1858 $5 The Bank of Commerce - Savannah, GEORGIA Note

$119.00

This note features a detailed Vignette of the Georgia Coat of Arms being flanked by a Revolutionary War soldier and Liberty. A bold "FIVE" protector is printed in red.

This note is signed by G.B. Lamar as President who had a fascinating background after moving to New York in 1850. In New York, Gazaway Lamar had become a valued contact for Southern governments, arranging loans, printing bonds and as the war neared, actually buying semi-obsolete rifles from the federal arsenal for the states of Georgia and South Carolina.

This note grades a nice Very Fine.

It measures ~ 7.25" x 3".

This note features a detailed Vignette of the Georgia Coat of Arms being flanked by a Revolutionary War soldier and Liberty. A bold "FIVE" protector is printed in red.

This note is signed by G.B. Lamar as President who had a fascinating background after moving to New York in 1850. In New York, Gazaway Lamar had become a valued contact for Southern governments, arranging loans, printing bonds and as the war neared, actually buying semi-obsolete rifles from the federal arsenal for the states of Georgia and South Carolina.

This note grades a nice Very Fine.

It measures ~ 7.25" x 3".