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NIAGARA SUSPENSION BRIDGE BANK. One dollar chartered bank note payable on demand.Queenston, 1841. 185 x 80 mm engraved bank note, accomplished in manuscript . Vignettes of a bridge over a river, of St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, a dog's head with a banner ("fidelity"), and a portrait. Engraved by Rawdon, Wright and Hatch, New York. Pay on demand note made out to C. Noble, endorsed by the bank's president and its cashier. Somewhat worn, yet sound and entire. ¶ Canadian chartered bank notes were paper money issued by private banks. The Niagara Suspension Bridge Bank apparently expired before the birth of its namesake, the Niagara Suspension Bridge, which became the first working railway suspension bridge in 1855. The bank issued no notes after 1841.
Offered for US$ 250.00 by: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio - Book number: 4880
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