Frankfort, KY, $20, Obsolete Banknote, The Farmers Bank of Kentucky, Gem Unc

  

The Farmers Bank of Kentucky. The Haxby Obsolete Banknote Catalog number for this note is: KY-100-G228a and the Hughes number is. This is a Remainder Note, it has no Penned Serial Number with a Plate position of B. According to Haxby, this bank lasted from 1850 - 1866+.

Haxby lists this banks fate beyond 1866 as unknown. This Banknote is printed in 2 Colors Red and Black, by American Bank Note Company. The central vignette depicts Two Men & Two Horses Plowing a Cornfield, there is a Farmhouse and a Steam Train in the distance. To the left two oval portraits of a Woman at the top and a Man below her. At the bottom a small Beehive vignette. The lower right has a very fancy ornate " 20 " counter in black. There is another fancy " 20 " counter at the left center in black with red scallops around it. Appears across the bottom to help thwart counterfeiting. The reverse of this note is ornate, printed in 1/Color Red, with the Bank title.

In a fancy font lettering run across the reverse of the note. " incorporated into the Bankname and the word ". Repeats continuously around the framework of the note in micro-printing, reversed out of the solid red border. All these measures made it much more difficult to counterfeit the note in that time period. This note has near perfect centering with even margins all around.

The Colors are bold and vivid! This note is slabbed and 3. Party graded by RCGS as a Gem C. U with Premium Quality Paper. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or if you need a better scan of the item.

Good Luck & Happy Hunting! This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Paper Money: US\Obsolete Currency". The seller is "vette70" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

1. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
2. Certification Number: 0012966 65052907
3. Certification: RCGS Currency
4. Grade: Gem Uncirculated
5. Type: Obsolete Banknote
6. Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
7. Denomination: $20
8. Grade Designation: 65 Gem C.