Ohio River Bank $5 bank note

paper currency

CURRENCY - PAPER MONEY
Ohio River Bank
USA, OH, Marietta
1838-06-15
paper
overall: 3-1/8 x 7-1/8 in.

Paper currency; Ohio River Bank $5 bank note, June 15, 1838, serial number 340; obverse: black and red on white with vignette at top depicting steamboat; oval portrait at right of George Washington and depiction of eagle at left perched on rocks; reverse is blank; printed at top "STATE OF OHIO/ 5 5/ No. [handwritten] 340" and "OHIO/ RIVER BANK will pay/ Bearer FIVE DOLLARS On Demand./ Marietta June 15th 1838/ [signature indecipherable] Cash. [signature indecipherable] Pres."

2002.58.11