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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;petronius, post: 1415923, member: 37365&quot;]Three others <i>remainder</i>, which complete my collection, for the moment.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>$ 5 The Stonington Bank - Connecticut</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>Chartered in June 1822, Stonington Bank opened his doors later the same year. At the time, the town was a seaport active in the whaling trade, and reflecting of the whaling industry, certain bills show related motifs, or vignettes of marine environment...in this note, Neptune, god of the sea.</p><p>The bank closed in the mid-1860s.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]171996.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]171997.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>$ 5 The Bank of Washtenaw - Ann Arbor - Michigan</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>The Bank of Washtenaw was chartered on March 1835, and succumbed to the effects of the Panic of 1837, as most of the banks of Michigan</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]172001.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And at the end</p><p><br /></p><p><b>$ 20 Canal Bank - New Orleans - Louisiana</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>The Canal Bank was the largest bank in New Orleans before the Civil War. In 1848 its capital was more than $ 3,000,000, and in 1849 it had $ 1,714,835 face value bills in circulation</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]172002.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>petronius :smile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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