10 Dollars, National Bank Note, United States, 1871
date: label: date made
content: 1871
name: label: issuing bank
content: National Bank of Illinois at Chicago
label: maker
content: American Bank Note Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 10 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1870
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: At left, Benjamin Franklin performing his electricity experiment. At right, Liberty seated on a flying eagle and clutching a lightning bolt in her hand.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: NATIONAL CURRENCY / 10 / X / TEN / 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 / CHICAGO, ILLS. / AUGUST 25TH, 1871 / THE NATIONAL BANK OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO WILL PAY TEN DOLLARS TO BEARER ON DEMAND. / ILLINOIS / CASHR / PRES'T / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. N.Y. / B899761 / 1867
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: De Soto discovering the Mississippi.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: 10 / NATIONAL CURRENCY / 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 / 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 $1,000 FINE OR 15 YEARS IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR OR BOTH. / DE SOTO DEISCOVERING THE MISSISSIPPI. / ILLINOIS
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place issued
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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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.78.5.235
label: catalog number
content: 78.5.235
label: accession number
content: 1978.0941
label: serial number
content: B899761
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.8 cm x 19 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/16 in x 7 15/32 in x in