Proof sheet for $5-5-5-5 of the Merchants National Bank of Deadwood, Dakota Terrirory. 1880.
date: label: date made
content: 1880
name: label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description
content: National bank note proof of the Merchants National Bank of Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Charter 2461. $5-5-5-5, 1880. The image on the left is Christopher Columbus approaching land. On the right is an Indian Princess representing America being presented to the Old World as engraved by W.W. Rice based on a work by T.A. Liebler. This bank was chartered on March 4, 1880 and liquidated on June 8, 1894. There are two notes known among collectors for this bank when Dakota was a territory, and one note known among collectors when the jurisdiction became South Dakota.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NNC.297219.00570
label: accession number
content: 297219
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Proof sheet
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 cm x 19.6 cm; 13 3/8 in x 7 11/16 in