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ALERT: Obsolete paper money stolen in Georgia

The Numismatic Crime Information Center advises collectors to be on the lookout for the following obsolete bank notes, stolen from a car in Georgia:
The Coweta County, Georgia, sheriff’s department is investigating a burglary resulting in the loss of the following obsolete notes:

Merchants and Planters Bank $1 (1857) $1 (1859) $2 $3 $5 $10 $20 $50 $100
Timber Cutters Bank $1 $2 $10 $20 $50
State of Georgia Bank of Commerce $1 $2 $5 $20
Farmers and Mechanics Bank $1 $2 $5 $10 $100
Planters Bank $1

All were in a black binder marked “Currency Album” in gold leaf. All notes were from the 1850, and drawn on Savannah, Georgia, chartered banks

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ALERT: Obsolete paper money stolen in Georgia

The Numismatic Crime Information Center advises collectors to be on the lookout for the following obsolete bank notes, stolen from a car in Georgia:
The Coweta County, Georgia, sheriff’s department is investigating a burglary resulting in the loss of the following obsolete notes:

Merchants and Planters Bank $1 (1857) $1 (1859) $2 $3 $5 $10 $20 $50 $100
Timber Cutters Bank $1 $2 $10 $20 $50
State of Georgia Bank of Commerce $1 $2 $5 $20
Farmers and Mechanics Bank $1 $2 $5 $10 $100
Planters Bank $1

All were in a black binder marked “Currency Album” in gold leaf. All notes were from the 1850, and drawn on Savannah, Georgia, chartered banks

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