OBSOLETE NOTES. Flint Rapids, Michigan. Farmers Bank of Genesee County. $4 – Issued 4 January 1838. Jupiter vignette. Haxby G8. Slightly ragged edge with some loss at top, strong ink. Cost code and price in pencil on back.
From the estate of Eldert Bontekoe.
Like many of the scenes and figures depicted on American bank notes of the 1830s, the Roman god Jupiter was chosen to project an image of strength and stability.