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Message:: [QUOTE="saltysam-1, post: 2330790, member: 23368"]This note is private script from the Hydeville Company located in Vermont. They produced notes valued at 5c-10c-25c and 50c, all with the pre-printed date of October 1st, 1862. The mill produced marble slabs and is still doing it currently in an updated facility in the Hydeville/Castlewood area. The original owners of the mill, Pitt and Arthur Hyde, pre-printed their signature on all of their fractional notes but assigned the serial numbers as needed. They had control of the water power in the area. They also owned the only railroad station in Rutland County where the quarries are. I imagine they had influence over the other mills in the area as well. The script has a full red panel overlay with the value printed at center. I noticed a streak running through the denomination stamp in the upper right hand corner. At first I thought it might be a crease but it is not. It may have been caused by a guide wheel when printing the overlay. That would mean the first printing wasn't dry before the second was applied. I have a stereo microscope so I have included one picture at 5x and another at 10x. You can see there are no torn fibers or paper damage, but the ink has been partially removed by possible friction contact. I have looked at several other Hydeville Company notes and they do not have this anomalies on them.[ATTACH=full]472518[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]472519[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]472520[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]