Bank of Rhode Island $5

1830s-40s Proof. RI-170 G32, Durand 529

Imprint of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Co., on India paper. Likely the note sold in the 1981 NASCA auction and described as, “VF, POC, stained at top with pieces broken off edge, repaired and checked on back.”

Haxby lists as SENC.

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Photo of the Bank of Rhode Island above, © Newport Historical Society. Reprinted with permission.