$1 Bank of Saint Croix

Saint Paul, Minnesota

  • Hewitt Catalog Number: A645-D1
  • Note Type: >> Bank Media > Private Bank Notes & Scrip > Fraudulent

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    The Bank of Saint Croix was the first attempt at banking in Minnesota Territory. In 1849 Danforth & Hufty engraved a 1-2 plate, and about $700 of signed notes were released in September of that year. See Fred Marckhoff’s biography of the Bank of Saint Croix in the introduction to Minnesota Private Bank Notes.

    Text and images from A History & Catalog of Minnesota Obsolete Notes & Scrip by R. Shawn Hewitt, copyright 2006.