No trickery from me today, but here is a bank note supposedly signed on April 1 that was later stamped "Decreed to be Spurious or Counterfeit by Chancery Court at Nashville, April Term, 1885." Bank of Tennessee, Somerville, TN, $5, April 1, 18--. 🗃️ #banknotesandshinplasters

Artemis had a rough morning eating things he shouldn't and spent the day at the vet hospital. He is fine now and sleepy but still excited for today's vignette from #banknotesandshinplasters of a little girl in a chair hugging a cat on her lap. E. Harrison & Co., Irondale, MO, $2, 187-. 🗃️

Happy Birthday Casimir Pulaski! Today we see two Georgia #banknotesandshinplasters (he died during the siege of Savannah). One shows the Casimir Pulaski Monument in Monterey Square and the other has his portrait. Bank of the State of GA, $10, May 15, 1862 and Marine Bank of GA, $10, Jan 4, 1855. 🗃️

March has come in like a lion as we have rain and wind here again in Pasadena, so we celebrate with an amazing vignette of an American eagle subduing a British lion from after the War of 1812. Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Fayette County, New Salem, PA, $5, Nov 18, 1816. 🗃️ #banknotesandshinplasters

In recognition of the UAW strike, today we see a big $3 from Detroit with a vignette of laborers hard at work on a river bank. Bank of Michigan, Detroit, $3, 18--. #banknotesandshinplasters

Made it through a 2 hour dental appointment without too much blood loss, so I am celebrating with this amazing 1860s ad note for Dr. Slayton, Surgeon Dentist of Madison, IN. It has a great dental vignette as well a woman's portrait with smiling teeth. #banknotesandshinplasters

Apparently it is #WorldBeardDay, so I have to post one of my favorite portraits on a Civil War era municipal shinplaster payable at the Saratoga County Bank. Village of Waterford, NY, $.10, Nov 1, 1862. #banknotesandshinplasters

Did you know that many #banknotesandshinplasters had their dates of issue handwritten? For example, this multicolored one from Washington DC was issued on March 4. I don't know why I just thought of that. Mercantile Bank, Washington, DC, $1, March 4, 1861.

For some reason I decided to post this note today from the Bank of Fulton in Atlanta. Bank of Fulton, Atlanta, GA, $100, 18--. #banknotesandshinplasters

It is #NationalLighthouseDay so let's look at a #banknotesandshinplasters image of a lighthouse on the right of this vignette that features sailing ships in rough waters. Bank of Delaware, Wilmington, DE, $1, 18--.

Today's amazing find on #banknotesandshinplasters is a War of 1812 municipal shinplaster from Schenectady with anti-slavery text including: "MAY FREE MEN BE MEN" "AND ALL MEN BE FREE" as well as "NO SLAVERY" along the border. City of Schenectady, NY, $.06 1/4, November 5, 1814.

Since I am now seeing an X on this site, I thought I should at least post some more interesting examples on #banknotesandshinplasters.

Happy #July4th . We celebrate today on #banknotesandshinplasters with a bill from the Bunker Hill Bank featuring a vignette showing John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence. Bunker Hill Bank, Charlestown, MA, $1, June 17, 1858.

It is #MemorialDay and today on #banknotesandshinplasters we see a vignette of a wounded or dying soldier being carried into a home. This is an unusual image as soldiers are using shown in battle or camp on paper currency. Hermitage Bank, Marion, IL, $3, October 10, 1860.

Today is World Turtle Day, so for #banknotesandshinplasters, so I am highlighting a merchant shinplaster from the well-named Terrapin Lunch, a NYC restaurant located below Scudder's Museum and known for its Turtle Soup. Terrapin Lunch, New York, NY, $.50, 18--.
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I have chosen to stop daily posts on #banknotesandshinplasters after over 1000 posts, but I will periodically add to the list on certain holidays or if the mood strikes.
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Following Mother's Day, I am highlighting mothers this week on #banknotesandshinplasters. Today we see an interesting juxtaposition of vignettes, one showing a Native American mother and child in nature and the other, a smokestack-filled port scene. Lawrence Bank, KS, $3, 18--.

Yesterday was Mother's Day, so we are celebrating this week with images of mothers on #banknotesandshinplasters. Today we see a farming vignette that includes a woman sitting down holding a baby in her lap next to a picnic basket and pitcher. Malden Bank, MA, $3, 18--.

We have come to the end of music week on #banknotesandshinplasters for my daughter's spring concert. We close with another vignette of a classical landscape with mythological figures representing painting, poetry, and music with a lyre. Merchants Bank of New Haven, CT, $20, 18--.

It is almost the end of a musical week on #banknotesandshinplasters. Today's interesting Civil War shinplaster is labeled "Music Trade Currency." The fun vignette has instruments and sheet music and it is redeemable for merchandise. Silas Brained & Co., Cleveland, OH, $.25, 186-.

We are looking at music this week on #banknotesandshinplasters to celebrate my daughter's spring concert. Today we see a small denomination, Civil War era bill with a tiny drawing of a guitar and some sheet music. Merchants' and Planters' Bank, Savannah, GA, $.10, Jan 1, 1862.

Today is my daughter's spring concert as we continue music week on #banknotesandshinplasters. The woman in today's vignette is not playing as part of a performance, but seems to be blowing a horn to call some farmers in to eat lunch. City Bank, Augusta, GA, $10, July 4, 1855.

Tomorrow is my daughter's school concert, so this week we highlight music on #banknotesandshinplasters. Today we see another vignette with a mythological theme showing the figures of Art and History alongside Music playing the lyre. Upper Wabash Bank, Wabash, IN, $10, 185-.

Thursday night is a Spring concert at my daughter's school, so we are highlighting music this week on #banknotesandshinplasters. Today we see a Texas shinplaster with a vignette of a Greek muse playing the lyre. Nacogdoches Real Estate Deposit & Exchange Co., TX, $10, 18--.

My daughter's school concert is Thursday, so we are highlighting music this week on #banknotesandshinplasters. We start with a vignette of mythological figure Pheme, the personification of fame, holding a liberty cap and blowing a horn. Globe Bank, Milwaukee, WI, $2, 18--.

It is the end of my daughter's birthday week and end of waterfalls on #banknotesandshinplasters. We close with a green bill with a tranquil vignette of a waterfall emptying into a pond observed by a Native American couple. Union Bank of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, $2, July 1, 1861.

We are nearing the end of a waterfall theme on #banknotesandshinplasters as I celebrate my daughter's birthday week. Today we see a bill with a lovely waterfall almost spilling off of the vignette. It is next to a bridge and village scene. Phenix Village Bank, RI, $1, 18--.

For my daughters birthday, I let her pick the weekly theme on #banknotesandshinplasters, so we are looking at waterfalls. Today we see an awesome view of the Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson (my father's hometown). Cataract City Bank, Paterson, NJ, $2, Nov 18, 1856.

It is my daughter's birthday this week and she has chosen waterfalls as the theme for #banknotesandshinplasters. Today we see a dramatic vignette of an expansive waterfall in the Maine landscape with mills, a town, and a train in the background. Lewiston Bank, ME, $10, 18--.

It is waterfall week as my daughter's choice for her birthday on #banknotesandshinplasters. Today we see a beautiful landscape with buildings and trees on a vignette with a raging waterfall that seems to pour down from half of a hillside. Iron Bank, Falls Village, CT, $5, 18--.