500 Dollars, Legal Tender Note, United States, 1878
date: label: date made
content: 1878
name: label: depicted
content: Mansfield, Joseph King Fenno
label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 500 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1878
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Female figure representing Victory at left. Portrait of Major General Joseph King Mansfield at right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: D / ACT OF MARCH 3D. 1863 / SERIES OF 1878 / A12336 / 500 / THE UNITED STATES WILL PAY TO BEARER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS / WASHINGTON, D.C. / UNITED STATES NOTE / THIS NOTE IS A LEGAL TENDER FOR FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS / ENGRAVED & PRINTED AT THE BUREAU, ENGRAVING & PRINTING. / MAJ. GEN. MANSFIELD / THESAUR / AMER / SEPTENT / SIGIL /
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Decorative scrolls around text.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. / 500 / FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. / D / COLUMBIAN BANKNOTE CO. WASHINGTON, D.C. / THIS NOTE IS A LEGAL TENDER AT ITS FACE VALUE FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXCEPT DUTIES ON IMPORTS AND INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC DEBT. / COUNTERFEITING OR ALTERING THIS NOTE OR PASSING ANY COUNTERFEIT OR ALTERATION OF IT, OR HAVING IN POSSESSION ANY FALSE OR COUNTERFEIT PLATE OR IMPRESSION OF IT, OR ANY PAPER MADE IN IMITATION OF THE PAPER ON WHICH IT IS PRINTED IS FELONY AND IS PUNISHABLE BY $5000 FINE OR 15 YEARS IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR OR BOTH. / PATENTED JULY 24, 1866. / SERIES OF 1878.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: Associated Place
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Legal Tender Notes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U. S. Department of the Treasury
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.78.5.219
label: catalog number
content: 78.5.219
label: accession number
content: 1978.0941
label: serial number
content: A12336
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 18.9 cm x .01 cm; 3 5/32 in x 7 7/16 in x in