50 Cents, Fractional Currency, Bank of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, ca. 1862
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 cent note, Bank of Catasauqua
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content: Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, ca 1862
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Images: Man with plough being pulled by two horses; woman with pail of milk standing in front of two cows with a cottage surrounded by mountains in the background; an eagle with arrows in its talon; and a bull.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: BANK OF CATASAUQUA / NO / CATSAUQUA, PA / OCTOBER 1, 1862 / WILL PAY THE BEARER FIFTY CENTS / FRIEDENSBOTE PRINT
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content: Reverse Image: N/A
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content: Reverse Text: N/A
label: Description
content: Fractional currency, coined or paper money of smaller denomination than the standard denomination, was used in America during the Civil War. Fractional currency came in many forms. This fifty-cent note issued by the Bank of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania is another example of fractional currency.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Catasauqua
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Civil War
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0023.003
label: accession number
content: 2013.0023
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0023.003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 15.1 cm x .01 cm; 2 3/4 in x 5 15/16 in x in