Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-07-17
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National Hank Currency.

The no.ss tor the new Bank 10 this city vii
bs ready for Issuing In . short time. and tha
they al will know when they come before th'
public. We give the following description o
them
The Secretary Of the Treasury has decided
upon the iorms Of notes for the national cur.
reDcv, and the sngrav.rs are nov actively en-
gagged upon the work The dssigns for the
vign ettes will isprssent important spoobs iD
the history OF our country chrono gicaily ar
angsd. tho earliest events being illurtrated on
the west denominations. and all later events
on the larger amounts. The back Of each note
will contain. IN a large central vignette. .
copy of one Of the national pictures In the
rotunda Of the Capital. which will be sur
rounded by legends showing the uses OF the
uoto and the penalties for corntstfsitiDg
The face Of tho note will contain two orig
inal yign.ttes, Que at each end the ono at
the left hand end reprsse nting come impor.
tant event contemporaneous with that illustrs.
ted by the national painting on the back. and
the ore at the right hand end design symbol
lcal Of the event represented by the ether
'ignettes The painting dssignatsd for the
smallest denomination five dolisrs) is Wander
lyhs great work Of the Landing Of Colnm.
bus' The left hand Vienette on the face
will Illustrate the discovery Of Amer 90 by
Columbus and the symbehcal design for the
right hand end will be- Columbus introdn0
ing the New World to the Old. America being
lyp,fed by female figure, led by the hand OF
Columbus into the presence of Europe and
Asia who are reclining in the foreground while
Africa s'srds in the background absorbed by
the ceremony The back Of The ten dollar
notes will contain . copy Of Powers painting
in the Capitol Of "Dssoto discovering the Mis-.
sissippi," and the LIFT hand vipnetts on the face
will illustrate q great event Of the came epoch
viz Franklin discovering the indsntity OF
lightning and el. ctr,oity. while the sy6bolic
design. at the right hand end is . spirited fig
ure representing America. with an sagls's
flight. eraspitg the lightning. Between the
two vignetes on the face OF all the notss there
will be two legends. the upper one showing
the national character Of the note. aud the
lower one containing the name and obig ,tion
Il the association issuing it. The upper leg
end on all the notes will be az follows;
"Nationsl Currency. This Note 10 secured
by thu bonds of the United Statea. deposited
with the Treasurer at Washington
Which will be signed by the Treasurer Of
the United states and the Register of the
Treasury.
The lower legend Of the fret note issued
will be:
"The Frr.t National Bank of the city OF pa
venport will pay the bearer five dollars on de
pand at their office In the City Of Davenport.
Iowa"
The will 10 signed by the President AMI
Cashier of the Association
The notes. though all bearing the general
character Of an illuminated history Of tn.
countrys progress. viii yet present such mark
ed dissimilariu,s as to prevent the suceessful
alteration from one denomination TO another.
The engraving Of the five and ten dollar notos
has been intrna'ed to the ContiDe' tai Bank
Note Company Of New York. who will devote
all their rssources In connection with the best
engraving talent Of the country. to its speedy
and successful execution