U.S. Obsolete currency generally refers to bank notes and scrip issued between 1782 and the late 1860s that were not Federal issues. These notes are obsolete in the sense that they can no longer be redeemed. They include postal notes, private company scrip and numerous private and community concerns.
This note from the Egg Harbor Bank, in Egg Harbor City, New Jersey dates from October 1, 1861 and features several vignettes, the denomination top left and right($1), a small child adjacent to the top one and a female American Indian below, a woman feeding a calf at top center and a Bald Eagle lower right ….
From the Egg Harbor Bank, in Egg Harbor City, NJ 5 Dollar Note dates from August 1, 1861 and features vignettes of Ceres sitting in a large V and Navigation reclining, the denomination top right and two bottom corners. Two green overprint 5’s at the bottom is added as an anti-counterfeiting measure and comes through the back…
This Two Dollar Egg Harbor Bank New Jersey Note features several vignettes. Liberty and two other godesses at left, the denomination($2) adjacent, a woman feeding a calf at top center and people fording a river behind her. At bottom center a covey of quail. Two green overprints “2” at the bottom is added as an anti-counterfeiting measure and…