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| Maker(s): | Farmer's Exchange Bank | | Culture: | American
| | Title: | Five dollar note
| | Date Made: | 1808
| | Type: | Coin/Numismatic
| | Materials: | Paper; engraving with ink
| | Place Made: | North America; United States; Rhode Island; Gloucester
| | Measurements: | Overall: 6 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in; 16.2 cm x 6.5 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH SK 2006.2245.INV
| | Credit Line: | Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
| | Museum Collection: | The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
A five dollar bill issued by the Farmer's Exchange Bank in Gloucester Rhode Island, July 1, 1808. This bank operated for a short period from 1804-1809 at which time it went into insolvency, becoming the first bank in the United States to fail.
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