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Catalog Information
GSID:
392369
Variety:
Spurious design, but imitates a rough verbal description of a genuine note on this bank, $5 G8a.
Coin Date:
_18_
Denomination:
$5
Coinage Type:
Altered, Spurious and Unattributed Non-Genuine Notes
Coinage Years:
1860
PCGS #:
NJ455S5
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Request Pricing_18 $1 Tint: red-brown overall lathework.
_18_ $2 C: 2. LC: woman feeding chickens. RC: six men at work in iron mill. L&R: 2/TWO, across. Tint: red-brown overall lathework.
_18_ $3 Lower L-LC: woman std. sewing shoes at left & man dressing leather at rt., flanking shield bearing bull's head. Upper L: 3. R: 3/½-length figure of milkmaid with pail. Tint: red-brown overall lathework.
_18_ $5 C: view of river, bridge, rafts, hills in bkgd. L: ¾-length figure of woman scattering flowers/5. R: V/locomotive, in circle. Tint: red-brown overall lathework. Beware of spurious note, S5, resembling the genuine.
_18_ $10 C: men at work puddling iron. L: ¾-length figure of woman with cornucopia/10. R: 10/¾-length figure of blacksmith, houses in bkgd. Tint: red-brown overall lathework.
_18_ $20 L: Indian family on cliff overlooking city/20. R: 20/mechanic leaning on wall, machinery & implements. Tint: red-brown die in ctr., bearing 20 & word TWENTY six times.
_18_ $50 L: 50/woman in clouds with cornucopia, pointing to rt. R: 50/woman in clouds with sextant. BS: eagle. Tint: red-brown die in ctr., bearing 50 & FIFTY DOLLARS.
_18_ $100 LC: full-length figure of woman in loose gown. RC: Minerva. L&R: panel bearing ONE HUNDRED. Tint: red-brown die bearing 100 & ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Dec. 1 $1 Altered from spurious $1, Bank of Fort Wayne, IN-180-S2.
$2 Overprint: blue TWO. Altered from $2 Bank of Greensborough, Greensborough, GA-165-G4a series.
_18_ $2 L-LC: three allegorical women floating in clouds, with palm branch, wreath, pole and cap. Upper LC: 2. RC-R: woman std. with two calves, one stdg. at left and one lying down at rt., country scene in left bkgd. Lower R: 2. BS: quail. Overprint: 2 2 or TWO. Altered from $2 Egg Harbor Bank, Egg Harbor, NJ-115-G4 series.
_18_ $3 C: Ceres & Liberty std. flanking U.S. shield surmounted by eagle. L: 3/oval portrait of Webster. R: THREE across 3/oval portrait of woman looking to left. Overprint: red ornate THREE. Altered from $3 Waubeek Bank, De Soto, NE-30-G6a.
_18_ $5 Overprint: red FIVE. Altered from $5 Bank of Greensborough, Greensborough, GA-165-G6 series.
June 1, 1858 $10 Lower L-LC: woman std. on ground under palm tree, head resting on hand, shovel and sickle at rt. Lower RC-R: woman reclining with rt. arm on shield bearing scroll, pole and cap in left hand. Upper L&R: 10. Overprint: blue ornate TEN. Altered from $10 Bank of Greensborough, Greensborough, GA-165-G8 series.
_18_ $10 L: 10/eagle & plow, houses in bkgd. R: 10/eagle. Overprint: blue TEN.
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