Ten (10) Bank of TN Pre Civil War Obsolete Bank Notes. 1st item: Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville $1 note, January 1, 1850, printed by Danforth, Wright & Company of New York and Philadelphia. Portrait of President Andrew Jackson, center, vignette of a seated woman holding a distaff and a drop spindle, gazing at two men standing to her right, lower right, obverse. Red "One" text with a portrait of a woman, reverse. 2nd item: Bank of East Tennessee, $2 Obsolete note, issued in Jonesboro, May 1, 1855. printed by Danforth, Wright & Company of New York and Philadelphia. Portrait of Lady Liberty center, vignette two women upper corners. Red "Two" text with a bust portrait of a man, reverse. 3rd item: Bank of East Tennessee, $5 Obsolete note, issued in Chattanooga, March 1, 1855. Vignette portraits of a male and female resting in the letter V to each side. Red "Five" text with bust portraits of a man, reverse. 4th item: Bank of East Tennessee, $20 Obsolete note, issued in Jonesboro, January 1, 1855. printed by Danforth, Wright & Company of New York and Philadelphia. Vignette bust portraits of Greek figures on each side. Red "20" text with THE BANK OF TENNESSEE, reverse. 5th item: Bank of East Tennessee, $10 Obsolete note, dated January 1, 1855. printed by Danforth, Wright & Company of New York and Philadelphia. Vignette portraits of Calhoun and Polk together with Roman bust portraits. Red "10" text with THE BANK OF TENNESSEE, reverse. 6th item: Bank of East Tennessee, $5 Obsolete note, no bank issue or date. printed by Danforth, Wright & Company of New York and Philadelphia. Large vignette to center featuring Navigation reaching up to an angel for an apple while Liberty stands to the left with her shield and an eagle Red "5" text with THE BANK OF TENNESSEE, reverse. 7th item: Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville $10 note, issued in Jonesboro, October 1, 1854, printed by Wellstood, Beason, and Hanks, New York. Portrait of President George Washington, right, vignette of a sailor and Lady Harvest upper center. 8th item: Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville $2 note, no bank issue or date, printed by Wellstood, Beason, and Hanks, New York. Vignette depicting Lady Liberty, Lady Harvest, and a surveyor together with a train on the front. 9th item: Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville $5 note, issued Jonesboro, May 1st, 1854, printed by Wellstood, Beason, and Hanks, New York. Central vignette depicting President George Washington flanked by a male portrait left and train vignette left. 10th item: Bank of East Tennessee, Knoxville $20 note, issued Jonesboro, October 1st, 1854, printed by Wellstood, Beason, and Hanks, New York. Central vignette of a steamship flanked by a portrait of Benjamin Franklin left and another male portrait right.
Condition
All notes in various worn circulated conditions consistent with age and use wear. One note with foxing/discoloration.