Obverse Text: NO 930 / £1 / GOUVERNEMENTS NOOT. / EEN POND. / DE REGEERING DER ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK BELOOFT AAN HOUDER DEZES TE BETALEN EEN POND STERLING, VOLGENS DE BEPALINGEN VAN WET NO. 1, 1900, WAARVAN ARTT. 2 EN 3 OP DE ACHTERZIJDE VAN DEZE NOOT ZIJN AFGEDRUKT. / DEZE NOOT IS GEWAARBORGD DOOR ALLE VASTE EIGENDOMMEN VAN DEN STAAT, ZOOALS BEPAALD IN WET NO. 1, 1900. / AUDT.-GENERAAL. / PRETORIA, 28 . 5 . 1900 / THES.-GENERAAL. / GEDRUKT TER STAATSDRUKKERIJ VAN DE Z. A. REPUBLIEK.
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Reverse Text: ART. 2 - DEZE NOTEN ZULLEN EEN GEDWONGEN KOERS HEBBEN TOTDAT ZIJ AFGELOST ZULLEN WORDEN; DE AFLOSSING ZAL GESCHIEDEN BIJ WIJZE VAN UITLOTING, DE BIJZONDER- HEDEN WAARVAN LATER ZULLEN WORDEN BEPAALD EN ZAL BEGINNEN OP 1 JUNI 1901, WANNEER EEN BEDRAG VAN EEN HONDERD DUIZEND POND STERLING ZAL WORDEN AFGELOST EN ZOO VOORTS ZAL IEDERE VOLGENDE 1STE JUNI EEN BEDRAG VAN EEN HONDERD DUIZEND PONDEN STERLING WORDEN AFGE- LOST, TOTDAT HET GEHEELE BEDRAG ZAL ZIJN AFGELOST. ZOODRA / EENE NOOT UITGELOOT EN AFGELOST IS, ZAL ZE DOOR DEN THESAURIER-GENERAAL EN AUDITEUR-GENERAAL IN TEGEN- WOORDIGHEID VAN TWEE PERSONEN, DOOR DE REGEERING BENOEMD, WORDEN VERNIETIGD. / ART. 3 - DEZE NOTEN ZULLEN EEN RENTEKOERS HEBBEN VAN ZES PERCENT PER ANNUM, BETAALBAAR AAN DEN HOUDER IN KLINKENDE MUNT, IEDERE 1STE JUNI VOOR HET AFGELOOPEN JAAR OP HET KANTOOR VAN DEN THESAURIER-GENERAAL OF EEN PER PROCLAMATIE AANGEWEZEN BANK OF BANKEN.
The New Martinsville Glass Manufacturing Company of New Martinsville, West Virginia, issued this one dollar promissory note on February 13, 1932, guaranteed by the treasurer, John F. Martin, and countersigned by the company’s president, Frank Wells Clark. The note was redeemable for a cash dollar sixty days after the issuing date, and this note was promptly redeemed on April 12, 1932. This kind of note is commonly known as Depression scrip. As the name would suggest, notes like these were used during the Great Depression when cash was hard to come by and companies may have had trouble paying their debts. When banks were closing and people were hoarding money, local towns and factories issued their own currency or promissory notes to stimulate the local economy.
Obverse Text: ONE / 1 / STATE OF OHIO / STOCKHOLDERS LIABLE INDIVIDUALLY / NO. 163 / C / THE PRESIDENT DIRECTORS & CO. OF THE MANHATTAN BANK PROMISE TO PAY ONE DOLLAR TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT THEIR BANKING HOUSE / MANHATTAN / JUNE 4 1839
Obverse Text: 2 / BANK OF SIERRA LEONE PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE SUM OF TWO LEONES / B/4 689644 / GOVERNOR / DEPUTY GOVERNOR / DIRECTORS / THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED.
Reverse Image: Village scene.
Reverse Text: 2 / BANK OF SIERRA LEONE / TWO LEONES / UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE
Obverse Image: Eagle with shield, arrows, and branch at left.
Obverse Text: THIRTY / 30 / N. 140 / THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS, & COMPANY OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, PROMISE TO PAY TO R KEEN OR BEARER ON DEMAND, THIRTY DOLLARS. / PHILADELPHIA, THE 30 DAY OF DECR 1791
Obverse Text: 100 / BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST / 217889881/ 89881 / D. 88 / LE PRESIDENT, / LE DIRECTEUR GENERAL, / CENT FRANCS / 23-4-1959
Reverse Image: Man at left, ornamental carving at right.
Reverse Text: 100 / BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST / CENT FRANCS / L'ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PENAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPETUITE CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIE LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISEES PAR LA LOI.
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the left, portrait of Chiang Kai-shek to the right.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination to the sides, Central Bank of China (Chungking Branch) building at center.
Reverse Text: 500000 / THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA / 500000 / 500000 / 500000 / 500000 / GENERAL MANAGER / FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GOLD YUAN / 1949 / GOVERNOR / 500000
Obverse Image: At left, seated female with a shield, quiver, olive branch, and anchor. In center, a seated female and two cattle in an open field. At right, anchor.
Obverse Text: 10 / NO. 9738 / A / THE BANK OF MILLEDGEVILLE WILL PAY TEN DOLLARS TO BEARER ON DEMAND. MILLEDGEVILLE GEO. MAY 1. 1854. / STOCKHOLDERS PERSONALLY LIABLE
Obverse Image: At left, a woman holding bird. In center, an enslaved person on cart with cotton. At right, portrait of a man.
Obverse Text: MISSISSIPPI / TREASURY NOTE / 20 / A / NO. 4985 / THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WILL PAY TWENTY DOLLARS TO C K MARSHAL OR BEARER ON ACCOUNT OF THE MILITARY FUND BEARING TEN PERCENT INTEREST PER ANNUM, PAYABLE ON THE 1ST JUNE 1864 AT THE TREASURERS OFFICE. / JACKSON, MISS. JAN 19 1863
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at center, rice planting and farmers to the sides.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, pagoda at center, ram to right.
Reverse Text: 50 CENTS / THE FARMERS BANK OF CHINA / 50 CENTS / FIFTY CENTS NATIONAL CURRENCY / 50 / GENERAL MANAGER / ASST. GENERAL MANAGER / 50 / THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED, LONDON.
Obverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at bottom, portrait of Sun Yat-sen at center.
Obverse Text: [NEEDS TRANSLATION]
Reverse Image: Name of bank at top, denomination at bottom, Central Bank of China building in Shanghai at center.
Reverse Text: 500 / 500 / 500 / THE CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA / FIVE HUNDRED CUSTOMS GOLD UNITS / 500 / ASST. GENERAL MANAGER / GENERAL MANAGER / 500 / 500 / 1947 / 500 / SECURITY BANK NOTE COMPANY.