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US Coins, World Coins, and More => Paper Money => Topic started by: coinsarefun on September 06, 2009, 03:53:49 PM

Title: 1853 Rail Road Bank Note
Post by: coinsarefun on September 06, 2009, 03:53:49 PM

I bought this a long time ago and always wondered what this is worth and what is the history behind them?

I bought it because I loved the design :)



(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u312/coinarefun/c690e2d4.jpg)

(http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u312/coinarefun/8adc8ab2.jpg)

Title: Re: 1853 Rail Road Bank Note
Post by: Scottishmoney on September 06, 2009, 07:48:12 PM

Railroad Bank, and all I see are clippers, steamboats and schooners, none of which had easy access to Adrian, MI - a small town SW of Ann Arbor, not too far from the Ohio border.  Adrian then was a fairly prominent transit point - and had several banks that issued Obsoletes.  Now it is a fairly small by comparison place with a couple of manufacturing companies that is an older but still stable community not on a decline like much of Michigan is.

Title: Re: 1853 Rail Road Bank Note
Post by: Billy Kingsley on September 20, 2009, 10:34:14 PM

Very nice Obsolete Stephanie. I have but one, and it's tied for my favorite note in my collection. I wll post it soon.

PS your reverse is upside down ;)