1800's $5 The Stonington Bank Note from Stonington, Connecticut.
This bank operated from 1822 until it closed in 1867.
This note features a Vignette of an allegorical maiden seated at the center holding a Liberty Pole, Scales, seated by a Cornucopia, and resting her foot on a Globe. These are all symbols representing Liberty, Justice, Plenty, and Navigation.
On the left end is a Vignette of Neptune and his family being pulled in a clam shell chariot by hippocampi.
This note grades About Uncirculated with a hard sheet crease across the bottom.
It measures ~ 7" x 3".
1800's $5 The Stonington Bank Note from Stonington, Connecticut.
This bank operated from 1822 until it closed in 1867.
This note features a Vignette of an allegorical maiden seated at the center holding a Liberty Pole, Scales, seated by a Cornucopia, and resting her foot on a Globe. These are all symbols representing Liberty, Justice, Plenty, and Navigation.
On the left end is a Vignette of Neptune and his family being pulled in a clam shell chariot by hippocampi.
This note grades About Uncirculated with a hard sheet crease across the bottom.
It measures ~ 7" x 3".