5 Dollars, National Gold Bank Note, United States, 1870
date: label: date made
content: 1870
name: label: issuing bank
content: First National Gold Bank of San Francisco
label: maker
content: Continental Bank Note Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1870
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: On left, Christopher Columbus and men in sight of land. On the right, a Native American princess, representing America, being presented to figures representing the Old World.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: FIVE / 5 / REDEEMABLE IN GOLD COIN. / THIS NOTE IS SECURED BY BONDS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPOSITED WITH THE U.S. TREASURER AT WASHINGTON. / REGISTER OF THE TREASURY / TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES / THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND FIVE DOLLARS IN GOLD COIN / SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA. / NOVR. 30TH 1870. / CONTINENTAL BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / ACT APPROVED JLUY 12, 1870 / CASH'R. / PRES'T. / K275970 / 1741 / 6833
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: A group of gold coins.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: FIVE / 5 / REDEEMABLE IN GOLD COIN / THIS NOTE IS RECEIVABLE AT PAR IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN PAYMENT OF ALL TAXES AND EXCISES AND ALL OTHER DUES TO THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT DUTIES ON IMPORTS AND ALSO FOR ALL SALARIES AND OTHER DEBTS AND DEMANDS OWING BY THE UNITED STATES TO INDIVIDUALS CORPORATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT INTEREST ON PUBLIC DEBT / EVERY PERSON MAKING OR ENGRAVING OR AIDING TO MAKE OR ENGRAVE OR PASSING OR ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANY IMITATION OR ALTERATION OF THIS NOTE AND EVERY PERSON HAVING IN POSSESSION A PLATE OR IMPRESSION MADE IN IMITATION OF IT OR ANY PAPER MADE IN IMITATION OF THAT ON WHICH THIS NOTE IS PRINTED IS BY ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JUNE 3D. 1864 GUILTY OF FELONY AND SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING FIFTEEN YEARS OR BOTH.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place issued
content: United States: California, San Francisco
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: National Bank 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.78.5.233
label: accession number
content: 1978.0941
label: catalog number
content: 78.5.233
label: serial number
content: K275970
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.7 cm x 18.3 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/32 in x 7 7/32 in x in