Artifact of the Week – September 8, 2016

Posted by on September 8, 2016
September 8 2016

1830 Bank issued $2 bill

This $2 bill is part of the Stokes Collection at Old Independence Regional Museum.  The bill was issued by the Bank of Augusta, Georgia.  The date on the bill is 1830 a time when banks issued their own currency.  The bill was found inside a 1917-18 invoice and ledger book.

 

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