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Message:: [QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 1077072, member: 12789"]RickieB Collection Pickup <img src="http://scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/obsoletes/brunswickandalbanydtl1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/obsoletes/brunswickandalbany1dollar1871.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/obsoletes/brunswickandalbanydtl2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> An example of an "evasion" note issued after the cessation of the Civil War - non-National Bank issued notes were taxed out of existance and banks were made to re-open under a National charter to issue National currency.  Some entities in the South didn't quite get on board with that though, and continued to issue their own paper money but coyly issued them as "fare receipts" and due in payable to the company type script.  Some states and municipalities skirted the new regulations as late as 1896 with "Revenue Bond Issue" and "Warrants". The Brunswick and Albany was created in 1869 to take over the Georgia based "Brunswick and Florida RR" that had been destroyed during the war.  This railroad went bankrupt in 1872 and thenceforth became "Brunswick and Western Railroad" before being absorbed by the Savannah, Florida, and Western Railroad in the early 20th century. [/QUOTE]