Hamilton Bank $1
Late 1840s Proof. Durand 2128. Haxby RI-440 G20
Mounted on card. Danforth & Hufty. Likely mounted in a book at one point, and likely from the American Bank Note Co.’s archival record books.
“Top, left of center, white horse and startled bay horse observe train. Lower left, Webster. Right of center, cameo of Shakespeare. Far right, standing Agriculture.”
This vignette, depicting a train startling horses, was meant to show the era’s new form of transportation in contrast to the old one.