USA, obsolete bank notes
    From the end of the 18th century until the Civil War approximately all of the paper money in the United States of America was issued by private banks.  There were thousands of them.  It was a very confusing situation.  You had to bring the note to the bank that issued it to get "real" money, which was coins.  Sometimes that bank was nowhere to be found.  Notes of this period are also called "broken bank notes" after the habit of many of those banks to go bust.  The major reference is by Haxby.

USA, GEORGIA, Savannah, Mechanics' Savings & Loan Assoc., 10 cents, 1863?, P-nl, H-nl, poor $6.50 sold
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USA, GEORGIA, Augusta, Union B., 5 dollars, H-GA70-G6a, 2.9.1854, cows, edge bite, pinhole, VG $20.00 sold 1/23/2010
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USA, GEORGIA, Augusta, Union B., 10 dollars, H-GA70-G8a, 8.9.1854, women, pinholes, VG $27.00 sold 1/23/2010
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USA, GEORGIA, Savannah, Merchants & Planters Bank, 10 dollars, 5.7.1856, H-GA315-G10a, corner bites, other faults, VG $11.00 sold
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USA, GEORGIA, Savannah,  Merchants & Planters B., 50 dollars, H-GA-315-G14b,  15.7.1856, horses, contemporary tape repair, otherwise F $11.00 sold
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USA, LOUSIANA, New Orleans, Canal Bank, 10 dollars, ND (1840s), Columbus, Fulton, cherubs, H-LA-105-G22a, unissued remainder, AU $32.00 sold
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USA, LOUSIANA, New Orleans, Citizens' Bank, 5 dollars, 18__ (1850s), H-LA-15-G12c, unissued remainder, XF-AU $25.00 sold
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USA, MICHIGAN, Mt. Clemens, Bank of Macomb County, 10 dollars, ND (1830s), boat & train, H-MI-295-G20, split folds, G $25.00 sold
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USA, MISSISSIPPI, Brandon, Mississippi & Alabama Rail Road Co., 10 dollars, 5.5.1837, Washington, H-MS-25-G94, repaired torn corner, VG $25.00 sold
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USA, NEW JERSEY, Salem, Salem & Philadelphia Manufacturing Co., 1 dollar, 1820s-30s, Mercury, H-NJ495-G2a, XF $52.00
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USA, NEW JERSEY, Salem, Salem & Philadelphia Manufacturing Co., 2 dollars, 1820s-30s, H-NJ495-G4a, XF $46.50 sold 6/3/2008
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USA, NEW YORK, Poughkeepsie, Farmers & Manufacturers Bank, 10 cents, 1.7.1862, H-nl, VG $21.00 sold
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USA, OHIO, CUYAHOGA FALLS, Summit County Bank, 10 cents, 1862 train, remainder, Unc $21.00
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I found myself suspicious of the high quality of these, but a number of normally circumspect & honorable dealers offered them in 2005, so I will too.
 
 
 
 

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, Warren, North Western Bank, 5 dollars, 18.7.1861, Washington, cattle, girl, H-PA-670-G10a, G $22.00 sold
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USA, RHODE ISLAND, Providence, Bank of the Republic, 1 dollar, 1.10.1855, Washington, H-RI-385-G2a, VG $27.00 sold
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USA, RHODE ISLAND, Providence, Bank of the Republic, 5 dollars, date faded, (1858?), U.S. capitol, H-RI-385-G8a, VG $25.00 sold
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USA, RHODE ISLAND, Providence, Bank of the Republic, 10 dollars, 21.9.1855, Franklin, farm couple, H-RI-385-G10a, pin holes, aVF $41.00 sold
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USA, VERMONT, Bennington, B. of Troy (N.Y.), 10 dollars, 15.10.1859, barnyard scene, H-nl.  Haxby mentions this in the N.Y. section, calling it "merchant scrip."  aG $18.00 sold
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