Paper dollar of Dubuque Central Improvement Company, United States/Iowa, 1857. 0000.999.12778

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.12778

Physical Description

Axis: 0
Color: Black and red
SerialNumber: 5680 A

Typological Description

Object Type: Paper Money
Date: 1857
Date on Object
- Date: December 28, 1857
Denomination: dollar
Manufacture: EN
Material: Paper
Authority
- Issuer: Dubuque Central Improvement Company
- Maker: Wellstood, Hay and Whiting, NY
Geographic
- Region: United States
- Region: Iowa
Obverse
- Legend: TWELVE MONTHS AFTER DATE, PROMISE TO PAY F.E. BILSELL OR BEARER
- Type: Female in armor seated with large "1"| seated female with silver dollar

Undertype Description

Description: ONE in red grillwork

References

Reference: Criswell D-705
Reference: Hatie IA.1

Administrative History

Identifier: 0000.999.12778
Department: North American
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Notes

The dollar has rays like the 25 and 50 cent pieces of 1853

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Public Domain Mark (images)
Rights: No Copyright - United States

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