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20 Dollars Bank of Augusta

20 Dollars (Bank of Augusta) - obverse20 Dollars (Bank of Augusta) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Confederate States (United States)
Issuing bank The Bank of Augusta
Type Local banknotes
Years 1850-1865
Value 20 Dollars
Currency Dollar
Composition Paper
Size 180 × 76 mm
Shape Rectangular (hand cut)
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
374971
References Cr# A-741
Confederate and Southern States Currency (3 volumes).

Obverse

Bust to the left of, possibly, James Oglethorpe

2 women, one in a Phrygian cap, sit flanking a shield with a bald eagle on top. In the shield are boats on the water with the sun coming over mountains in the background.

Behind that a ship to the left and train to the right.

To the very right, a circle with a train and cargo

Lettering:
20 STATE OF GEORGIA 20
The President Directors & Co of
THE Bank of Augusta
Promise to pay Twenty Dollars on demand
to _____ or bearer. AUGUSTA,______18_____
TWENTY ___________ Cash. ___________ President. XX

Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York.

Reverse

Blank.

Printer

Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New York City, United States (1847-1858)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1850-1865)  Some dated as far back as 1856

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