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Title: US $ 3.00
Date: 1858-11-22
Object Name: paper money
Classification: North American
Culture(s):
American
Mint: North America, United States, Providence
Technique: printed
Medium: paper
Dimensions: Overall: 7.3 x 17.8 cm (2 7/8 x 7 in.)
Subject/Image: Obverse: Blacksmith shoeing horse; female figure standing; female bust facing
Subject/Image: Reverse: Blank
Inscription: Obverse: THE MOUNT VERNON BANK Will pay on demand to bearer Three Dollars No. 363 A Nov 22 1858 PROVIDENCE
Description: Central vignette: blacksmith's shop with blacksmith crouching left shoeing horse, donkey and anvil left, forge right. Steam train in background. Left vignette: female figure standing slightly right, head left, resting right arm on architectural element. In lower right a circular portrait medallion with female bust facing, head slightly right, with grain in hair. 3 in red field right. Serial number 363 in ink lower left, date in right. Signatures: Arnold (Cashier) Belcher (President).
Accession Number: NG.1979.5.179