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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

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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