The Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas $5.00 and $10.00 (five and ten dollars) private scrip

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Title	The Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas $5.00 and $10.00 (five and ten dollars) private scrip
County of Origin	Galveston County
Town of Issue	Galveston
Currency Type	Private Scrip
Denomination	$5.00 $10.00
Bank Issuer	The Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas
Imprint	Danforth & Hufty, New York & Philad.
Date Issued	January 1st, 1848.
Decade	1840-1849
Notes	This private scrip was issued in Galveston by The Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas. The bank was chartered by Mexico in 1835 and notes were printed in anticipation of the bank's opening at Columbia (which see). Samuel M. Williams opened the bank in 1848 under the original Mexican charter. This currency sheet includes four notes. The top three notes are $5.00 notes and have the plate designations A-C. The bottom note is a $10.00 note and has the plate designation ''A.'' With the exception of denomination, the printing on each note is identical. On the $5.00 notes, the left border of the note includes the number ''5'' in a decorative cartouche in the upper corner, a vignette of a barrel and a cotton plant in the middle, and the word ''FIVE'' in the bottom corner. A bust of George Washington is printed in the upper-center of the note with Agriculture to his left and Commerce to his right. Along the right border of the note the number ''5'' is printed in the upper corner and a bust of an unknown maiden appears in the lower corner. In between these two images the abbreviation ''No.'' is printed. The plate designation appears to the right. A small vignette of barrels and crates is printed at the bottom-center of the note. The $10.00 note differs only in that the number ''5'' is replaced by the Roman numeral ''X'' and the word ''FIVE'' is replaced by the word ''TEN.''
Rarity	R.7
Signatures	blank, Cash.; blank, Pres.
Dimensions	19.5 x 33 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	GalvestonGalveston0000030_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	0000030r.tif; 0000030v.tif
Scan Path Number	Galveston\Galveston\0000030r
Rowe Catalog Number	6.01
Digital Collection	Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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