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Thirty-nine (39) Tennessee Bank Notes and US Bills. 1st item: One (1) Shelby County, Tennessee $5 bill, Series 3, 1873, Henry Seibert & Bros, New York, NY. Agricultural vignettes, lower left and right. Bill “certifies Shelby County is indebted to Selma, Marion, and Memphis Rail Road, or bearer, the sum of Five Dollars for Stock Subscription in said Road”. Serial Number 1885. Chairman of the County Court signature. 2nd item: One (1) Bank of Chattanooga, Tennessee $5 bill, issued in Chattanooga, TN, June 20, 18_8, printed by Danforth, Wright, and Co., New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA. Vignette of Commerce, lower left, allegorical female figures, top and lower center, lower right. Serial Number 8142/ pp B. Cashier/President signatures. 3rd item: One (1) Bank of Chattanooga, Tennessee $3 bill, issued in Chattanooga, TN, January 4, 1863. Vignette of slaves picking cotton, lower right. Serial Number [blank]/ pp A. Cashier/President signatures. 4th item: One (1) The Exchange Bank of Tennessee $1 bill, issued in Murfreesboro, TN, January 1856, printed by Danforth, Wright, and Co., New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA. Vignette of the Tennessee State Capitol Building, top center, vignette of an American eagle on a shield, lower left, portrait, lower right. Serial Number 8215/ pp A. Cashier/President signatures. 5th-6th items: Two (2) Bank of Chattanooga, Tennessee $1 bill, issued in Chattanooga, TN, August 28, 1861, printed by Jules Manouvrier, New Orleans, LA. Serial Number 5511/ pp A, 8349/ pp B. Cashier/President signatures. 7th item: One (1) Bank of Chattanooga, Tennessee $1 note, issued in Chattanooga, TN, January 4, 1863, engraved by Keatinge and Ball, Columbia, SC. Vignette of a train, top center, vignette of a blacksmith, lower right. Serial Number [blank]/ pp B. Cashier/President signatures. 8th item: One (1) $1 promissory note, issued in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, January 14, 1863. Vignette of a young woman, left. Note reads “Good for One Dollar. Redeemable in Confederate Treasury Notes when the sum of Five Dollars is presented”. Serial Number 182. Signed, lower right. 9th item: One (1) 50 cents promissory note, issued in Elkton, Tennessee, December 1862. Note reads “Good for Fifty Cents, in Confederate Treasury when the sum of Five Dollars is presented”. Serial Number 135. Signed, lower right. 10th item: One (1) 50 cents promissory note, issued in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, April 2, 1863. Note reads ” On Demand, I will pay Fifty Cents to Bearer when presented in sums of Five Dollars or upwards”. Serial Number 106. Signed, lower right. 11th item: 1899 US $2 “Mini-Porthole” Blue Seal Silver Certificate, depicting the portrait of George Washington, center, flanked by male and female figures representing Mechanics and Agriculture. Engraved by George Frederick Cumming Smillie (District of Columbia, 1854-1924). Serial Number N38474157/ pp A. FR # 255. Teehee/Burke signatures. 12th item: 1917 US $1 “Sawhorse” legal tender note, depicting the portrait of George Washington, center, with a vignette of Christopher Columbus sighting land thus “discovering America”, designed by Joseph P. Ourdan (District of Columbia, 1828-1881), left, obverse. The “sawhorse reverse”, reverse. Serial Number A98495058A/ pp B. FR # 36. Teehee/Burke signatures. 13th item: $1 “Flying Eagle” bank note dated 1918 from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Georgia, depicting the portrait of George Washington, obverse. Vignette of an eagle holding the American flag, reverse. Serial Number F4356977A/ pp E. FR # 723. Teehee/Burke/Pike/McCord signatures. 14th-15th items: Two (2) 1923 US $1 “Horse Blanket/Cogwheel” silver certificates, depicting the portrait of George Washington, obverse. The “cogwheel reverse”, reverse. Serial Number Z90576016B/ PP D, A88002298D/ pp F. FR # 237. Speelman/White signatures. Blue seal. 16th-37th items: Twenty-one (21) 1953 A-C and 1963 US $2 legal tender note, depicting the portrait of Thomas Jefferson, obverse. Vignette of Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia, reverse. Series 1953: Serial Number A28362467A/ pp O, 1 note total. FR # 1509. Priest/Humphrey signatures. Series 1953 A: Serial Number A53849066A/ pp K, A55963969A/ pp I, A56282108A/ pp G, A58223992A/ pp N, A59707735A/ pp P, A62145230A/ pp L, A62413836A/ pp G, A62412799A/ pp G, A62864942A/ pp L, 9 notes total. FR # 1510. Priest/Anderson signatures. Series 1953 B: Serial Number (star)03155511A/ pp N, A63429032A/ pp D, A0191190A/ pp R, A70249523A/ pp C, 4 notes total. FR # 1511 and 1511(star). Smith/Dillon signatures. Series 1953 C: Serial Number A79814804/ pp M, 1 note total. FR # 1512. Granahan/Dillon signatures. Series 1963: Serial Number A01504079A/ pp D, A01507232A/ pp D, A04167652A/ pp A, A07360802A/ pp A, A09487717A/ pp C, A14583414A/ pp B, 6 notes total. FR # 1513. Granahan/Dillon signatures. Red seals. 38th item: 1874 Twenty-Five Cents Fractional Currency note, depicting the portrait of Robert J. Walker, former Secretary of the Treasury. FR # 1309. Fifth Issue. Allison/Spinner signatures. 39th item: 1874 Ten Cents Fractional Currency notes, depicting the portrait of William M. Meredith, former Secretary of the Treasury. FR # 1264. Fifth Issue. Allison/Spinner signatures. Bills range in size from 1 3/4″ H x 4 1/2″ W to 3 1/4″ H x 7 3/8″ W. Mid 19th/mid 20th century. Provenance: the collection of Benjamin Dysart, Brentwood, Tennessee. CONDITION: All bills in circulated condition.