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Change Bills

October 15, 1862 -- Series K
Only the 50¢ denomination was issued for Series K, which is a very scarce issue. No notes from this series are listed in Garland's book. The signature on the note for the superintendent was changed to R. H. Rowland, who was probably a relative of the superintendent, J. S. Rowland.

$0.50 G-1493.1 W&A Change Bill

$0.50 W&A Change Bill Oct. 15, 1862 G-1493.1


January 1, 1863 -- Series L
Only the scarce 10¢ denomination was issued for series L. However, a 25¢ with forged signatures is known. The 25¢ change bills were probably stolen. It was not issued. However, the bill was redeemed by the state of Georgia and canceled and thus was accepted by the authorities as authentic. No notes from this series are listed in Garland's book. The signature on the note for the superintendent is R. H. Rowland.

$0.10 G-1493.2 W&A Change Bill

$0.10 W&A Change Bill Jan. 1, 1863 G-1493.2


$0.25 G-1493.21 W&A Change Bill

$0.25 W&A Change Bill Jan. 1, 1863 G-1493.21
Courtesy of Claud Murphy / Ken Latimer


March 1, 1863 -- Series M
Only one type of change bill, the 50¢ with forged signatures is known from the M Series. The 50¢ change bills were probably stolen so they were not issued. However, the bill was redeemed by the state of Georgia and canceled and thus was accepted by the authorities as authentic. No notes from this series are listed in Garland's book. The note is printed on the back of a Bank of St. Mary's note. Only one of 50 cent notes are known to have survived.

$0.50 G-1493.22 W&A Change Bill

$0.50 W&A Change Bill March 1, 1863 G-1493.22
Courtesy of Claud Murphy / Ken Latimer



Western & Atlantic
RR Overview
A Series
1/20/62
B Series
2/1/62
C Series
3/1/62
D Series
3/15/62
E Series
Apr'62
F Series
May'62
G Series
6/2/62
H Series
6/16/62
I Series
7/1/62
J Series
8/1/62
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