Ohio Obsolete Paper Money Collection
| This collection consists of over 750 units of Ohio Obsolete Paper Money that pre-date the Civil War, some as early as the 1810's. Included are demand notes, scrip, post notes, certificates of deposit, counterfeits, capital stock and fractional currency from over 100 Ohio cities. The collection is housed in three albums in the Western Reserve Historical Society Rare Book Room, also known as the Vault. |
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| This inventory includes the WRHS item number, city of origin, issuer, note type, date, denomination, names of any signers, serial number, plate number, printer, color, condition, description, and notes including the cataloguing numbers used by James A. Haxby in the Standard Catalog of United States Obsolete Bank Notes, 1782-1866. In the Signers column, a question mark or an ellipse was used when the handwriting was illegible or in question. Abbreviations used are as follows: |
| B: bottom |
L: left |
TL: top left |
| BL: bottom left |
LC: left center |
TR: top right |
| BR: bottom right |
LL: lower left |
UL: upper left |
| C: center |
LR: lower right |
UR: upper right |
| CL: center left |
P: plate |
Uncirc: uncirculated |
| CR: center right |
R: right |
VF: very fine |
| (H): Haxby |
RC: right center |
VG: very good |
| (JRP): donor |
TC: top center |
w/: with |
| X Fine: extra fine |
SENC: surviving example not confirmed |
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