Burnet County 50 cents (fifty cents) county scrip
Rating
Title
Burnet County 50 cents (fifty cents) county scrip
County of Origin
Burnet County
Town of Issue
Burnet
Currency Type
County Scrip
Denomination
$0.50
Bank/Issuer
Burnet County
Imprint
None
Date Issued
Oct 14 1862
Decade
1860-1869
Notes
This county scrip was issued in Burnet by Burnet County . The note was printed on brown paper . The phrase 'RECEIVABLE FOR' is printed in a shadow-case , outline typeface within a border design along the left side of the note , while 'COUNTY DUES ' is printed in the same font within a border design along the right side of the note . A small , thin ribbon-style border runs along the top and bottom of the note . The abbreviation 'No. ' is printed in the upper-left corner ; the number '1500 ' is handwritten adjacent to it . The plate designation 'A' appears in the upper-right corner . The first three digits that comprise the year , 186 , are printed ; the last digit , 2 , as well as the day and month are handwritten . The phrase 'The Treasurer of Burnet County ' is printed in bold in a Roman-style typeface across the face of the note . The amount '50 CENTS ' appears in a simple bold font while the surrounding text is printed in a script-style font . The 1860 census for Burnet , Burnet County , Texas , M653 , roll 1289 , p . 173 , lines 25-32 , lists Thomas B . Haynie as a 77-year-old 'Gent ' and native of North Carolina living presumably with his 72-year-old wife , Anne Haynie , in the household of 45-year-old merchant S.A.J . Haynie , a native of Tennessee with real estate valued at $7,390 and personal property worth $18,530 . BC-54 .
Rarity
R.7
Signatures
Thos . B . Haynie Treasurer .
Dimensions
5.7 x 12.6 cm
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Process
Digitization process : scanned as 1200 ppi , 16-bits per channel , RGB.tif ; derivative created from recto and verso and resized as 3000 pixels on the long edge , 8-bits per channel RGB.jpg .
Upload File Name
rowe_barr_burnetcounty_burnet_0000003_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
rowe_barr_burnetcounty_burnet_0000003r.tif ; rowe_barr_burnetcounty_burnet_0000003v.tif
Scan Path Number
Burnet\Burnet\0000003r
Rowe Catalog Number
3
Digital Collection
Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
SMU Libraries
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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