Republic of Texas $1.00 (one dollar) change note
Rating
Title
Republic of Texas $1.00 (one dollar) change note
County of Origin
Travis County
Town of Issue
Austin
Currency Type
Change Note
Denomination
$1.00
Bank Issuer
Republic of Texas
Imprint
Endicott & Clark . New Orleans
Date Issued
March 1st 1841
Decade
1840-1849
Vignette
(L) Standing Native American holding a bow with a quiver on his back . (C) Ceres seated with scythe and plow , agricultural products and cattle ; eagle at bottom .
Notes
This change note was issued in Austin by the Republic of Texas . Change notes , a type of currency during the Republic years , were unifacial . Lines border each edge of the note . A vignette of a Native American holding a bow in his left hand and a quiver on his back comprises the left border of the note ; the word 'ONE ' is printed above and below the vignette . The word 'ONE ' is printed in the center of the right border ; the number '1 ' is printed above and beneath it . The following imprint appears next to the right border : Endicott & Clark . New Orleans . The abbreviation 'No. ' is printed towards the upper-right corner of the note ; the number '5237 ' is handwritten adjacent to it . The plate designation 'A' is printed next to the number '1 ' that is printed within a decorative design towards the left-center of the note . A vignette of Ceres , the goddess of agriculture , is printed in the upper-right center of the note . She is sitting on bales of hay and is surrounded by a plow and cattle . An image of an eagle is along the bottom center of the note . The month , day , and last two digits of the year are handwritten ; the first two digits of the year , 18 , are printed . The note is signed on the recto by James B . Shaw , Comptroller (the title 'Clerk ' is printed on the note) . Shaw was comptroller from 1839-1859 , was often acting secretary of the treasury during Sam Houston's second administration , and represented Texas in Washington D.C . in 1850 to collect $5,000,000.00 from the government as payment from the Compromise of 1850 and the sale by Texas of parts of News Mexico and Colorado (TSHA) . CR : A-1 .
Rarity
R.1
Signatures
James B Shaw Comp ; [blank] Treasr
Dimensions
7.5 x 17.3 cm .
Bibliographic References
Medlar , p . 6 , no . 21 ; Criswell , A-1 .
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
TravisAustin0000049_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
0000049r.tif ; 0000049v.tif
Scan Path Number
Travis\Austin\0000049r
Rowe Catalog Number
21.04
Digital Collection
Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.
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