Proof sheet for $50-100 of the First National Bank of Spirit Lake, Iowa. 1909.
date: label: date made
content: 1909
name: label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description
content: National bank note proof from the First National Bank of Spirit Lake, Iowa. Charter number 4758. $50-100. The $50 note features the image of Washington crossing the Delaware River on the left; a soldier praying beneath the allegorical figure of Victory on the right. The $100 note features the image of sailors in a longboat approaching two ships labeled Lawrence and Niagara on the left; an image of winged Victory standing with fasces and the motto "Maintain it!" on the right. The bank was organized on June 7, 1892. This bank went into receivership on August 25, 1927. There are twenty notes known among collectors for this bank.
label: Location
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.297219.00563
label: accession number
content: 297219
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Proof sheet
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.6 cm x 20.5 cm; 7 5/16 in x 8 1/16 in