1840s N.D. Canal & Banking Company 100 Dollar Note - Louisiana Obsolete Currency - 1840s Unsigned One Hundred Dollar New Orleans Banknote

This listing is for the photographed 1840s N.D. New Orleans Canal & Banking Company 100 Dollar Louisiana Banknote. This is an earlier design of a banknote from this institution. A vignette of a young boy is displayed on the right end of this note, with a center vignette of sailing ships. Blue underprint of denomination along the lower center of this note. The reverse side portrays a beautiful ornate cherub design. Unissued, blank note. Great piece of New Orleans history. The Canal & Banking Company was chartered by the Louisiana state legislature in 1831 with the agreement to fund the construction of the New Basin Canal. Many banks in Louisiana during this time were only chartered in order to secure capital for infrastructure construction and other community improvements, so agreements such as this were very common. The bank went through a number of mergers and title changes during its operation, such as officially changing to "Canal Bank" in 1895 and later closing as "Canal Ba