New Castle, Pennsylvania. Bank of Lawrence County. 1864 $2. PMG Very Good 10. (PA-345 G8a). Hoober 266-5. Imprint of American Bank Note Co. Philad. Central vignette of Ben Franklin seated with boy viewing bust of Washington on desk at center. Green two protectors on either side of central vignette with overlapping TWO in black. Green and black die counter at top left with TWO overlapping 2. Man working at furnace at bottom left. Green and black die counter 2 at top right. Woman seated by cornucopia at bottom right. The Bank of Lawrence County was open from 1857 until 1865 when it became the National Bank of Lawrence County at New Castle (Charter 1156). Notes from this Lawrence County issuer are quite scarce and just a few have been seen at auction over the years.
