Proof sheet for $5-5-5-5 of the German American National Bank of Washington, DC, 1877
date: label: date made
content: 1872
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content: 1906
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content: 1877
notes: label: Description
content: National bank note proof of the German American National Bank of Washington, DC, Charter 2358. $5-5-5-5, 1872. 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 May 14, 1877 and went into receivership on November 1, 1878. Only two notes are known among collectors for this short-lived bank.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
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content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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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.297219.00555
label: accession number
content: 297219
label: catalog number
content: NU*297219.00555
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Proof sheet
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.4 cm x 18.9 cm; 13 1/8 in x 7 7/16 in