Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation Company Three Dollars banknote, 1793
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
March 1793
This Philadelphia private company banknote, issued in March 1793, represents early American paper money. Printed by R. Aitken & Son, the note is produced on thick paper featuring a "PENNSYL / VANIA" watermark arranged in two lines.
The face of the note displays a typeset layout with decorative ornamental borders, an embossed company seal positioned left of center, and the printer's name at the bottom center. The note bears the denomination of "Three Dollars" or "THREE hundred CENTS." It is hand-dated "March 1793" and includes a handwritten issuance to Wm. Gonnett, who signed the blank back in brown ink. The obverse is signed by the company treasurer, Tench Francis Jr., a notable merchant and former cashier for the Bank of North America.
This specific specimen carries the serial number 169. It is recognized as a plate note, illustrated in the 2008 fifth edition of 'The Early Paper Money of America' by Hoober (catalog number 305-744). The document measures approximately 2 inches in length at the back endorsement.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- thick paper
- Watermark
- PENNSYL / VANIA on two lines
Technical characteristics
- Issuer
- Delaware and Schuylkill Canal Navigation Company
- Denomination
- 3 dollars
- Serial number
- 169
Design
- Obverse
- Decorative ornamental borders, embossed company seal, typeset text
- Signature
- Tench Francis Jr.
Identification
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- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- R. Aitken & Son
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