United States 1872 – State of South Carolina $20 Revenue Bond Scrip Act of March 2 1872 Columbia Issue
The text across the bottom-'Receivable as Twenty Dollars in payment of all taxes and dues to the State except special tax levied to pay interest on public debt'-clarifies its function as quasi-currency in circulation. Signed in manuscript by state officers and engraved with 'American Bank Note Co. New York' imprint, the note is both a financial instrument and a document of political rebuilding in a South still divided by war and economic upheaval. Read more →