: 2. Overprint: red TWO. Altered from $2 Lewis County Bank, Martinsburgh, NY-1330-G30a. (Fr. NJ360A15)
• _18_ $3 C: 3; woman std. with caduceus, left arm on shield; 3/lathework THREE. L: 3/two women std. flanking shield surmounted by eagle, in oval (state die), across/3. RC-R: Ceres std. with left arm on sheaf, sickle in rt. hand, two cows at left/3. BS: cherub riding on deer. Altered from $3 Lewis County Bank, Martinsburgh, NY-1330-G34a. (Fr. NJ360A20)
• _18 $5 L-LC: Ceres std. in large ornate V, rt. hand raised. RC: woman reclining with dividers and scroll, globe at left and sextant at rt. Lower L: 5. R: 5/5. Overprint: 5 5, or FIVE. Altered from $5 Egg Harbor Bank, Egg Harbor, NJ-115-G6 series. (Fr. NJ360A25)
• _18_ $5 C: 5/woman std. with branch in rt. hand, eagle on lap, cornucopia at rt.; 5/lathework FIVE. L: 5/two women std. flanking shield surmounted by eagle, in oval (state die)/5, all across. R: curved FIVE/woman stdg. with grain, leaning on large square column at left/V. BS: steamboat. Altered from $5 Lewis County Bank, Martinsburgh, NY-1330-G40a. (Fr. NJ360A30)
• _18_ $10 C: X; winged cherub kneeling, carving X on stone tablet at left; 10/lathework TEN. L: 10/two women std. flanking shield surmounted by eagle, in oval (state die)/10, all across. R: small TEN/woman stdg. in niche, holding tall anchor at rt. BS: Ceres reclining. Altered from $10 Lewis County Bank, Martinsburgh, NY-1330-G46a. (Fr. NJ360A35)
• _18_ $5 C: 5; square female portrait flanked by harp & scientific instruments; 5. L: facade of bank building with columns/5. R: Washington stdg. with hand on horse's back/5. BS: arm & hammer. From a modified, fraudulent plate, originally for a counterfeit $5 (PA-455-C48a) on the Mechanics Bank of the City & County of Philadelpia. (Fr. NJ364S5)