10 Dollars, National Bank Note, United States, 1879
date: label: date made
content: 1879
name: label: issuing bank
content: First National Bank of Stockton
label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
label: maker
content: American Bank Note Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 10 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1879
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 / STOCKTON, CAL. / MARCH 15TH, 1879 / THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF STOCKTON WILL PAY TEN DOLLARS TO BEARER ON DEMAND. / CALIFORNIA / CASHR / PRES'T / D202992 / 2412 / 1700 / SERIES 1875. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. N.Y. / PRINTED AT THE BUREAU, ENGRAVING & PRINTING. U.S. TREASURY DEPT.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: DeSoto 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 IMPRESS-ION 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. / CALIFORNIA / DESOTO DISCOVERING THE MISSISSIPPI.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place issued
content: United States: California, Stockton
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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.78.5.295
label: accession number
content: 1978.0941
label: catalog number
content: 78.5.295
label: serial number
content: D202992
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.9 cm x 18.4 cm; 3 1/8 in x 7 1/4 in