Bidspirit auction | Virginia & New England $1

Virginia & New England $1 Banknotes - This lot features two individual US obsolete currency banknotes from the 19th century. The first is a Virginia Treasury Note issued in Richmond, dated July 21, 1862. The face of the note features a central vignette of a seated woman at a spinning wheel. A portrait of a man appears in a circular frame on the lower left. The denomination is indicated by an ornamental 1 in the upper corners and a red ONE overprint in the center. The note is serial numbered 37614 in brown ink and carries two hand-signed signatures in the lower margin, including a signature on the left above the text For Aud. Pub. Accs. and another on the right above the text For Treasurer. The lower right corner bears the printer's credit HOYER & LUDWIG, RICHMOND. The reverse of this note is blank. The second is a one dollar remainder note from the New England Commercial Bank of Newport, Rhode Island. The date is printed as 18 with the remaining digits blank. The design includes a central vignette of two cherubs resting by a bale and a safe. To the left is a portrait of George Washington, and to the right is a portrait of an unidentified man. The text reads THE PRESIDENT DIRECTORS AND COMPY OF THE NEW ENGLAND COMMERCIAL BANK PROMISE TO PAY ONE DOLLAR ON DEMAND TO OR BEARER. The serial number 18 is written in ink on the right side. The signature lines for CASHr and PREST remain blank. The note bears the printer's mark DANFORTH WRIGHT & CO. NEW YORK & PHILA. The reverse is unprinted, showing the mirrored bleed-through of the face design.